ScoutMyTrip, a travel tech startup, receives undisclosed amount in seed funding from Znation labs

Mumbai, 12-04-2017 : ScoutMyTrip, a travel tech start up, today announced that it has received an undisclosed amount in seed funding from Znation labs. The investment has come through Znation's investment arm - ZNL Growth LLP.
This seed fund will be invested in growing the team and in adding to the technology features on the platform. It will also be used for active marketing of the product through various channels, both online and offline.
ScoutMyTrip was founded in March 2016 by Deepak Ananth and Vineet Rajan and launched in December 2016 as a Community led, do – it – yourself  road trip planning platform to help the traveller create and build a very customized itinerary for their next road trip holiday. The platform is rich in information for all places ranging fromthe Himalayas to Kanyakumari. One can scoutfor halts, over 10,000 points of interest, gasstations, toilets along the way, multiple routes,hotels and also pick from ready-made road tripsthat have been planned by others.
Apart from this you can interact with members of the very active travel community and get inputs about the routes that you plan and get up-to-date information about various facets of your travel. So, from road conditions to your stay, ScoutMyTrip has you completely covered.
THE TEAM AT SCOUTMYTRIP:
Deepak,  a payments professional with an experience of more than a decade,  has been involved in the sales and marketing as well as leadership roles in organizations like Tata Communications Ltd and Verifone Limited. He is an avid traveler and biker. Deepak is the CEO of ScoutMyTrip.
Vineet is now in his second venture after IndiBlogger which he co-founded in 2007. A full stack marketer with a rich content marketing background and an avid traveler is the CMO at ScoutMyTrip. Vineet is also a volunteer and moderator of the biggest Royal Enfield community in the world.  Vineet rides a Royal enfield electra that he fondly calls Laetitia.
Neeraj Sinha , with over 18 years of experience in web based technologies, heads the tech function at ScoutMyTrip. Having led large teams for various multi national software firms, neeraj brings his passion for the latest technologies to the table. He is also a very avid traveller and manages to head to the mountains every chance he gets ! His wheels of choice is his Scorpio. 
ABOUT ZNATION LABS
Z Nation Lab provides an ecosystem to tech entrepreneurs and startups by bringing together high-quality mentors, subject matter experts, experienced professionals, investors and VCs across Silicon Valley and India all under one roof to invest smart capital and curate a community that offers an environment for innovation to thrive.
With a strong presence in the US-India corridor, Z Nation Lab has become one of the pioneers in this Silicon Valley-India ecosystem through their 'Access Silicon Valley' program. Some of their initiatives in 2017 include KHOJ 2017, their startup roadshow across 9 cities, 9 states, to identify early stage, disruptive, technology startups and invite them to participate in their startup bootcamp. 
They have been instrumental in successfully mentoring close to 20 startups, along with concluding their pre-accelerator program in 2016. They have made 7 investments based on the investment thesis.

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