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Travefy

Group travel is complicated! Travefy makes it easy.

Travefy is the easiest online and mobile group travel planner. Through Travefy, groups can collaborate on trip details, build rich itineraries, and collect shared expenses so no one is stuck with the bill. Travefy is available directly to consumers and branded Pro versions are available for travel brands, suppliers, and agents among others.

Travefy has raised over $2 million from a variety of investors including Columbia University (Lang Fund), a strategic investment from Travel and Transport, as well as regional venture capital and super angels among others.

Travefy has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, and U.S. News and World Report, among other publications and has won numerous innovation awards including First Place at both the 2013 Columbia Business School Lorne Weil Business Pitch Competition & the 2013 Columbia Engineering Venture Capital Competition.

Before founding Travefy, David served as Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Small Business Administration and worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company with a focus on strategy. He is also a regular contributor to Entrepreneur.com and was named to PhoCusWright’s 2014 35 Under 35 in Travel. You can find David on Twitter @donnerchait.