GERMANY – Layla, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of a travel discovery platform, raised €3M in funding.
The round was led by Firstminute Capital and M13, with participation from a group of travel leaders, including the co-founders of Booking.com (Andy Phillips) and Skyscanner (Barry Smith), and entertainment star and entrepreneur Paris Hilton.The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach.Created by Jeremy Jauncey and Saad Saeed, Layla is a travel technology company building AI-powered products to help users discover where they want to travel. Layla leverages inspirational, short-form travel video and AI-powered large language models to help users discover where to go, where to stay and what to do when they travel. By applying proprietary technology, the app makes it simple and easy to discover travel destinations and then plan and book trips based on video content and personalised itineraries. The app is available on iOS and Android.29/11/2023
