Velocity Ventures announce first close of USD20 million Travel and Hospitality Fund

by Velocity Ventures | Jun 30, 2021 | News, Press Release

Accelerating digitalisation of Hospitality & Travel businesses across Southeast Asia Singapore, 30 June 2021 – Velocity Ventures, a travel & hospitality-focused venture capital firm based in Singapore, announces the initial closing of the first-ever venture...

Zytlyn raises $2.5M for travel data prediction platform

by Velocity Ventures | Jun 11, 2021 | Media Coverage

Original source: Phocuswire.com A seed round worth $2.5 million is coming the way of Zytlyn after securing funding from a string of finance houses and angel investors. The Switzerland-based company, which specializes in data analytics to the travel sector,...

Zytlyn raises $2.5 million for data-based prediction: travel startup funding this week

by Velocity Ventures | Jun 11, 2021 | Media Coverage

Original source: Skift.com This week, travel startups announced more than $184 million in funding. Buser, an online booking service for intercity buses in Brazil, has raised $138 million (700 million reais) in a funding round. LGT Lightrock, Softbank, Monashees, and...

Fixing food waste problem means less hungry people and a great economy

by Velocity Ventures | Jun 3, 2021 | News, Tech & Venture

by Sainul Abudheen K, e27.co In 2019, Singapore generated 744M kg of food waste, which is equivalent to 2 bowls of rice per person/day, or around 51K double-decker buses! Food waste is a colossal problem. It damages global economic and environmental resources....

Sabre teams up with BYHOURS to distribute hotel microstays and support the recovery of hospitality

by Velocity Ventures | May 26, 2021 | Media Coverage

Original source: PRNewswire.com  Sabre Corporation  (NASDAQ: SABR), the leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, and BYHOURS, the leading international platform for hotel microstays, have signed a new agreement to...