Unbabel Raises $60 Million for Translation Services: Travel Startup Funding This Week

In the past week, travel startups announced more than $100 million in funding. HappyOrNot, a feedback management system, raised $25 million in Series A funding last Friday. Verdane led the round. While HappyOrNot is admittedly not a travel startup, travel sector companies like Heathrow Airport have been its most substantial customers during the past couple of years. The Finnish company's kiosks typically feature four giant, colored buttons with faces that have expressions ranging from happy to sad. The devices have become a standard customer service tracker at many airports and other transit hubs. Earlier this week, we reported that Landline, a bus company, had raised a $3.85 million seed round. Upfront Ventures led the investment, with Mucker Capital and Matchstick Ventures participating. Landline, a Los Angeles-based startup, schedules inter-city bus service connecting cities to airports like Minneapolis–St. Paul International. It aspires to replace regional airlines on short routes. For example, a passenger on an airline like Sun Country might pay a fixed price that includes a plane ticket and bus connection. >>Unbabel, a translation services provider, raised $60 million in Series C funding. Unbabel is, admittedly, not a travel startup. But travel companies and agencies, such as EasyJet, Booking.com, and Skyscanner, bought the most share of its services in the past year. Unabel lets any e-commerce company reply to their customer mes