{"id":1834,"date":"2016-12-28T06:45:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T06:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2020-05-07T13:26:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T13:26:58","slug":"jay-z-backed-jetsmarter-raises-105-million-in-funding-to-become-uber-of-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/funding\/jay-z-backed-jetsmarter-raises-105-million-in-funding-to-become-uber-of-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z backed JetSmarter raises $105 million in funding to become Uber of skies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jetsmarter.com\/\"><strong>JetSmarter<\/strong><\/a>, a US based Startup has recently raised $105 million in funding. Backed by Jay-Z the Startup\u00a0allows travelers to book a seat on a private jet through the company\u2019s JetShuttle service. It also allows travellers to charter an entire plane.<\/p>\n<p>The funding will be used for \u00a0for\u00a0global expansion of JetSmarter in Asia and Latin America along with increasing\u00a0the number of routes and flights\u00a0available to\u00a0JetSmarter members in the U.S.<\/p>\n<h3>How JetSmarter works?<\/h3>\n<p>Anyone can download and evaluate JetSmarter app. Before flying JetSmarter, the members go through a light background check. Thereafter they pay $15,000 for a \u201ccore membership\u201d in the first year they join. It enables the members to get a seat on a wide selection of flights \u201cfree\u201d. However, they have to pay for companion tickets if they want to bring someone who is a non-member along.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, JetSmarter connects travelers to flights in 50 markets around the world, including\u00a0New York, Las Vegas, Atlanta, London, Paris, Moscow, Dubai, among other top destinations.<\/p>\n<p>Being a Software\/App based business,JetSmarter is often considered as the Uber of skies. The company is planning to provide on demand services in certain locations with price as low as $1 per mile. JetSmarter has been able to &#8220;Outsmart&#8221; other similar service providers like Blackjet operating in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JetSmarter, a US based Startup has recently raised $105 million in funding. Backed by Jay-Z the Startup\u00a0allows travelers to book a seat on a private jet through the company\u2019s JetShuttle service. It also allows travellers to charter an entire plane. The funding will be used for \u00a0for\u00a0global expansion of JetSmarter in Asia and Latin America [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":1835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[282,283],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofstartups.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}