Dopplr secures more funding

Lisa Sounio (pic: MTV3)

Lisa Sounio (pic: MTV3)

Dopplr, the online service for travellers of female founder Lisa Sounio, has announced a second financing round from a group of prominent international investors – all users of the service. The funding will be used to expand the service globally. The new investors include Esther Dyson and  Kim Weckström.

Tyler Brûlé, Thomas Glocer, Yat Siu, Aditya dev Sood, Lars Hinrichs, Joshua Schachter, Brian Behlendorf, Ami Hasan, Daniel Sachs, Joshua Cooper Ramo and Azeem Azhar are also the investors in this round.

Saul Klein, who invested in this round, also invested in the previous round together with Martin Varsavsky, Reid Hoffman and Joichi Ito.

Dopplr helps you make the most of your trips by sharing your travel plans with the people and brands you trust. The service then highlights coincidences, for example, telling you that three people you know will be in Tokyo when you will be there too.

Dopplr opened to world travellers everywhere in December 2007. With offices on London’s silicon roundabout and the Helsinki seaside, Dopplr was founded by CTO Matt Biddulph, Design Director Matt Jones, CEO Lisa Sounio and Dan Gillmor. Marko Ahtisaari is a founding investor.

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September 16, 2008 | Filed Under Linde Wolters news | 1 Comment 

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  1. TheNextWomen aka Female Internet Heroes of 2008 : The Next Women on January 12th, 2009

    [...] the future of travel, Lisa Sounio’s Dopplr was in our news a few times; when Dopplr secured a second round of funding, when Lisa talked to us  about setting up and funding Dopplr, and more recently when Lisa hosted [...]

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