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SoftBank Invests in Brazil’s Buser: Travel Startup Funding This Week

By investing in bus booking company Buser, SoftBank continues to add travel-related startups to its portfolio of investments, despite reports of trouble due to its investments in WeWork and Uber that have not met its expectations. Plus, we have this week's news of funding for the startups Jiudianbang, Lyte, Situm, and Skyroam.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago

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Online Travel

Aero Raises $16 Million for Air Service for Millennials: Travel Startup Funding This Week

This week, the startups Aero, TravelBank, Impala, Quicko, and Fyle together announced more than $45 million in funding.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago

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Unbabel Raises $60 Million for Translation Services: Travel Startup Funding This Week

In the past week, travel startups raised more than $100 million in funding. The companies Unbabel, Beyond Pricing, Travel Easy, Seatfrog, Cruisewatch, HappyOrNot, Landline, Planet O, and Go Zayaan look to go to the next level.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago

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Chengjia Raises $300 Million for Short-Term Rentals: Travel Startup Funding This Week

This week, travel startups announced more than $433 million in funding. Companies included Chengjia, Holidu, AvantStay, WanderJaunt, Lavanda, Kambr, Amenitiz, and Beekeeper.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago

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Volocopter Raises $55 Million for Flying Taxis: Travel Startup Funding This Week

This week, travel startups Volocopter, Atlas Obscura, KKDay, AmazingCo, Living Map, Sojourn, and Davinci Travel Systems announced more than $93 million in funding. The venture capital sector clearly isn't spooked by talk of recession in some markets.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago

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Hotel Engine Raises $16 Million for Business Travel Booking: Travel Startup Funding This Week

The funding of business travel management startup Hotel Engine underscores how there's a lot of money and energy pouring into the sector.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago

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Smartair Raises $6 Million for Dynamic Packaging Tech: Travel Startup Funding This Week

This week travel startups announced more than $46 million in funding. Of note, two of the companies, Smartair and Tastemakers, are making bets on Africa's online travel growth. Meanwhile, online travel company Hostelworld has invested in Tipi, a software provider for hostel managers.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago

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Zhiketong Raises $42.5 Million for Hotel Marketing on WeChat: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Zhiketong stands out for receiving investment from top-tier investors and travel companies. The company helps hotels and other firms market their services to travelers via WeChat, a messaging service and payment platform. Hotels like WeChat because it charges lower commissions than online travel agencies like Ctrip.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago

Online Travel

AirPortr Raises $8.6 Million for Luggage Delivery: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Investors have bet on some innovative business models. AirPortr has hand-delivered about 100,000 bags from homes to airports, lifting a worry off the hands of Londoners as they pass through airport security. PaulCamper is an Airbnb for RVs. Meanwhile, SpaceBox converts spare hotel rooms into video game halls and other social zones for college students.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago

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Fever Raised $35 Million for Event Tech: Travel Startup Funding This Week

This week travel startups announced more than $40 million in funding. Notably two of the companies, travel medical insurance seller SafetyWing and upselling tech firm HotelFlex, are graduates of the famed Y Combinator startup accelerator.

Sean O'Neill | 7 years ago