Canary Technologies Raises $30 Million to Boost Hotel Software Biz: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: Radisson Hotels (pictured) is a client of Canary Technologies. Radisson / Hanna Sörensson
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It’s always notable when either Insight Partners or Y-Combinator is backing something. Canary Technologies reported investment by not one, but both. Oh, and it’s got backing from Fidelity-affiliated F-Prime Capital, too.
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.Travel startups announced nearly $188 million in funding this week.
>> Canary Technologies has raised $30 million in Series B funding, led by Insight Partners with continued participation from F-Prime Capital, Y-Combinator, Thayer Ventures, Commerce Ventures and others.
The company has raised a total of $45 million to date.
The Canary platform is meant to help hotels modernize guest management, with digital features that enable contactless check-in and check-out, guest messaging, upsells, tipping, digital authorizations and digital contracts.
The platform is used by thousands of hotels in more than 75 countries. Clients have included Four Seasons, Best Western, Rosewood Hotels and Radisson hotels, the company said.
This latest funding will go toward hiring, strengthening the platform and expanding business globally.
“Canary’s mission is to help hotel operators modernize their tech stacks to deliver the best
