Fountain Raises $23 Million for Hospitality Recruitment: Travel Startup Funding This Week


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This week, travel startups announced more than $437 million in funding. Blockchain-based identify management, hospitality worker recruitment, airline distribution, attractions ticketing, and short-term rental property management were some of the hot concepts attracting investors.

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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 $437 million in funding. Earlier this week, we covered a few significant investments. Vacasa, a property management service for short-term rentals, raised $319 million in a Series C round, led by private equity financing from Silver Lake. Airbnb led a $60 million Series C round in Tiqets, a technology vendor in the sightseeing and experiences sector. Duffel, an airline distribution tech company, raised $30 million in a Series B round of investment led by Index Ventures. Here are other companies that disclosed this week they had ra