Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Inspirato Gets $20M More

Denver-based Inspirato, the online luxury vacation club operator headed by Brent Handler, has raised $20M in funding, according to one of the firm's venture backers, CrunchFund. The new funding was led by Institutional Venture Partners. The funding comes only four months after a $17.5M funding for the company. Inspirato has now raised $48.5M for its service, which helps vacationers access high end, luxury rentals via a membership-only program. Inspirato's other backers are Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, baseball's Mark Teixeira, along with CrunchFund, the venture capital firm run by former TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington and several TechCrunch ex-editors. More information »