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Company · Travel & Hospitality

Directo

www.getdirecto.com ↗ ·Madrid ·Pre-seed

Directo is a Madrid-based travel technology startup that operates a free browser extension (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Safari beta) which compares hotel and short-term rental prices across OTAs like Booking, Airbnb, Expedia and Vrbo against direct booking sites, surfacing commission-free 'Directo Deals' negotiated with properties. Founded in 2023 by serial travel-tech entrepreneurs — including Pierre Becerril, who previously co-founded and sold vacation-rental data company Transparent Intelligence to Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight) — it emerged from stealth in June 2024 with a $1M pre-seed round and a US launch, having reached 100,000 users; the site now claims 300,000+ travelers and #1 ranking in the Chrome Web Store travel category. The team is small (~8 people).

Profile updated 5 Sep 2026