Funding tips

Four travel tech startups have raised $328 million in capital this week. 

Six travel tech startups raised $58 million over the past two weeks.

Three travel tech startups raised nearly $7 million in venture capital this week.

Five travel tech startups raised $63.2 million this week.

Six travel tech startups reported raising nearly $49 million this week.

Three travel tech companies have announced more than $193 million in funding this week.

Three travel tech startups have announced more than $4 million in funding this week.

Three tech startups involved in the travel industry announced more than $78 million in funding this week. 

United Airlines earlier this year put together an investment of $100 million dedicated to startups working on renewable aviation fuels. Only five months later, that fund doubled to $200 million and had investments from three other other airlines.

Four travel tech startups have announced raises of more than $16 million this week.

This year’s ongoing security difficulties (read: long TSA wait times) are about to get a multi-million dollar fix. Earlier this month, Congress approved $28 million in funds to convert 2,784 part-time officers to full-time, which will open an additional 53 security lines nationwide. The funds will also expedite the hiring of 600 new officers before the end of September.