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Blacklane Raises $40 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week

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Sean O'Neill
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Photo Credit: Pictured are the founders of Blacklane, CEO Jens Wohltorf (left) and CTO Frank Steuer. Their company has received funding that includes a significant stake taken by a Gulf States family business. Blacklane

Skift Take

Laughing all the way to the bank is even more fun when you're in the back seat of a chauffeured car. The founders of the Berlin-based professional driver service Blacklane have received significant funding from an investor in the Gulf States, a growing regional source of investment for travel companies.

Each week we round up travel startups that have recently received or announced funding. The total companies publicized this week was more than $46 million. Earlier this week, we reported on how flight and hotel metasearch company Wego had raised an undisclosed funding round in the second half of last year. It has raised $60 million to date. We also noted that Flio, an airport navigation app, had an undisclosed 7-digit funding round in the second-half of last year. Here are additional fundings to report: >>Blacklane, a chauffeured car service, received "the largest investment round" it has ever received. Given that its last round was $20 million, we estimate that this

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