Hospitality platform raises a total of $3.3 million in funding round
The latest investment has resulted in a valuation uptick for Mumbai Angels’s investors
Mumbai, NFAPost: Mumbai Angels Network, a premium start-up investment platform for early-stage venture investments, has invested $1.2 million out of a total investment of $3.3 million in Bookingjini, a hospitality SaaS platform and a one-stop solution for hotels.
Bookingjini offers a complete Hotel Operating System that has raised funding in its Pre-Series A round. The funding round has resulted in a surge in valuation for Mumbai Angels Network’s investors.
Bookingjini will use the fresh capital for Product development and global expansion.
Mumbai Angels Network Cofounder and CEO Nandini Mansinghka saidvBookingjini has truly established its presence in nearly every state in the country and has also expanded beyond India’s borders.
“We are pleased that the platform’s recent fundraising has resulted in an increase in valuation for our investors. Bookingjini no doubt has the potential to grow and scale further and we are confident that they will soon be an industry leader,” said Nandini Mansinghka.
Bookinjini Fouder Sibasish Mishra said despite the initial pandemic-induced disruptions, hotels have begun to revive business as people gradually begin to resume traveling.
“At Bookingjini, our vision is to create best-in-class experiences for travelers and to become the preferred partners for hoteliers by enabling them to transform and grow their business and to make travel better, faster and cheaper. We are elated to have secured our Pre-Series A round of funding from eminent investors who have been backing us in our journey,” said Sibasish Mishra.
Sibasish Mishra said Bookingjini has grown immensely since inception, and we look forward to furthering our growth to reach new heights in the coming years and become the #1 one-stop destination for hoteliers.
Aiming to help hotels convert browsers to customers, Bookingjini, a Bhubaneshwar-based start-up, was founded in 2017 with the Odisha Tourism Development Corporation at their Bhubaneshwar and Puri properties.
The start-up received a grant worth Rs 20 lakhs from Startup Odisha in the same year. Since then, it has expanded its offerings to hotel distribution, customer outreach, revenue generation, marketing, and more.
Bookingjini anchors on four key principles – making travel faster, more affordable, and better with cutting-edge technology and acting as a catalyst for every traveler’s story.
The platform is currently backed by Mumbai Angels Network, Neotech Hub, and TiE Angels and looks to close FY22 with an ARR of Rs 10 crore. Today, they provide their solution to Kerala Tourism and Tamandu Tourism as well.
Postcard chain of hotels Founder and CEO Kapil Chopra said this is a superpower in the world of hospitality because this is not only a guest management system but also a distribution system, a property management system, and guest delight system which is unparalleled from what he ha seen.
Started in 2006, Mumbai Angels Network today has a 170+ strong portfolio across sectors and cities across India. Of the overall portfolio the platform has exited/ secured the next round of funding for 70 of them. Today the platform has 550+ investors spread across 40+ cities within and outside India.
