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Minneapolis based Travel Labs joins Beta.MN and raises $500K
Minneapolis-based Travel Labs joins Beta.MN and raises $500,000. Travel Labs is the creator of an artificial intelligence platform intended to make business travel easier. They are also the creator of a travel application called Tempore, which helps provide business travelers with a reimagined experience. Travel Labs is intended to mimic the role of an executive…
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Omaha startup Remote Way lets you travel the world while working remotely
Last summer, Michael Cronin, co-founder and CEO of Remote Way, was working remotely out of Caffeine Dreams in Omaha when he noticed multiple talented individuals around him doing the same thing. “I was meeting people every day that had backgrounds in tech who were also working out of coffee shops, and my team and I…
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Travefy receives $1.8 million Series A investment
Lincoln-based travel startup Travefy has announced the close of a $1.8 million fundraising round, which includes a strategic investment from Travel and Transport, one of the largest travel management companies in the US. Travefy helps groups coordinate and plan trips together. The announcement comes at the close of Travefy’s 6-month Series A fundraising round. The announcement has…
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Why travel startup Travefy didn’t pivot (and probably never will)
Lincoln-based Travefy started in 2012 as a travel planning product marketed directly to users. They later figured out their biggest potential customers could be large travel companies. Response? They didn’t change a thing.
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Startup Spaces: How Sojern turned a restaurant into an office in 5 months
Not all that long ago, 810 S. 169th Street was home to an upscale restaurant, bar and nightclub called Prestige World Class—not to be confused with Prestige Worldwide—where West Omahans would have nice dinners, buy a top-shelf drink or host a wedding rehearsal …