Virtuo Raises $23 Million for Car Rentals: Travel Startup Funding This Week

This week travel startups announced more than $46.7 million in funding. >>Virtuo , a car rental company, has raised $23 million in a Series B round. Iris, Balderton, and Raise Ventures participated as investors. Virtuo has raised $33.6 million of venture capital since its founding in 2015. The company lets customers rent Mercedes and other luxury brand vehicles by a mobile app at 27 train stations, airports, and city center locations in France, Belgium, and the UK. Like car-sharing firm Zipcar, Virtuo lets a traveler pick a car via the app and then unlock the vehicle with the app — skipping a counter service line. The startup has 50 employees but plans to double its headcount within a year. >>May Mobility, a company that pri