Bangalore-based trip planning startup Mygola raises $1.5 million in Series A funding

Mygola, the Bangalore-based trip planning startup, announced today that it has received $1.5 million in funding led by Helion Ventures, a Bangalore-based VC firm, with participation by Blumberg Capital.

The startup lets users prepare for getaways by searching through carefully curated and archived itineraries taken from publications such as The New York Times. The startup has its own algorithm designed to extract the relevant information in those pieces and funnel it in to easy to read itineraries, turning data like this…

Into itineraries like these:

Once users pick an itinerary they like, they can further customize it on a trip-specific page, fine-tuning it until it’s just they way they want it.

According to the VC Circle blog, Mygola will use the funds to build up its presence in Silicon Valley, but it won’t be making its first foray into the US, as it already has an office in Maryland.

In December 2011, the company received $1 million in funding from 500 Startups.