Building a listed tool
Astrid Kastberg
Managing Director, RateHawk, named behind the ETG API (RateHawk) listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Astrid builds
ETG API (RateHawk) D · Travel & booking
Hotel search and booking API from Emerging Travel Group, the company behind RateHawk and ZenHotels. Contracted partners search rates, prebook, book and cancel stays over REST, with B2B, Affiliate and Content APIs.
Managing Director, RateHawk, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Felix Shpilman President and CEO
- Kirill Makharinsky Co-founder, left in 2014
- Serge Faguet Co-founder, left in 2017
Backed by
LVL1 Group Bukhman family office Vaizra Capital General Catalyst Accel Frontier Ventures Shervin Pishevar Edward Kaufman Erik Blachford Gregg Brockway Brad Gerstner Yuri Milner Esther Dyson Founders Fund Atomico
Questions
Who is Astrid Kastberg?
Astrid Kastberg became Managing Director of RateHawk, Emerging Travel Group's booking system for travel professionals, in June 2025, leading its commercial, product, marketing and support work. She was earlier General Manager at the leisure wholesaler Yalago and held roles at Juniper and Hotelbeds.
What does Emerging Travel Group make?
Anchor Terminal lists ETG API (RateHawk) from Emerging Travel Group. Hotel search and booking API from Emerging Travel Group, the company behind RateHawk and ZenHotels. Contracted partners search rates, prebook, book and cancel stays over REST, with B2B, Affiliate and Content APIs.
Who has invested in Emerging Travel Group?
The sources our research read name LVL1 Group, Bukhman family office, Vaizra Capital, General Catalyst, Accel, Frontier Ventures, Shervin Pishevar, Edward Kaufman, Erik Blachford, Gregg Brockway, Brad Gerstner, Yuri Milner, Esther Dyson, Founders Fund and Atomico.
How are Astrid's tools graded?
ETG API (RateHawk) is graded D, 53.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
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