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Funding · 21 October 2026Onto$1MHotel price-drop refund apponto.travel ↗

Onto raises $1M pre-seed for travel app

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  • Onto is a Bengaluru travel app that helps people find and book hotels while watching for cheaper prices
  • Stargazer Fund led a $1M pre-seed round, joined by Singapore's White Venture Capital, to grow the product and tech
  • Its first feature refunds the gap automatically when a booked room gets cheaper, even for bookings made elsewhere

What happened

  • Onto raised $1M in a pre-seed round.
  • Stargazer Fund led the round.
  • White Venture Capital of Singapore also took part.
  • The money goes to operations, tech and new products.
  • Its first feature is Price Drop Refund for hotel bookings.
  • The app is also building AI features that learn traveller tastes.

Why it matters

  • Travellers often overpay because hotel rates keep changing after booking.
  • Refunds paid back to the original payment method remove the need to rebook.
  • The company plans to cover more of the travel journey beyond hotels.

The business

  • Onto is a customer-first travel platform based in Bengaluru.
  • It was started in June 2026.
  • Users discover and book hotels in India and abroad.
  • It tracks room prices after booking.
  • If the same room and dates get cheaper, it refunds the difference.
  • Updates arrive by WhatsApp and app alerts.
  • It works with several hotel suppliers.

The founders

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Jagdeep Singh

Co-founder
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Shubham Goyal

Co-founder

Who put in money

What happens next

  • Expand beyond hotels into other parts of travel.

Earlier rounds

  • Pre-seed: $1M

Words to know

Pre-seed
The earliest funding round, raised when a startup is just starting out.

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Terms in this story

  • Funding stage: Startups raise money in steps called funding stages: pre-seed, seed, Series A, B, C and later, ending in a stock-market listing or a sale. Each step is larger than the last and asks for more proof.
  • Seed round: Pre-seed and seed are the first money a startup raises from outside investors. The difference is mostly how much has been built when the cheque arrives: pre-seed backs an idea, seed backs an early product.

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