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The company will use the financing to build out its customer experience in preparation for the tourism bounceback. But how, exactly?

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 persistence of the pandemic is announcing a $97 million financing facility to help it stay the course until it can finally resume [...]

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 persistence of the pandemic is announcing a $97 million financing facility to help it stay the course until it can finally resume [...]

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 a comparatively short space of time compared to previous fund closes. Highland plans to 'double-down' on its strategy of being one of the few [...]

The tourism and travel industry has been one of the hardest hit by the global Covid-19 health pandemic, and today a promising startup in the space announced some funding to help it weather the storm. Berlin-based Tourlane, which has built a platform that mimics the role of an in-person travel agent to plan and book [...]

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 large convertible note to help it keep moving forward. GetYourGuide, which in brighter times runs a thriving and viral [...]

As the antitrust drumbeat continues to pound on tech giants, with Reuters reporting comments today from the US Justice Department that it's moving "full-tilt" on an investigation of platform giants including Google parent Alphabet, startups in Europe's travel sector are dialling up their allegations of anti-competitive behavior against the search giant. Google has near complete [...]

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 going somewhere, but having an "experience" (and, ideally, recording it for Insta-posterity), it has built a marketplace to connect [...]

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 billion mark, it's time to look back at the company's impressive trajectory. That's why I'm excited to announce that GetYourGuide co-founder and CEO Johannes [...]

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 people to discover and book sightseeing tours, tickets for attractions and other experiences around the world -- is today announcing that [...]

Berlin travel startup GetYourGuide said on Thursday it had raised nearly $500 million from investors led by SoftBank's Vision Fund to expand its online offering of tours and activities that has won a following among millennials.