Indonesian flight search engine Traveloka 1 has made a very interesting announcement today: the company says it raised series A funding in mid-August from Global Founders Capital (GFC), a VC firm co-founded by Rocket Internet’s Samwer brothers. This makes Traveloka the very first Asia startup portfolio of the high profile VC, which launched in March. Traveloka CEO Ferry Unardi says that the online travel industry is on the rise now, and thus GFC happily funded Traveloka without giving any restrictions so that the company can grow as it wishes.
This new collaboration helped Traveloka improve its business strategy and develop its execution. Ferry tells us:
The team behind GFC has a proven track record in running and scaling successful…