Tripoto raises $400,000 in seed funding Delhi-based travel community startup Tripoto has raised $400,000 seed funding in a round led by Outbox Ventures, with participation from Palaash Ventures, reports NextBigWhat. Other angel investors participating in the round included founders of Snapdeal Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, founder of Makemytrip and TrulyMadly.com Sachin Bhatia, founder of Letsventure Shanti Mohal, founder of frankly.me and Inoxapps Nikunj Jain and Director of Gionee India Arvind Vohra among others. Founded in 2013 by Michael Lyngdoh and Anirudh Gupta, Tripoto is a platform for travellers to discover and share travel stories, plans, itineraries, upload maps and photos, write reviews, and connect with other individuals. The website currently claims to have over 300,000 monthly unique visitors and over 650,000 unique page views. The platform also offers an Android app, with an iOS app expected to be released in the coming week. Gito.me secures $200,000 in seed funding Bangalore-based startup CostPrize.com Online India Pvt Ltd, which operates the cloud-based multi-channel commerce platform Gito.me, has raised $200,000 in angel funding through undisclosed investors, reports Techcircle. The startup will use the funds to scale its technology capabilities. to build a better client experience and improve its sales model. Gito.me stands for ‘Get it Online for me’, and claims to provide end-to-end services for retailers, including payments, last mile delivery, logistics etc. It works on a subscription basis and also charges variable transaction fees based on package, features and services selected. Currently, the firm claims to work with around a dozen…
