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While startup funding may be difficult to come by right now, these fundraises show that serious money has begun to flow for new ventures in travel industry verticals that are focused on serving day-trippers to business travelers. #traveltech #hospitalitytech #startups #venturecapital

🚀 Exciting News from the TravelTech Frontier! 🚀 (especially if you're an investor) Hey LinkedIn family, After Exiting my previous business, I've spent months brewing ideas, having countless caffeine-fueled nights, and one too many "Eureka!" moments that turned out to be just me drinking too much coffee, I’m thrilled to announce the beginnings of Tripclone! 🌍✈️ Ever scrolled through social media, seen an epic trip, and thought, "I wish I could just snap my fingers and be there"? Welcome to Tripclone – where your travel envy turns into your travel reality! With just one click, Tripclone transforms those jaw-dropping trips you see online into your next adventure, booking your car hire, hotels, and restaurant reservations seamlessly. We're not just talking inspiration; we're talking instant vacation realisation. 🏖️🚗🍽️ Dream it. Click it. Experience it. That’s Tripclone. Why am I bouncing off the walls with excitement? Well, besides the excessive coffee, it’s because Tripclone is the culmination of everything I believe tech should be: a solution that makes users’ lives not just easier, but more joyful. We're not just in the business of making apps; we're in the business of crafting experiences. And here's where it gets even more interesting... We're currently on the lookout for visionary investors who are ready to join us on this journey. If you've ever wanted to invest in a startup with a second time Founder, let's chat. We’re open for pre-seed investment now! This is your chance to get in on the ground floor and say, "I was there when it all started," Interested? Intrigued? Just want to tell me to drink less coffee? Drop me a message or comment below and I'll shoot you over the Tripclone Deck. Let’s make the magic happen together. Here's to taking the leap! 🚀 #Tripclone #StartupJourney #PreSeed #InvestmentOpportunity #TechInnovation #Entrepreneurship #TravelTech #HereWeGo

Four travel startups raised nearly $240 million this week, but one raise accounted for the vast majority of that. With a series D round of $225 million in venture capital, Flyr’s fundraise this week was the largest for a travel tech company this year or last year. It even outdid two major equity-debt raises last year by tours and activities platforms GetYourGuide and Klook, underlining the level of opportunity for modernizing airline retail. https://hubs.li/Q02KTwRd0

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Attention all travelers! Want to make some extra cash while on the go? Look no further than eRRANDA. With eRRANDA, you can get paid for helping someone move items that are headed your way. No more traveling for free! Connect with someone who has items headed in your direction, help them move these items and get paid for your services. It's that simple. Join eRRANDA today and start earning while you travel. Join our waiting list on www.errandatech.com #travel #earnmoney #erranda #startup

Tour Packages and Digital Tipping: Travel Startups Raise $104 Million The three startups in the list this week represent modern takes on old ways of doing business in three travel sectors: tour packages, timeshares, and hospitality tipping. Each of those areas have been particularly slow at modernizing, and the growth of the businesses highlighted shows that there’s demand to do so. The three startups this week announced fundraises totaling more than $104 million. Exoticca: $65.1 Million Exoticca, a platform that sells multi-day tour packages, has raised $65.1 million (€60 million) in series D funding.  Quadrille Capital led the round, with support from All Iron, ICF, 14W, Mangrove, Bonsai, Sabadell, and Aldea. The company raised its last round of $30 million in 2021. Barcelona-based Exoticca said its tech provides connections to flights, hotels, meals, transfers, transportation, and activities all in one place. That allows the company to sell complex packages based on real-time pricing and availability, which it claims reduces prices by 30% compared to booking different parts of a trip individually. The platform offers more than 70 destinations in the U.S., Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Colombia, and Mexico. #US #UK #Startup #Travel #Digital #News

💡How trio co-founders built a $2 billion worth empire? Let’s look at how. 1. Meet trio co-founders who brought a drastic change in the travel ecosystem.🎬 📌Frédéric Mazzella: Meet Frederic, the founder and president of BlaBlaCar, who identified a market gap and started shaping the travel #ecosystem from his living room. 📌Nicolas Brusson: Nicolas, the co-founder and CEO of BlaBlaCar, who has been contributing his efforts since 2011. 📌Francis Nappez: He has been serving as co-founder and tech advisor, guiding the technical and product development since 2006. 2. An idea sparked during a trip that shaped the future of the travel ecosystem —right from a living room. ⏩ 3. One Christmas, Frederic struggled to reach his home Vendée, 300 miles from Paris, as all the trains were full and he had no car. ❌ 4. However, his younger sister drove to Paris to pick him up and brought him back to Vendée.⏩ 5. During the journey, Frederic observed that most cars on the road were almost empty, which sparked an idea.💡 6. The idea was simple: using available car seats to create a travel network, which eventually led to BlaBlaCar.🚀 7. The trio founders transformed this simple concept into the world’s leading carpooling platform, connecting millions of people traveling in the same direction.✅ 8. This Paris-based startup, BlaBlaCar is a digital platform that connects drivers with passengers traveling to the same destination, providing a range of affordable and #ecofriendly travel options through a single app. ✅ 9. The platform links individuals by integrating carpooling with long-distance buses, connecting major cities to rural areas and covering over 2.4 million locations #worldwide in 2023.✅ 10. The platform saved approximately 2 million tons of CO2 through improved vehicle usage and facilitated 104 million trusted connections in 2023.🙌 ✌️ What makes his story truly inspiring is that, instead of overlooking the problem, he pursued a solution and ultimately founded a billion-dollar company. Read more - https://lnkd.in/g9rkm-dE To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.co.uk #Eustartup #Technology #BlaBlaCar #Europeanstartup #Enterprenureship #Bussiness #Empowering #startup #startupstory

Ever dreamed of launching a travel startup? There are lot of things goes behind the investing and funding of as tart-up. At TravelThru, we didn't wait for a magical funding fairy. We rolled up our sleeves, focused on solving real problems, and built our success one happy traveler at a time. Remember: investors love traction more than talk. So stop waiting and start doing! As the great Steve Jobs said, 'The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.' Ready to turn your travel dreams into reality? Join us at TravelThru, where we're not just planning trips – we're revolutionizing the way the world explores. Your next adventure starts here. Let's make it extraordinary. #TravelThru #StartupGrind #DreamBigTravelFar"

It's always interesting to check back on which segments of the travel industry are attracting funding and the typical round size. There has also been some serious M&A activity in the sector in Q1 #travel #traveltechnology