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Travel Startup Funding This Week
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Six travel tech startups reported raising nearly $49 million this week.
>>Fairlyne, a platform reselling travel tickets, has raised $3 million in seed funding. The round was led by Speedinvest with participation from Evolem, Kima Ventures, FJ Lab, and several angel investors.
The France-based tool, which is integrated into the tech platforms of client travel companies, allows consumers to resell otherwise non-refundable tickets. While operators in industries like sports and entertainment have been able to offer resale services, travel companies have not because of a lack of technology, the startup said.
Besides resale, Fairlyne said its tool can help companies more easily sell unused tickets.
The French low-cost railway operator Ouigo has already been using the platform, allowing consumers to resell tickets directly through the Ouigo website and app. The airline Royal Air Maroc will begin using it in the next several months.
“We realized that travel customers were willing to resell their bookings and meanwhile that no-shows represent a lucrative opportunity for travel operators — if they could offer customers who couldn’t make it the chance to resell in advance,” said Gilles de Richemond, Fairlyne co-founder and CEO, in a statement. “So, we built a platform, which ca