Benchmark leads $21.5m series-A for travel startup Duffel

Previous backers Blossom Capital and Index Ventures also took part in the round, which brings the total funding raised by Duffel to $26.2m.

The startup intends to use the fresh funding to expand its London-based engineering team and further develop its software for travel booking.

Previous funding
Blossom Capital led a $4.7m early-stage funding round for Duffel in August 2018. Index Ventures, Kima Ventures, Y Combinator and Crankstart Foundation also participated in the investment.

Company
Founded in 2017 and based in London, Duffel develops software to build an online travel booking platform that is expected to launch this autumn.

People
Duffel – Steve Domin, Vincent Pastor, Tom Bates (co-founders).
Benchmark – Chetan Puttagunta (general partner).

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