Local travel start-up Triply bags Sh65.8m funding from Y Combinator

Triply co-founders Peter Wachira (left) and Collins Muthinja. PHOTO | COURTESY

Local travel tech start-up Triply.co has received a major boost after it bagged $500,000 (Sh65.8 million) in funding from start-up accelerator Y Combinator to power its next phase of growth.

The funding makes Triply.co the accelerator’s first-ever travel tech investment in Africa, propelling the local firm to join the ranks of Nigerian fintech companies Flutterwave and Paystack, which have also received financing from Y Combinator.

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