This Week in Travel Startup Funding: FlightCar, Jetaport and More


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FlightCar has a cool idea that lets travelers get monetary usage out of their cars, which would otherwise remain stationary during a trip, but it probably still isn't any easier or cheaper to use the service compared to an already existing airport car rental company.

Each week we roundup the latest crop of travel startups that have received or announced funding that week. The total amount raised this week was $138.5 million. Here are four companies that announced they raised funding this week, listed in order by the highest amount raised. See previous roundups here. >>Wheels Up raised a $115 million Series A round from new investors T. Rowe Price Associates, Fidelity Management and Research Company and NEA. The New York City-based startup's pre-