VC Circle 15 May 2013
With this round of funding, the total amount raised by the company exceeds $1.5 million.
Skift, a New York-based travel intelligence media company that offers news, insight, data, tools and services to the travel industry and also caters to travellers, has raised an additional $1.1 million in seed funding, led by Lerer Ventures. The current round also saw participation from four other seed funds including Ironfire Angel, MESA+, Advancit Capital and Growlab+LX Ventures (they have invested together). A group of eight angel investors also took part in the round. With this round of funding, the total amount raised by the company has now exceeded $1.5 million.
The money raised in this round will be used for hiring as well as for expanding its current portfolio of content, tools and services.
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Travel media firm Skift raises $1.1M in seed funding led by Lerer Ventures
