Ubicquia Raises $30 Million for Smart Cities: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Sean O'Neill
September 18th, 2020 at 1:00 AM EDT
Skift Take
Innovations that cities are incubating today will serve the travel industry tomorrow, as Skift noted as a megatrend earlier this year. The story of Ubicquia, a smart city startup, makes the point. Potential applications of its tech include resort areas and theme parks.
This week, travel startups announced more than $30 million in funding.
>>Ubicquia, which provides tech for cities, closed a $30 million Series C funding round with participation from Fuel Venture Capital and other investors.
Ubicquia's devices plug into the photocell sockets of existing streetlights and transformer polls. The gizmos add advanced light control, public Wi-Fi, private LTE internet signal support, and video cameras powered by artificial intelligence to help authorities manage traffic and track public safety. The technology is compatible with 300 millio
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