Travel

Boston-based VC Borderless Capital led a USD10m round for TravelX, a blockchain-based distribution protocol for the travel industry, with participation from Draper Cygnus, Myelin Capital, Monday Capital, Algorand and GoldenTree.…

Ayenda, a Colombian budget hotel chain, raised a USD10m round from 500 Global, Dalus Capital and IDB Lab. Dila Capital invested in June; KASZEK led a USD8.7m Series A in 2020;…

ChileGlobal Ventures and Dadneo led a USD2m seed round for Wheel the World, a US-based travel booking platform for travelers with disabilities, with participation from Plug N Play Ventures and…

 IDB Invest and Blue Like an Orange invested US$50m in mezzanine financing in Selina, a Panamanian travel hospitality network with community vacation properties across Central America. IDB Invest will contribute…

Fundación Bancolombia and Fondo Acción led a US$500k round in Awake Travel, a Colombian travel booking platform for eco-friendly trips. (Contxto) Who says travel startups are taboo for venture capitalists…

Dux Capital invested MX$600k in Refly, a platform for reselling airline tickets.

Online travel agency Despegar.com, which is backed by Tiger Global and General Atlantic, began trading today on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). (Press Release) Despegar.com, Corp. (“Despegar”), led by…

A group of investors co-invested seed capital in Latin American startups Keteka, Faro.travel, Monitor and PlieQ using a new model of investing known as Syndicates carried out via FounderList. (Pulso Social)…

Qatar’s Travel Capitalist Ventures invested US$600k in Voopter, a Brazilian meta-search travel engine, to expand the company’s travel services. (MercadoeEventos) O buscador de preços de passagens aéreas, Voopter, recebeu no…

(Reuters) Carlyle Group LP and Brazilian investor Guilherme Paulus raised a combined R$1.23b (US$394m) from the partial sale of their stakes in Brazilian travel agency CVC Brasil Operadora. CVC Brasil…