Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Backpacker Deals raised.
The transaction that ended Backpacker Deals's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travello | Acquisition | 2021 | - | Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
Companies Backpacker Deals acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Backpacker Deals. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Australian travel social network Travello raised $6.5 million in Series A funding from industry figures including Jim Goldburg, Andrew McEvoy and Phil Gunter after a pandemic-era pivot; it had earlier acquired Backpacker Deals.