YouTrip Raises $25 Million for a Digital Wallet: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: YouTrip's co-founder and CEO Caecilia Chu. The startup, founded in Hong Kong, helps travelers save money when making purchases in a foreign currency. It has raised $25.5 million in pre-Series A funding. YouTrip
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This week's travel startups, including YouTrip, GetYourGuide, Away, and Anyplace, announced more than $611 million in funding.
Travel Startup Funding This Week
Each week we round up travel startups that have recently received or announced funding. Please email Travel Tech Reporter Justin Dawes at [email protected] if you have funding news.
This week travel startups announced more than $611 million in funding.
GetYourGuide, a tours and attractions booking agency, raised a $484 million Series E funding round, led by the SoftBank Vision Fund.
Away, a luggage and travel accessories retailer, raised $100 million, led by Wellington Management.
Here were some other fundings announced this week:
>>YouTrip, a multi-currency travel wallet that links with pre-paid cards run by bank network MasterCard, has raised $25.5 million in pre-Series A funding.
Insignia Ventures Partners participated in the round.
YouTrip, founded in Hong Kong, debuted its product in Singapore in Aug
