Treebo Hotels secures $34m in series C funding
India's Treebo Hotels has raised $34m in series C funding for its online budget hotel aggregator. The Bangalore-based firm, which has about 300 franchisees using its brand in about 50 cities, will use the funding to improve customer experience, boost its technology team and expand its business. The investment round was led by Hong Kong-based investment firms Ward Ferry Management and Karst Peak Capital. Existing investors also participated.

Treebo Hotels, a Bangalore-based online budget hotel aggregator has raised $34 Million (Rs 220 crore) in its Series C funding round led by Hong Kong-based investment firms Ward Ferry Management and Karst Peak Capital. Existing investors, SAIF Partners, Matrix Partners India, and Bertelsmann India Investments also participated in the round. Treebo said in a statement that it will invest the fresh funds into enhancing customer experience, building a stronger brand, strengthening its technology team, and expanding its footprint in existing and new cities. The platform currently has close to 300 franchisees operating under its brand across in about 50 cities. Treebo’s previous funding With this round the company has raised a total of $57M in three rounds from multiple investors: Series B: -In July last year, Treebo secured funding of Rs 112 crore (~$16.7M) and said that it will use the funding for expand to more than 60 cities and increasing its inventory 12,000 rooms. It said that it plans to launch a product extension including mid scale and leisure rooms, expanding from its current portfolio of budget rooms. Series A: In June 2015, Treebo raised around $6 million in funding from SAIF and Matrix. The company was started in the same year by former Myntra executives Siddharth Gupta and Rahul Chaudhary, along with Kadam Jeet Jain. Competition Treebo competes with numerous place in budget hotel space, which include OYO Rooms, FabHotels, MakeMyTrip-GoIbibo, Paytm, Booking.com, Hotels.com, Yatra, Airbnb- to name a few. Last month, Gurgaon-based online budget hotel aggregator FabHotels…

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