Fora raises $60M for AI-powered travel platform

Fora, a travel company co-founded by longtime travel adviser and entrepreneur Henley Vazquez, has raised a $60 million Series D round, bringing its total funding to $138.5 million. Since its launch in 2021, the company — which trains and helps people build their own travel businesses — has booked more than $3 billion in travel. The company will use the money to scale Via, its embedded AI assistant currently in beta. TIME recently named it one of its Most Influential Companies for 2026. The company is “redefining what it means to be a travel adviser today,” says Vazquez, who calls herself a “hotel junkie” on her Instagram page. “We’ve always believed this work should be more accessible.”