Screening Company Clear Raises $15 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Sean O'Neill

April 21st, 2017 at 1:00 AM EDT

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Long-promised improvements to airport security screening and rebooking in the event of flight disruption may finally be in the offing, thanks to follow-on rounds of fundings to the startups Clear and Freebird.

Each week we round up travel startups that have recently received or announced funding. The total raised this week was more than $24 million. Earlier this week we covered Freebird's $5 million funding round, led by General Catalyst and Accomplice. The company, focusing on serving corporate travel with enterprise services, helps travelers rebook when their flights are disrupted. >>The biometric security company Clear has raised $15 million from T. Rowe Price’s New Hor

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