Covington-based
UpTech, the region’s informatics accelerator, recently announced the acquisition of one of its most notable graduates.
Travel Notes, who leveraged UpTech resources to develop a fraud protection platform to improve travelers’ banking experience, has been acquired by Silicon Valley-based
refund.me Group, Inc.
Founder and CEO Hudson Chilton entered Travel Notes into the UpTech program in 2015, where the startup idea quickly took hold amongst UpTech leaders.
“The success of Hudson and Travel Notes is exactly the vision we had in mind when UpTech was created in 2012,” said UpTech Founder, Casey Barach. “We wanted to build a unique program that supported, educated and funded startups. This story would not be taking place without the amazing support of the business community volunteers, financial supporters and the UpTech Fund Investors.”
The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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