Triptrotting operates a social platform that connects world travelers with like-minded local hosts for meet-ups and authentic experiences. The company’s core product enables face-to-face interactions intended to foster stronger personal connections across cultures. The recent $1.5M Series A will fund further development of the platform and provide marketing resources to expand its global user base. Triptrotting was founded in 2010 by USC graduates Aigerim Shorman and Shana Zheng and is based in Santa Monica, California. The community has expanded to over 2,000 cities worldwide. The company added Golden Seeds to a syndicate that already included Google Ventures, Idealab, LaunchpadLA, 500 Startups, WI Harper Group and individual angel investors.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

May 2012