RVezy Raises $19 Million for RV Rentals: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: A recreational vehicle rented via RVezy. RVezy
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The RVezy funding is yet another sign that the outdoor sector is booming. Other startups to announce funding this week include a Saudi version of Airbnb and an American version of BlaBlaCar.
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 $25 million in funding.
>>RVezy, a peer-to-peer marketplace for renting recreational vehicles (RVs) and campervans in North America, has raised about $19 million ($23 million Canadian dollars).
Investor Markus Frind, founder of the online dating app Plenty of Fish, made the venture funding through his family's office, Frind Properties. Michelle Romanow, cast member of CBC's Dragon's Den and co-founder of Clearco, made a small seed investment after the founder appeared on the TV show.
The company, based in Ottawa and with 54 employees, began in 2017 with a focus on Canada. A year ago it expanded to the U.S., and it now says it has nearly 10,000 American RV owners listing through it. The company faces competiti
