Diviac

Diviac
Private
Industry
  • Scuba diving
  • Travel
Founded Zumikon, Switzerland (December 1, 2012 (2012-12-01))
Headquarters Zurich, Switzerland
Website diviac.com

Diviac is an online booking website for scuba holidays. Started as a digital logbook for divers, the company focus changed in 2015 to scuba holidays.[1]

History

Diviac was founded in December 2012 in Zumikon, Switzerland by Joel Perrenoud and Thomas Achhorner. The company was officially incorporated in April 2013.

In November 2013 the first version of Diviac Logbook was launched.[2]

In December 2014 Diviac closed CHF 1 million in a financing round led by the StartAngels Network, a Swiss angel investor network.[3]

In March 2015 Diviac Logbook releases two mobile apps for iOS and Android to access the logbook from phones and tablets.[4]

In April 2015 the first version of the Diviac Travel website was launched.[5] In the same month Diviac also acquired Scubadviser.com, a website collecting dive centres and liveaboards reviews.[6]

In December 2015 Trekksoft and Diviac announced a partnership to offer a one-stop solution to dive centers for managing their bookings and increase their online distribution.[7]

In November 2016, Diviac Eco Travel was introduced. This division of Diviac partners with major NGOs and research centers to offer eco-friendly holidays to divers and travelers. During these vacations, guests participate alongside marine experts in field studies and research activities. As of December 2016, trips are offered in partnership with the Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation, Manta Trust and the Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines.[8]

Diviac Logbook

Diviac Logbook is a digital logbook that allows divers to keep track of their dives and trips, it serves as proof of dive experience and as a memoir of journeys and trips.

Diviac Logbook is one of the few third-party digital logbooks endorsed by Scubapro.[9]

In June 2015 Diviac and Suunto announce a partnership where Suunto users can connect to Diviac through Suunto’s DM5 software and the Movescount sports community, and upload their dives directly to Diviac’s cloud-logbook.[10]

In January 2016 the training agency IANTD made Diviac Logbook its official digital logbook and became the first agency to acknowledge digitally validated logs as official proof of diving experience.

Diviac Travel

Diviac Travel is an online booking website specialized in scuba holidays. The website allows users to research and book diving and accommodation from liveaboards, dive resorts and dive centers worldwide. It claims to have one of the broadest offering on the market with thousands of destinations and dive operators in the platform.

Awards and mentions

Diviac ranked 57th in the "TOP 100 Startups" award issued by the Handelszeitung and the PME Magazine.[11]

Diviac was nominated as one of the top 50 Swiss startups to invest in by Bilan. The magazine is a leading Swiss business publication targeted at enterprise managers and decision makers.[12]

Diviac has been chosen as a winner for Red Herring's 2016 Top 100 Europe award.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Diviac strengthens second business segment Startupticker.ch | The Swiss Startup News channel". www.startupticker.ch. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. ↑ Liang, John. "Diviac Unveils New Online Dive Logbook At DEMA Show 2013 – DeeperBlue.com". DeeperBlue.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  3. ↑ "diviac.com erhält nahezu CHF 1 Mio von StartAngels Startupticker.ch | The Swiss Startup News channel". www.startupticker.ch. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  4. ↑ Liang, John. "Diviac Releases Andriod, iOS Mobile App – DeeperBlue.com". DeeperBlue.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  5. ↑ Meier, Matthew. "Diviac Travel - leveraging big data to book your scuba holidays". www.xray-mag.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  6. ↑ "Diviac Travel acquires well-established dive review website Scubadviser.com". Diviac Magazine. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  7. ↑ "Diviac and TrekkSoft to provide a one-stop solution for dive centres". Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  8. ↑ "Introducing Diviac Eco Travel". Sport Diver. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  9. ↑ "Diviac partners with Scubapro". Diviac Magazine. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  10. ↑ "Diviac and Suunto announce major partnership Startupticker.ch | The Swiss Startup News channel". www.startupticker.ch. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  11. ↑ "TOP 100 STARTUP AWARD". www.startup.ch. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  12. ↑ "50 start-up suisses pour investir ou s'inspirer". Bilan. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  13. ↑ "2016 Top 100 Europe Winners — Red Herring". Red Herring. Retrieved 2016-04-23.

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