Yonder Raises $4 Million for Nature Travel: Travel Startup Funding This Week

This week, travel startups announced more than $5 million in funding. >>Yonder, a booking agency for nature travel in the U.S., said it had raised a $4 million seed round. Unnamed investors took stakes in the Hamilton, Montana-based startup. Using Yonder's site and mobile app, travelers can book overnight stays and activities at farms, ranches, vineyards, and similar "nature immersive" places. Tim Southwell, permaculture farmer and farm stay owner, created Yonder because he was frustrated by mainstream booking sites underserving the farm stay community. His service aims to expose people to surp