Travel & Hospitality Startups

Horizn Studios designs smart luggage, backpacks, and travel accessories, including cabin and check-in suitcases made with recycled and sustainable materials such as Re-Nylon and rPET. The brand targets frequent travellers with a focus on sustainability.

2 investors

Hospitality Net is an online news and information portal covering the hotel and hospitality industry, publishing news, opinion pieces, case studies, appointments, and company announcements. It serves hospitality professionals with coverage of hotel operations, brands, travel trends, and industry technology.

2 investors

Hostaway offers a property management system and channel manager for short-term rental property managers, letting them list and sync properties across booking platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and Google from one dashboard. The software automates manual tasks and aims to increase bookings while preventing double bookings.

2 investors

Hosty is a Japan-based venture/entrepreneurial group that builds new services and products by challenging everyday inconveniences and inefficiencies. The company describes itself as a collective of entrepreneurs aiming to create new standards across various fields.

2 investors

A business travel management platform that enables companies to plan, organize, and manage employee business trips. The platform aggregates over 2.2 million accommodations and 900+ airlines, offering automation for bookings, expense tracking, policy compliance, and CO₂ emissions monitoring.

2 investors

HotelMinder helps independent and mid-sized hotels optimize their operations through technology solutions and expert guidance, reducing manual tasks and improving revenue management. The company curates and recommends vetted operational applications while providing training, consultation, and access to hospitality industry experts.

2 investors

Hotelogix is a cloud-based hotel property management system (PMS) covering front desk operations, bookings, channel/OTA and GDS distribution, billing, and guest experience tools. It serves hotels, hotel groups and chains, resorts, boutique hotels, hostels, aparthotels, vacation rentals, and other hospitality businesses across 100+ countries.

2 investors

HotelRunner is an all-in-one platform for hotels and hospitality businesses to manage property operations, distribute inventory across online travel agencies, automate pricing, and increase bookings. It serves hoteliers and travel agencies worldwide with channel management, sales, revenue management, and consultancy tools.

2 investors

House Trip is a metasearch site that compares hotels and vacation rentals across booking platforms including Booking.com, Vrbo, Expedia, Hotels.com and Trip.com, showing side-by-side prices for the same property. It directs travelers to book directly with the provider without adding booking fees or markups.

2 investors

Insured Nomads provides travel insurance and health coverage tailored for global nomads, remote workers, and distributed teams, with integrated features for modern travelers. The company combines technology and customer support to serve people living and working across borders globally.

2 investors

ITILITE offers corporate travel and expense management software that replaces traditional travel desks and offline systems with automated, cost-controlled booking and expense workflows. It serves organizations and their business travelers.

2 investors

Jayride operates an online marketplace for airport transfers and ground transportation, connecting travelers with transport companies for pre-booked rides across dozens of countries. The company (ASX:JAY) serves both direct travelers and travel agents, working with thousands of ground transport providers globally.

2 investors

Jeeran runs an online platform for local business listings and user reviews, covering roughly a million venues across a set of cities in emerging markets. It is designed to build local review content in regions where such information is limited, helping residents find and evaluate places nearby.

2 investors

Journee is a travel service that matches users to personalized trip recommendations based on a Travel Profile built from a short questionnaire. It focuses on offering non-touristy, personally vetted destinations and itineraries explored by its own team.

2 investors

Juno is a travel platform that handles business trip booking and management, including flights, hotels, rescheduling, and expense submission. It targets business travelers and corporate teams managing work trips.

2 investors

JustGlide helps users discover and organize travel destinations they save from social media and other sources. The platform addresses the common problem of accumulating numerous bookmarks and saved content about places without being able to effectively retrieve or use them.

2 investors

Voyage is a cruise and rail inventory and booking management platform built on Salesforce that enables travel operators to manage cabin categories, pricing, and reservations through guided workflows and real-time availability updates. It serves travel companies operating ships and trains by consolidating inventory management, booking, and lifecycle administration into a single connected system.

2 investors

Key Travel is a specialist travel management company serving faith-based organizations, charities, NGOs, non-profits, and academic institutions, offering negotiated missionary, humanitarian, and academic fares along with travel booking, reporting, and duty-of-care tools. Founded in the UK, it operates across Europe, Africa, and North America with a focus on sustainable travel.

2 investors

Kocomo offers co-ownership of vacation homes, allowing multiple parties to share ownership of a second property. The site publishes lifestyle content such as guides on remote work from vacation homes.

2 investors

Kombo is a European transportation booking platform that aggregates train, bus, and carpooling tickets from over 200 transport operators. The application helps customers find and purchase tickets for the most economical routes across multiple modes of transport.

2 investors

Kommu is a travel platform that connects travelers with hosts through a network of friends and trusted connections, enabling affordable and community-focused accommodation options.

2 investors

Kotozna builds AI-powered multilingual communication solutions for hospitality, tourism, and other industries to eliminate language barriers. The company offers chatbots and concierge platforms powered by generative AI that serve businesses ranging from boutique hotels to tourist destinations across 109+ languages.

2 investors

Kukun creates cultural experiences that connect travelers with local artisans and authentic aspects of destinations. The platform partners with folk artists and cultural practitioners to offer immersive, locally-rooted travel experiences.

2 investors

Kyte provides a distribution API for airlines and travel sellers, with particular focus on low-cost carriers seeking cost-effective integration with travel agencies and corporate travel managers. The platform modernizes airline distribution through a simplified API alternative to traditional NDC standards.

2 investors