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Do you need another app to discover beautiful places when you travel?

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In the summer of 2019, Timilehin Ajiboye became intrigued with the idea of building a travel app after conversations with a circle of friends. And while social media, growing exponentially over the past decade, has changed the way we communicate and connect, it has also changed how we travel. Social media and travel.

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YouTravel.Me packs up $1M to match travelers with curated small group adventures

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is the latest startup to grab some venture capital dollars as the travel industry gets back on its feet amid the global pandemic. million to bring spontaneous travel back to a hard-hit industry and Wanderlog bag $1.5 million for its free travel itinerary platform. million for its free travel itinerary platform.

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KKday bumps its Series C to $95 million as travel resumes

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When travel platform KKday raised the first part of its Series C in September 2020 , the travel landscape was very different. Now, as KKday announces that it’s added $20 million to the round, bringing its total to $95 million, travel trends are changing, with more people going on domestic or international trips.

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Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce

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Evidently, the downturn hasn’t soured investors on the travel industry. Travel booking startup Hopper today announced that it closed a $96 million follow-on investment from Capital One, bringing the company’s total raised to $740 million. Hopper differentiates itself from rival travel services (e.g.

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WeTravel books $27M to build fintech and more for bespoke group travel

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Travel is back on the radar for investment, with consumers and business users both on the move again after a long pandemic period of staying in one place. The startup, fittingly, has done a little traveling of its own. WeTravel had previously raised only $7 million in the eight years since it was founded.

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BlaBlaCar raises $115 million to build all-in-one travel app

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If you’re not familiar with Avito, they specialize in classified ads for the Russian market. In 2020 alone, BlaBlaCar had 50 million passengers across 22 markets overall. In particular, buses represent a huge opportunity in emerging markets and Eastern Europe. Classified giant and global tech investor Naspers acquired Avito.

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Peek raises $80M as its travel experiences software and marketplace business passes $2B in bookings

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Travel and tourism are slowly starting to move again in the wake of COVID-19 crashing over the world and sending us to shelter in place. That’s a big shift from a year ago, when travel-related companies were regrouping and trying to figure out how to continue weathering what had turned out to be a very long storm.

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