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Skyroam Raises $20 Million for Portable Wi-Fi: Travel Startup Funding This Week

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Sean O'Neill
March 16th, 2018 at 1:00 AM EDT
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We were skeptical of claims from Skyroam that travelers would pay a premium for seamless mobile Wi-Fi. After all, the internet has become cheap and easy to access in many destinations. But the startup has attracted millions of paying users. The lesson: There's always a premium version of an existing service waiting to be invented.
Series: Startups This Week

Travel Startup Funding This Week

Each week we round up travel startups that have recently received or announced funding. Please email Travel Tech Reporter Justin Dawes at jd@skift.com if you have funding news.
Travel startups publicized more than $58 million in fundraising this week. Earlier this week we covered vacation rental tech startup TurnKey's $31 million Series B funding round. Here are some other top fundings that startups revealed this week. >>Skyroam, a portable Wi-Fi hotspot provider, raised $20 million in a Series C round. JAFCO Asia led the round. Vickers Venture, GSR Ventures, China Broadband Capital, and Delta Electronics Capital also participated. This investment brings the San Fr

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