Skyroam Raises $20 Million for Portable Wi-Fi: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: Shown here is an early 2018 photograph of a Skyroam portable Wi-Fi hotspot called the Solis. The manufacturer has just raised a large Series C funding round. Skyroam
Skift Take
We were skeptical of claims from Skyroam that travelers would pay a premium for seamless mobile Wi-Fi. After all, the internet has become cheap and easy to access in many destinations. But the startup has attracted millions of paying users. The lesson: There's always a premium version of an existing service waiting to be invented.
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.
Travel startups publicized more than $58 million in fundraising this week.
Earlier this week we covered vacation rental tech startup TurnKey's $31 million Series B funding round. Here are some other top fundings that startups revealed this week.
>>Skyroam, a portable Wi-Fi hotspot provider, raised $20 million in a Series C round.
JAFCO Asia led the round. Vickers Venture, GSR Ventures, China Broadband Capital, and Delta Electronics Capital also participated.
This investment brings the San Fr
