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10 "big data" travel startups on Angel List, living large and making big promises

Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: Big data has big money chasing it, and travel startups want in.  flickr.com / Marius B

Skift Take

Big Data is drawing mega attention. But, whether the plethora of travel startups tossing around the term are earnestly focusing on the technology in the hope of creating the next big thing, that's another matter.

If you want to attract some investors with clout, then slap your travel startup's profile onto AngelList, insert some Big Data promises, and wait for some huge funding to roll in. Or, at least that's the hope. Shake a travel startup on AngelList these days, and you are likely to see a reference to Big Data. For example, "DealAngel is the first ever search engine for hotel deals that uses Big Data analytics to surface the ‘real deals.’"

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