Thursday, June 5, 2008

NileGuide Raises $8M

San Francisco-based NileGuide said today that it has raised $8M for the firm's site, focused on online travel planning. The round was led by Austin Ventures, and also included Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Draper Richards, and KPG Ventures. NileGuide operates a web site which allows users to plan their trips, with links to other travel information web sites. NileGuide was co-founded by Josh Steinitz, formerly of Away.com' John Monson, the firm's COO, was COO of PayCycle and VP of Marketing at Intuit. The firm said the funding brings its total raised to over $9.5M. More information »