Boom Tech Raises $33 Million for Supersonic Jet: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: Boom Technologies believes it could sell hundreds of the subscale supersonic aircraft. Boom Technologies
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Boom will get a supersonic jet to test, Ixigo will get help with its Indian expansion, and Eventerprise will expand beyond South Africa — all thanks to fresh rounds of funding.
Each week we create a roundup of travel startups that have received or announced funding that week. The total amount raised this week was more than $86 million.
Earlier this week we noted that mobile-only hotel booking brand HotelTonight raised $37 million in a funding round. Venture capital firm Accel Partners led the Series E round, which places a $463 million valuation on the San Francisco-based startup.
We also noted that Marriott has made an undisclosed equity investment in a tours-and-activities metasearch platform, PlacePass.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based startup has a database of activities in 800 locations worldwide, and Marriott pla
