Fountain Raises $23 Million for Hospitality Recruitment: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: Shown here is Keith Ryu, CEO and co-founder of Fountain, a hospitality recruitment startup that has raised additional funding. Fountain
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This week, travel startups announced more than $437 million in funding. Blockchain-based identify management, hospitality worker recruitment, airline distribution, attractions ticketing, and short-term rental property management were some of the hot concepts attracting investors.
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.
This week, travel startups announced more than $437 million in funding.
Earlier this week, we covered a few significant investments.
Vacasa, a property management service for short-term rentals, raised $319 million in a Series C round, led by private equity financing from Silver Lake.
Airbnb led a $60 million Series C round in Tiqets, a technology vendor in the sightseeing and experiences sector.
Duffel, an airline distribution tech company, raised $30 million in a Series B round of investment led by Index Ventures.
Here are other companies that disclosed this week they had ra
