Daytrip company Viator raises $7.6M
May 12, 2008 | Anthony Ha
Viator, a travel website that specializes in daytime tours, has raised $6.7 million in a third round of funding, according to VentureWire.
The San Francisco startup was founded in 1995 and makes money by purchasing tours at bulk rates than selling them to individuals. It offers 5,500 tours to more than 400 destinations.
The funding was led by Carlyle Venture Partners and Technology Venture Partners, and it follows $10 million raised in 2005 and 2006. The new money will be used to expand into the international and cruise markets.
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Anthony Ha writes about enterprise technology, cloud computing, tech policy, and random cool startups. Before joining VentureBeat in January 2008, he worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. Anthony attended Stanford University from 2001 to 2006, and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com.
