Tours and Activities Site Klook Secures $60 Million Round as Goldman Sachs Invests
Photo Credit: Members of the Klook team share a meal together. Group activities like cooking classes and wine tastings are among the offerings of the tours-and-activities marketplace. Klook
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Klook's rapid growth suggests that a growing number of Chinese and other Asian outbound travelers want to travel independently, instead of in groups, and thus book their activities a la carte. That portends a sea change in the travel industry.
This is likely the largest funding round for a tours and activities company to date.
Hong Kong-based travel activities booking platform Klook has completed a nearly $60 million Series C funding round.
Goldman Sachs joined as a new investor, co-leading the round with existing investors Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners.
The $60 million round overtakes the previous record for investment in tours and activities site, namely GetYourGuide's $50 million round, in 2015.
It was only in March that Klook raised a $30 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital China. The startup has raised $97 mil
