Tour Booking Startup Evaneos Raises $80 Million
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Overtourism is a struggle facing many destinations. Companies like Evaneos, which connects travelers with off-the-beaten-track tours and activities, may go some way to addressing the issue.
Evaneos, a booking platform for customized multi-day tours, has raised an $80 million round of investment with the goal of becoming a global digital travel brand.
Partech and Level Equity led the round in the Paris-based startup, which had previously raised $28 million.
Evaneos connects consumers with more than 1,200 professional local agents to create multi-day tours, such as a safari in Kenya or an 11-day tour of sights in Uzbekistan.
Evaneos said that 300,000 customers have traveled on tours sold through its platform since its founding in 2009. It said it is profitable in its home market of France, where it has 180 employees.
The fundraising is one of the highest sums raised by a French startup this year.
It's also one of the highest for the tours-and-activities sector. As we've noted, investors and travel corporations can’t seem to get enough of the tours and activities space. In the largest funding round for a activities booking agency to
