Sensible Weather Raises $12 Million to Hedge Against Rainy Vacations: Travel Startup Funding This Week


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This week, a climate risk technology company has raised more cash to develop its Weather Guarantee product, while Relay plans to put more of its delivery robots into hotels.

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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 $61 million in funding.

>>Sensible Weather, a climate risk technology company, has raised $12 million in Series A funding.

San Francisco-based Infinity Ventures led the round, with participation from Certares Ventures, existing investors Wonder Ventures and Group1001, as well as executives from Airbnb, Pacaso, Plaid and Toast.

The startup offers a “Weather Guarantee” to consumers when booking holidays. If rain is forecast, Sensible Weather automatically sends a reimbursement, with payments based on the number of hours the experience is negatively impacted by weather.

It will now use the funding to recruit