easyJet Partners with Founders Factory to Disrupt Travel With Fintech
The airline easyJet has teamed up with the London-based Founders Factory as the incubator attempts to create 200 successful startups within the next five years, reports City A.M. The accelerator and incubator, Founders Factory, created by the developers of Lastminute.com, Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, has set itself a mammoth task: develop 200 startups over the next five years across six sectors. In order to do this, it needs the backing of companies that believe in its mission. One such company is Britain’s popular low-cost airline, easyJet, which has become the latest backer of....
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