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GetYourGuide books $194M at a $2B valuation with travel experiences back in business
The tourist industry is bouncing back after a rough couple of pandemic-stressed years, and in the case of some tourism and travel startups, its momentum is coming in at a pace that’s defying eve
Key European tech founders and investors launch OneUkraine charity to assist Ukraine
A host of major European tech founders and investors are today backing the launch of OneUkraine, a new charity providing sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. OneUkraine will be su
Peek raises $80M as its travel experiences software and marketplace business passes $2B in bookings
Travel and tourism are slowly starting to move again in the wake of COVID-19 crashing over the world and sending us to shelter in place. Today a company focused on experiences — museum visits, s
SoftBank backs Cloudbeds as hospitality industry awakens from its COVID slumber
Cloudbeds provides software to lodging businesses that combines previously siloed functions into one integrated, cloud-based tool.
TravelPerk raises $160M in equity and debt after a year of derailed business trips
The pandemic has hammered the travel sector over the past 12 months so you’d be forgiven for feeling a bit of pre-COVID-19 déjà vu at this news: Business trip booking platform TravelPerk is an
Travel startup GetYourGuide secures $97M revolving credit facility
Many countries hit hard by COVID-19 are beginning to see a glimmer of optimism from the arrival of vaccinations. Now, a promising travel startup that saw its growth arrested by the arrival and persist
Tech growth fund Highland Europe raises €700M to ‘double-down’, strengthens team
Highland Europe — the tech growth fund best known for backing high profile late-stage startups like GetYourGuide, Huel, WeTransfer, Wolt and Zwift — has closed its fourth fund, raising €700M in
GetYourGuide closes $133M convertible note as travel startups continue to weather the COVID-19 storm
On the heels of Germany announcing another lockdown to try to contain the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in the country, one of the hottest startups in its capital city is announcing the closing of a la
Travel startups cry foul over what Google’s doing with their data
As the antitrust drumbeat continues to pound on tech giants, with Reuters reporting comments today from the U.S. Justice Department that it’s moving “full-tilt” on an investigation o
Google under fire for squeezing travel startups hit by coronavirus refunds
Google is facing anger from the German startup ecosystem for refusing to restructure ad payments linked to travel and transport bookings that were subsequently wiped out by the coronavirus crisis. Tec
Three travel startups tell us how they’re responding to the coronavirus crisis
With the globalized world going into partial or complete lock down over the Covid-19 pandemic, startups in the travel sector are facing a huge stress test and immediate disruption to business as usual
European startups applaud Commission plan to rethink stock options
Startups have welcomed proposals from the European Commission aimed at cutting red tape and shrinking cross-border barriers for small businesses as part of a new EU industrial strategy plan with a twi
Meet the first wave of speakers & enter your startup for The Europas Awards, 25 June
Excitement for The Europas Awards for European Tech Startups is heating up. Here is the first wave of speakers and judges — with more coming! The Awards — which have been running for over 10 y
ToursByLocals snaps up its first funding, C$33M, to link sightseers with guides globally
The tours and experiences market is projected to be worth $183 billion this year, and today a startup that has made inroads into the space through bootstrapping is announcing its first outside investm
The five biggest rounds in tech in 2019 and what they mean
Funding for tech startups has been on an inevitable upswing for years, a result of a virtuous circle where wildly successful tech companies on the public markets whet the appetites of investors and in
GetYourGuide widens its horizons, will expand its Originals short tours into day trips and more
GetYourGuide has made a name for itself as the startup that helped the stale idea of guided tours for travellers on its head. Tapping into the generation of consumers who think of travel not just as g
Johannes Reck from GetYourGuide to talk about reaching unicorn status at Disrupt Berlin
Earlier this year, GetYourGuide raised a gigantic $484 million funding round with SoftBank’s Vision Fund leading the round. Now that the German startup has reached a valuation well over the $1 billi
Key Vision Fund investors are reportedly lukewarm on a second fund
SoftBank shook up the venture capital world with its unprecedented $100 billion Vision Fund, and the speculation continues around its follow-up. The fund hasn’t quite closed $100 billion —
GetYourGuide picks up $484M, passes 25M tickets sold through its tourism activity app
As we swing into the summer tourist season, a company poised to capitalise on that has raised a huge round of funding. GetYourGuide — a Berlin startup that has built a popular marketplace for pe
Airbnb-backed OYO moves into Europe, buys Leisure Group from Axel Springer for $415M
OYO, the fast-growing budget hotel startup out of India that’s backed by Airbnb, SoftBank, Grab and Didi, has made an acquisition to expand its footprint into Europe, specifically around self-ca