YouTrip Raises $25 Million for a Digital Wallet: Travel Startup Funding This Week
This week's travel startups, including YouTrip, GetYourGuide, Away, and Anyplace, announced more than $611 million in funding.
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Tourlane Raises $47 Million for Multiday Tours: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Planning and booking complex international trips remains a pain point, and Tourlane, Skylark, and TravelLocal are part of a growing wave of companies attempting to provide savvier solutions for travelers. Plus: funding news for authentic souvenir aggregator Rare Planet, serviced apartments provider Mint House, and sustainable mobility tech provider TransitScreen.
Masabi Raises $20 Million for Ticketing Tech: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Masabi enables cities, such as Denver and Sydney, to sell tickets on public transit via the mobile apps of travel companies like Uber. Meanwhile, Elenium disrupts airport self check-in, Pana pivots into corporate travel, and Sweetguest surfs the growth in management services for vacation rentals.
Rentals United Raises $4 Million for Distribution Tech: Travel Startup Funding This Week
This week’s startup funding announcements reveal broader industry investment themes, such as the need for marketing tools for the owners of short-term rentals and for talent recruitment technology to help fill labor gaps in the tourism industry.
Bizzabo and Gather Raise Millions for Event Tech: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Two event tech startups, Bizzabo and Gather, have raised millions in funding to help businesses and restaurants manage and grow events. The companies are benefiting from a 2019 Megatrend that Skift summarized as "real-world experiences gain value in an era of tech burnout."
V Resorts Raises $10 Million for Branded Resorts: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Aditi Balbir, founder and CEO of V Resorts, has impressed investors with her take on asset-light hospitality management in India, like an Oyo for resorts. In a distinctive touch, the company uses and markets goods and furnishings made by local crafts workers.
Fyle Raises $4 Million for Expense Management: Travel Startup Funding This Week
It's eye-catching that Fyle, a Bengaluru-based expense management software company, has received funding from Tiger Global, a venture firm that was an early backer of Flipkart, Spotify, LinkedIn, and Despegar.
Lyft IPO Teaches Lessons to Other Rising Travel Startups
Several travel startups dream of going public. Lyft's initial public offering shows that profitability isn't necessarily as important as growth in the eyes of some investors, among some other key lessons.
Lola Raises $37 Million to Manage Business Trips: Travel Startup Funding This Week
This week corporate travel tech startup Lola, attractions software builder Bookingkit, and hospitality job marketplace Jitjatjo collectively raised more than $53 million in funding.
Guesty Raises $35 Million to Manage Rentals: Travel Startup Funding This Week
This week travel startups Guesty, The Plum Guide, Zeus, Zuzu, Welcome Pickups, Vntrip, and Hostfully revealed more than $76 million in funding collectively.