Cityfans

Name

Cityfans

Website

https://cityfans.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cityfans is a 2023-founded, Amsterdam-based digital marketplace focused on digital city exploration services, operating with a 1-10 employee team and serving consumers interested in city-discovery experiences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Travel Marketplace

NAICS

Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Other (487990), Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation (487)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Tours, Activities & Experiences Booking Platforms (BPAMAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local & City Guide Content Aggregators (MPACAKAJ)

Keywords

• City exploration marketplace
• Digital travel experiences
• Urban discovery platform
• City tours marketplace
• Travel booking platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Core offering

Cityfans operates as a digital marketplace dedicated to digital city exploration services. The platform connects consumers interested in urban discovery experiences with providers of city-based activities and content. As a marketplace, Cityfans does not directly deliver the exploration experiences itself but acts as an intermediary facilitating access to them.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Viator: Viator, owned by TripAdvisor, is a leading online marketplace for tours, attractions, and experiential activities in destinations worldwide. It directly overlaps with Cityfans' marketplace model, supplier base (local operators), and consumer target (tourists booking city experiences).
• Tiqets: Tiqets is an Amsterdam-headquartered online ticketing platform for museums, attractions, and city experiences. It is highly comparable to Cityfans on geography (Amsterdam origin), business model (digital marketplace for city attractions), and target customer (tourists), though with stronger focus on attraction ticketing than guided tours.
• Withlocals: Withlocals is a marketplace for private, host-led tours and experiences in cities worldwide, with a strong emphasis on local guides and authentic city exploration. Its product positioning — curated, locally-hosted city experiences — is closely aligned with Cityfans' "digital city exploration" description.
• ToursByLocals: ToursByLocals is a marketplace connecting travelers with private tour guides in cities worldwide. It overlaps with Cityfans' city-exploration positioning, target customer (independent travelers), and supplier base (local guides), though it is tour-guide-centric rather than a broad activity aggregator.
• GetYourGuide: GetYourGuide is a global online marketplace that lets travelers discover and book tours, activities, and experiences in destinations worldwide. It is the most direct comparable to Cityfans because both operate as digital two-sided marketplaces aggregating city-level experiences, with overlapping target customers (leisure travelers) and overlapping supplier categories (local tour operators and activity providers).
• Klook: Klook is a global activities and experiences booking platform operating across Asia and increasingly in Europe. It is comparable to Cityfans as a digital marketplace aggregating city attractions, tours, and local experiences, with a similar two-sided supplier/consumer model.
• Headout: Headout is a mobile-first marketplace for tours, attractions, and local experiences, with a strong focus on city-level curation and last-minute bookings. Its product model — curated city experiences with operator partnerships — closely parallels what a city-focused marketplace like Cityfans would offer.
• Peek.com: Peek is a software and marketplace platform for tours, activities, rentals, and experiences, serving both consumers and operators. Its city-experiences marketplace model and supplier-side tooling are comparable to what Cityfans is building.

Broad incumbents

• Airbnb Experiences: Airbnb Experiences is the online experiences arm of Airbnb, offering bookable local activities hosted by individuals. It overlaps with Cityfans in the "city exploration" category, but operates as a feature within a much broader accommodations and experiences platform rather than as a dedicated city-exploration marketplace.
• Booking.com Experiences: Booking.com (part of Booking Holdings) operates a global attractions and experiences booking vertical alongside its core hotel business. It is comparable as a large incumbent marketplace for bookable city experiences, though it is part of a much broader travel platform rather than a dedicated city-exploration brand.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hicityfans
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cityfans

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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