In-Flight Messaging and Indian Budget Hotels: Travel Startups Raise $86 Million

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.

The startups on the list this week exemplify two growing areas of opportunity in travel. 

One, airline tech: Consumers have made it clear that they expect high-tech experiences when they travel, but airlines often disappoint in that department.

Two, a burgeoning travel industry in India: The middle class is growing in India, and one of the first things people do when they have expendable income is travel. A growing number of startups focused on Indian travelers have been raising money in the last couple of years. The two on this list are focused on budget travelers.  

Three startups involved in the travel industry raised nearly $90 million over the last week. 

Ditto, which helps airline tech systems communicate and synchronize data while offline, has raised an oversubscribed series B round of $82 million.