Triptrotting picked up $1 million in funding from Google Ventures and other angels, capping off a pretty big week for women-led, social-travel-oriented startups.
Also this week, Tripbod, which like Triptrotting connects travelers and locals, picked up what is believed to be an upper-six-figure sum from an unidentified but apparently well-heeled angelic type.
Founded in 2010 by Aigerim Shorman and Shana Zheng, Triptrotting pairs travelers and local hosts through compatibility-matching algorithms developed by Galen Buckwalter, the former chief scientist at dating site eHarmony.
Read full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2012/03/08/news/great-week-for-travel-tech-women-triptrotting-gets-1m-from-google-ventures-and-others/
