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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
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- August 2021
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- Phocuswright Research
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+1 860 350-4084 501 [email protected]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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