{"id":29977,"date":"2024-01-06T05:40:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T05:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/team.itilite"},"modified":"2024-01-06T11:36:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T11:36:03","slug":"mayank-kukreja-itilite-simplify-business-travel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itilite.com\/in\/mayank-kukreja-itilite-simplify-business-travel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How ITILITE Raised $18M for Simplifying Business Travel\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p><em>This interview first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiatechdaily.com\/mayank-kukreja-co-founder-and-ceo-of-itilite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Asia Tech Daily<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itilite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BW-BusinessWorld.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26305\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> ITILITE founders Mayank Kukreja and Anish Khadiya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a mission to make business travel a great experience and the world a better place, Mayank Kukreja got together with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/in.linkedin.com\/in\/anish-khadiya-84411320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Anish Khadiya<\/a>&nbsp;to create&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itilite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ITILITE<\/a>&nbsp;in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his many business trips, Mayank noticed the sad state of affairs on the corporate side of travel that was very disconnected. 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