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GoEuro Raises $150 Million for Transportation Search: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Naren Shaam, CEO and founder of GoEuro, is earning kudos for his vision of making transport booking seamless. Top-tier investors are once again supporting his startup's growth.

Sean O'Neill | 8 years ago

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Former Momondo CEO Hugo Burge Serves as a Startup Guardian Angel

Having sold his business to Booking Holdings last year, former Momondo CEO Hugo Burge has had more time for venture investing. His views on travel startup funding are insightful. And we're not saying that just because we hope to be invited to see the gorgeous mansion in Scotland that he's been refurbishing.

Sean O'Neill | 8 years ago

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TravelPerk Raises $44 Million for Biz Trip Management: Travel Startup Funding This Week

TravelPerk’s funding further supports Skift's 2018 Megatrend that companies are becoming more interested in booking systems that more directly serve business travelers.

Sean O'Neill | 8 years ago

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CrowdRiff Raises $9 Million for Visual Marketing: Travel Startup Funding This Week

A wave of fundings is helping startups like CrowdRiff and Travel Appeal develop tools to help travel marketers be more efficient.

Sean O'Neill | 8 years ago

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Travelsify Raises $5.8 Million for Hotel and Restaurant Tech: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Accor's backing of Travelsify is eye-opening. It suggests that the hotel giant will take advantage of the startup's artificial intelligence-powered engine, which collects data about hotels, restaurants, and vacation rentals to boost online marketing and discovery.

Sean O'Neill | 8 years ago

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Setoo Raises $9.3 Million for Insurance Innovation: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Setoo is helping to pioneer a wave of customized protection products, such as letting travelers buy coverage to get money back if there's not enough snow during a ski trip. The new products could provide more upselling opportunities for travel suppliers and online agencies.

Sean O'Neill | 8 years ago

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Beekeeper Raises $13 Million for Hotel Tech: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Beekeeper is joining Expedia-owned Alice, Amadeus-owned HotSOS, and fast-growing Quore in helping boost the effectiveness of hospitality worker communication.

Sean O'Neill | 8 years ago

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TripCreator Raises $8 Million for Itinerary Management: Travel Startup Funding This Week

This week, itinerary tool TripCreator, luggage maker Paravel, and travel distribution software maker Duffel all announced funding rounds.

Sean O'Neill | 8 years ago

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Kimkim Raises $3.7 Million for Agent Bookings: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Kimkim, Travello, and Travelstop together announced more than $8.5 million in funding this week. The leisure travel agency, the social travel model, and the business travel booking tool, respectively, are each seeing new twists.

Sean O'Neill | 8 years ago

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Homelike Raises $14 Million for Rental Search: Travel Startup Funding This Week

The market for long-term serviced apartments is being dragged, thankfully, into the digital era by companies like Homelike. Plus: Funding news for Roomex, FunNow, Vntrip, and Roto Travel.

Sean O'Neill | 8 years ago