Funding · Professional & Local Services
Tarzan Way raises $250,000 for AI travel planning
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- Date
- Company
- Tarzan Way
- What it does
- AI-powered travel planning platform
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- $250,000
- Stage
- seed
What they do
Tarzan Way uses AI and human specialists to plan complex trips
What happened
It raised $250,000 from Inflection Point Ventures, We Founder Circle, and Prateek Maheshwari
Why it matters
The startup also received a $25,000 grant from JSS STEP
The details
- Tarzan Way makes complex travel planning effortless using AI and human travel specialists.
- The platform handles intelligent design and optimisation, while humans bring cultural understanding and real-time problem solving.
- It raised $250,000 from investors including Inflection Point Ventures, We Founder Circle, and Prateek Maheshwari.
- The startup also received a $25,000 grant from JSS STEP.
- Support came from Meta and NSTEDB as well.
- Planning a multi-country holiday can take over 40 hours of research; Tarzan Way aims to cut that time.
The bigger picture
- Most AI tools stop at inspiration, but Tarzan Way focuses on execution.
- Europe alone has 29 countries with different visa rules, transport systems, and pricing.
- Founder Shikhar Chadha faced challenges accessing investors as a first-time founder in India.
About the business
- Tarzan Way offers seamless, bookable, end-to-end trips tailored to budget and style.
- The network includes remote villages, fishing communities, local artisans, and grassroots operators.
- It can plan trips to remote Indian villages.
- Live support is provided during the trip.
The deal
- Type
- funding
Investors
- Inflection Point Ventures (participated)
- We Founder Circle (participated)
- Prateek Maheshwari (participated)
Founders
- Shikhar Chadha, Founder
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