A photo of key team members for Duffel, a travel startup that has been backed by Benchmark, a famous investment firm. Steve Domin, co-founder and CEO of Duffel, is in the center wearing shorts. Duffel Skift Take: This week travel startups GuestReady Group, Duffel, MagicStay, and Fairjungle announced more than $32 million in funding. — … [Read more…]
The Emirates mobile app, which is partly powered by tech from CellPoint Mobile, which has just announced that it has received financing. Emirates Skift Take: CellPoint Mobile, which helps airlines and other travel companies run their mobile apps more effectively, has received $14 million in investment. The move underscores the ongoing venture capital interest in … [Read more…]
The co-founders of Prowler.io, with CEO Vishal Chatrath (center), chief technology officer Dongho Kim (left), and head of finance Engineering Aleksi Tukiainen (right). This week Prowler.io and other startups received investments. Prowler.io Skift Take: This week travel startups announced more than $309 million in funding, as Mafengwo, Prowler.io, Instawork, Revenue Analytics, Dawex, and Outpost received … [Read more…]
YouTrip’s co-founder and CEO Caecilia Chu. The startup, founded in Hong Kong, helps travelers save money when making purchases in a foreign currency. It has raised $25.5 million in pre-Series A funding. YouTrip Skift Take: This week’s travel startups, including YouTrip, GetYourGuide, Away, and Anyplace, announced more than $611 million in funding. — Sean O’Neill … [Read more…]
Masabi offers public transit authorities software for mobile payments via providers like Mastercard and lets Uber and other travel companies sell their tickets. Mastercard Skift Take: 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, … [Read more…]
Shown here are members of the Rentals United startup. James Burrows, CEO, is in the middle. Co-founder Vanessa de Souza Lage is to the left of him. Rentals United, which provides a tech platform for vacation rental property managers, has raised $4.25 million. Rentals United Skift Take: This week’s startup funding announcements reveal broader industry … [Read more…]
An image from the HubSpot Inbound 2018 conference in Boston. Hubspot used the services of meetings tech startup Bizzabo to run its event. Bizzabo raised $27 million in Series D funding this week. HubSpot Skift Take: Two event tech startups, Bizzabo and Gather, have raised millions in funding to help businesses and restaurants manage and … [Read more…]
Aditi Balbir is founder and CEO of V Resorts, a hospitality company based in India, which has announced a $10 million Series A round of funding. V Resorts Skift Take: 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. … [Read more…]
Fyle CEO Yashwanth Madhusudan speaks at a conference in India in July 2018. The Bengaluru-based expense management software company has raised a round of funding. Fyle Skift Take: 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, … [Read more…]
Several employees of Guesty, a vacation rental property management startup that has raised $35 million in Series C funding, gather for a team photo. Amiad Soto, co-founder and CEO of Guesty, is not present. Guesty Skift Take: This week travel startups Guesty, The Plum Guide, Zeus, Zuzu, Welcome Pickups, Vntrip, and Hostfully revealed more than … [Read more…]