Travelbetabarely 6 weeks oldraises $2 million Seed Funding

Spanking new online travel agency, Travelbeta has just raised $2 million seed funding from a group of Nigerian Investors barely 6 weeks after the company launched on the 1st of October.According to Onyeka Akumah, Travelbeta Co-Founder and CCO, thegroup of Nigerian Investors,led by Altheus Limited, believes the company can dominate the Nigerian Travel Industry in the next 3 years, "based on our unique business model, the capability of the team leading this vision and the potential of the market size in Nigeria"."We are also in further talks with an increasing number of interested investors outside the country," says Akumah, "who are beginning to take African and in particular Nigerian travel numbers seriously.Before its online launch, Travelbeta began operations as aphysical agency in July 2015 when the companysold its first Travel ticket to the first customer. "We've generated revenue of over $522,000 in the last 4 months," Akumah told Techpoint.There is plenty room for growth for Travelbeta, as it is operating in a space that is largely under-utilized; over 21 million Nigerians travelled in and out of the country via the airports in the last 12 months according to the Nigerian Beureu of Statistics. Of this number, onlyabout 3% their tickets via online travel agencies. With this new capitalinjection, the company plans will push for aggressive online marketing, improvements to their technology platform especially for mobile, real estate acquisition and boosting of staff strength.[caption id="attachment_42681" align="aligncenter" width="1050"] (L-R: Travelbeta.com operations manager David Asuku, Chief commercial officer Onyeka Akumah, Toyin Omotoso and Chief technology officer Wole Ayorinde)[/caption]Travelbeta is managed by an all-Nigerian team of industry experts in both the travel and technology space.Serving as the Chief CommercialOffice is Onyeka Akumah. As an experienced digital marketing expert and founder of Anozim, Akumah has an impressive track record, having played lead digital marketing roles at Wakanow, Jumia and Konga (with investment from Naspers and Kinnevick).The Chief Technology Officer is Wale Ayorinde, who has over 13 years experience in technology management with many start-ups in Silicon Valley.The Operations Manager, David Asuku, has over 15 years experience in the local travel business, 7 years of which was spent in management roles at online agencies including Wakanowand Holloway travels.The post Travelbetabarely 6 weeks oldraises $2 million Seed Funding appeared first on Techpoint.ng.
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