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5 charts in 5 minutes: The current state of funding for travel startups
5 charts in 5 minutes: The current state of funding for travel startups
- Published:
- August 2021
- Analyst:
- Phocuswright Research
Pete Comeau, managing director, Phocuswright, shares 5 charts that illustrate the current state of the travel startup market: Funding by verticals, horizontals, funding annual change and more.
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