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Beacon
https://www.flybeacon.com/Last activity: 14.04.2016
Probably Closed - Reference to Travel Hop
Provider of a subscription-based flight service. The company offers unlimited flights within its destination network for a monthly fee, with reservations, changes and cancellations that can be made as little as 20 minutes before departure.
Overview
Location
United States, New York
Investors 1
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Mentions in press and media 7
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| Jul 22, 2015 | Subscription Flight Service Beacon Lands $7.5M In Series A Funding | Beacon, a subscription flight service founded by former Surf Air CEO Wade Eyerly (and two other Surf Air Co-founders), announced that the company has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Romulus Capital with partici... |
| Jul 22, 2015 | Taking off in September: Beacon, the All-You-Can-Fly 'Gateway Drug' for Private Aviation | Picture this. You whip out your phone and book a private flight in 30 seconds. It takes you 15 minutes to whiz through the airport to the terminal—and no, you don’t have to take your shoes off. You’re greeted by a concierge who knows you by... |
| Jul 22, 2015 | Beacon Completes $7.5M Financing | Beacon, a Boston, MA-based membership platform for frequent fliers, completed $7.5m in Series A and other financing. The round was led by Romulus Capital with participation from MiVentures, Western Technologies Investment, and several other... |
| Jul 22, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 22, 2015 | Events.com has now raised a total of $17M; Darktrace landed $22.5M; Kinetic Social closed $17.5M Events.com has raised a new round of funding. The size of the round was undisclosed, but it was led by Arctaris and with participation from La ... |
| Jun 30, 2015 | New Money: These Local Companies Raised Millions This Week | We rounded up all the funding deals out of Boston tech companies this week. As more news comes out, this post will be updated. Thursday, July 2 Zagster (Cambridge) Deal: $3.5 million Series A round Investors: LaunchCapital, Fontinalis Partn... |
| Feb 10, 2015 | Surf Air Founders Jet To The East Coast With New Private Flight Service Beacon | Former Surf Air CEO Wade Eyerly and his co-founders have started a very similar private flight startup to their last venture. But this time it’s on the East Coast and it’s called Beacon. Just like Surf Air, the new subscription service offe... |
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FAQ about Beacon
What has the press written about Beacon?
Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning Beacon, among them “Subscription Flight Service Beacon Lands $7.5M In Series A Funding” (Jul 22, 2015) and “Taking off in September: Beacon, the All-You-Can-Fly 'Gateway Drug' for Private Aviation” (Jul 22, 2015).
Is Beacon still active?
Beacon is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 14, 2016.