PickYourTrail a travel tech startup raises $3 Million in Series A funding round

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PickYourTrail raised fund close to $3 Million (Rs. 21 Crore) in its Series A funding round.

The fund round was led by iThought and software-as-a-service (SaaS) major Zoho.

PickYourTrail claims to have served 10,000 travelers who have planned a trip across 200 cities using its

The growth of any startup solely depends on the fund raised by it. Any entrepreneur backed by a unicorn in the market gets a great exposure to elaborate its skills and talent and leverage folks with innovative facilities with which they were lacking. In the same chain, PickYourTrail a trail tech startup has raised close to $3 Million (Rs. 21 Crore) in its Series A funding round. The fund round was led by Shyam Sekhar, founder of financial advisory firm iThought and co-founder of software-as-a-service (SaaS) major Zoho, Kumar Vembu.

The startup assists travelers in planning and booking online their multi-country vacations. Among the participants in the fund round were Girish Mathrubootham, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Freshworks and the chief information officer of Entrust Family Office Investment Advisors, Rajagopal Subramanian.

PickYourTrail owned and functioned by Travel Troops Global Pvt. Ltd. was founded in 2014 by Srinath Shankar and Hari Ganapathy. The startup assists travelers in planning, viewing present prices and simultaneously book vacation across 200 graceful cities across the globe.The startup uses priority comfort score algorithm considering 40 factors including travel time, duration and ratings so that travelers can furnish personalized itineraries so they can further customize and book. After successfully booking the trip travelers can use its an android app to get real-time information on flight and weather updates, tracking of reservation, on-trip chat support, and restaurant recommendations

It claims to have served 10,000 travelers who have planned a trip across 200 cities using its platform. Shankar said, “I believe we are first in the market with such effective algorithms across personalization, price matching, and routing. Our goal is to customize international vacations and this funding round is a great kick towards our move.

“The company is planning to use fresh funds for product innovation, branding and to hire technology-minded talents and youths. It will also assist in scaling up its priority technology platform. Stay connected with us for latest updates!