Beekeeper Raises $13 Million for Hotel Tech: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: Beekeeper executives, shown here from left, are Flavio Pfaffhauser, CTO; Andreas Slotosch, VP, Growth; Daniel Sztutwojner, Chief Customer Officer; and Cristian Grossman, CEO. The communications and operations startup based in Zurich and San Francisco has raised an additional $13 million for its Series A funding round. Beekeeper
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Beekeeper is joining Expedia-owned Alice, Amadeus-owned HotSOS, and fast-growing Quore in helping boost the effectiveness of hospitality worker communication.
Travel Startup Funding This Week
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The total funding publicized this week was more than $23 million.
>>Beekeeper, a communications and operations technology company that has been primarily focused on serving hotels, has raised an additional $13 million as a part of its Series A extension round.
Atomico and Keen Venture Partners led the round. Samsung Next, Edenred Capital Partners, and Swiss Post also participated. In March, the company announced $8 million in Series A funding. It has raised about $26 million in funding, to date.
Beekeeper offers centralized tools to connect non-desk workers across locations and departments. Marriott and Heathrow Airport are among its clients. The startup, which has main offices in Zurich and San Francisco, has more than 130 employees globally.
Aligning employees without email addresses or corporate devices with the entire organization in a centralized, secure environment is a major challenge, Beekeeper said. A lack of proper operational
