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Hotels

Vacation rental marketing firm Evolve gets $2.7 million in funding

Vacation rental managers and owners certainly need effective online distribution, and this is a growing market, which is great for Evolve's evolution.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Airlines

Airport car rental startup FlightCar picks up $5.5 million

In addition to offering little incentive for a car owner to rent their car to a complete stranger, Flightcar received a cease and desist letter from SFO, the only airport the company operates at, one week before this funding announcement.

12 years ago

Online Travel

Is Foursquare becoming so yesterday?

Yesterday's tech darling Foursquare is facing lots of skepticism about its future despite ample funding and a user base numbering in the millions.

Christopher Williams | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Updated: Foursquare gets $41 million investment as its revenues continue to disappoint

Foursquare has been morphing to become more of a local discovery and recommendation engine with its latest relaunch, and despite slow growth will have enough time now with this money to extend its life for a while to come.

12 years ago

Online Travel

Google brings in investor heavyweights to fund Glass startups ecosystem

Travel information is a big part of Google Glass' use case, and would be fascinating to see the travel-related startups that will come out of the ecosystem. We'll be tracking all of them here, stay tuned.

Douglas Macmillan | 12 years ago

Online Travel

The five angel investors who rule the world of travel startups

Ask anyone who the most successful investor in travel is, and they'll talk about Joel Cutler of General Catalyst Partners. But, when it comes to individual investors, this gang of five has a lot of experience and is pretty good. None are infallible, of course, but this is where a lot of the smart money is.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Airlines