6 Travel Startups From 2015: Where Are They Now?


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Some of the companies Skift featured in its first travel startup funding roundup went on to thrive, while others ... not so much.

Skift has published hundreds of stories on funding for travel startups since our launch in 2012, featuring Airbnb and tours and activities provider GetYourGuide among other companies in some of those early articles. We took our coverage even further three years later with a weekly roundup of startups that had received or announced funding from investors.

Since it's been close to eight years after that first startup funding roundup, it's time to ask, what happened to the six companies Skift featured on Feb. 19, 2015? So we're taking a look at the trajectory of those startups after that article. We've listed the six companies we featured in the order of how much money they raised the week of that funding roundup.

Stayzilla

Stayzilla, a Chennai, India-based startup for booking homestays and budget hotels that was founded in 2007, announced that week it had raised $20 million in a Series B round. It also raised another $14 million after its launch. Bu