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Johannes Reck

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20VCEN · 77 min

GetYourGuide CEO & Founder, Johannes Reck: The Wild Story Raising $450M From Masa and Softbank

Harry StebbingsJohannes Reck

GetYourGuide’s near-failure after its 2013 Series A shows the cost of VC-driven expansion, senior hiring and diluted focus.Reck’s reversal—internal promotions, core-market focus and preserving engineers through COVID—preceded 10x growth, profitability and five-times pre-pandemic scale.SoftBank’s $450M round proved existential six months before COVID, while Europe’s growth capital, visas and AI productivity remain key variables.