Lighthouse

TLDR

Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight) is a Ghent-founded AI-powered business intelligence platform for hospitality, Belgium's 5th Unicorn with a $2.4B valuation following a $370M Series C led by KKR in November 2024.

Overview

Founded in Ghent in 2012 by Gino Engels, Lighthouse began as OTA Insight and built one of the hospitality industry's most widely used revenue intelligence platforms. The product aggregates market data, competitor pricing, booking pace, and demand signals to help hotel revenue managers make better pricing and distribution decisions. Over time the company expanded from rate benchmarking into a broader business intelligence suite covering market forecasting and commercial strategy.

In November 2024, Lighthouse raised $370M in a Series C led by KKR, pushing its valuation to $2.4B and cementing its status as Belgium's 5th Unicorn. The company has relocated its headquarters to London but retains approximately 270 of its 700+ employees in Belgium, keeping a significant operational and engineering footprint in its home country.

The company's trajectory from a Ghent-founded startup to a multi-billion dollar global SaaS platform is one of the stronger examples in Belgian tech of a vertical AI product scaling to global market leadership.

Key People

• Gino Engels - Founder

Funding History

• Series C, $370M, Nov 2024: KKR (lead). Valuation: $2.4B

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