Dingdandao Raises $10 Million for Homestay Management Software: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: A canal in Zhouzhuang, a town with many holiday rentals in the Jiangsu province of China. This week, travel startups raised more than $215 million for travel management forsoftware, property management software, and other ideas. Adobe / Lotusjeremy
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This week, travel startups announced more than $215 million in investment. The funded concepts include travel management for small businesses, property management software for vacation rental managers in China, and luxury vacation rentals in India.
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 $215 million in funding.
>>Klook, an online travel agency focused on experiences and attractions, raised $200 million in funding, as Skift reported earlier this week. Aspex Management led the round, with existing investors, such as Sequoia Capital China, Softbank Vision Fund 1, Matrix Partners China, and Boyu Capital, also taking part. The Hong Kong-based startup has now raised more than $720 million since its founding in 2014.
>> Dingdandao (Smart Order), which provides software to help managers of short-term rental and vacation homes run their businesses, has raised $10.8 million (70 million renminbi) in a Series A round.
