Travel & Hospitality Startups

KCN acquires and operates a portfolio of outdoor hospitality properties such as campgrounds and RV parks in the U.S., using its own model to identify and optimize value-add investments. It targets the outdoor recreation and travel sector.

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Key Travel is a travel management company (TMC) serving mission-driven organisations such as charities, humanitarian groups, faith-based organisations and academic institutions. It offers specialist fares, an online booking tool, 24/7 travel support, duty-of-care risk management and sustainable travel solutions, with operations across the UK, North America, Europe and Africa.

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Kimkim is an online travel marketplace that connects travelers with local specialists who plan and book customized trips, offering curated multi-day itineraries to destinations such as Norway. It focuses on personalized itinerary planning and destination-specific tours.

1 investor

Koala provides travel protection and insurance products designed for simplicity and transparency. The company partners with travel brands, airlines, and car rental services to offer traveller protection rather than traditional paperwork-focused insurance.

1 investor

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.

1 investor

Kolet provides a digital eSIM that gives travelers mobile data across 190 countries without swapping physical SIM cards, with instant activation and per-GB pricing. It also lets users transfer unused data to others and reuse leftover data on future trips.

1 investor

Kombo is a travel booking platform for trains, buses, and flights, aggregating over 400 carriers including Eurostar, SNCF (TGV inOui, Ouigo), and BlaBlaCar. It operates as an authorized agency with a mobile app available on app stores.

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komoot is a route-planning and navigation app for outdoor activities like hiking, road cycling, mountain biking, and running, offering sport-specific route generation, turn-by-turn voice navigation, and offline maps. It also hosts a large outdoor community where users share photos, tips, and curated tours.

1 investor

Kukun offers boutique apartments designed to reflect the local culture of each destination, combining hotel-style amenities with the feel of a local home. It targets travelers seeking immersive local stays, with in-unit amenities such as workspaces, WiFi, equipped kitchens, and customized destination guides.

1 investor

Labbaik VR builds 3D and virtual-reality training tools that teach pilgrims how to perform Hajj and Umrah, including a step-by-step Android mobile application and an immersive simulator customizable by country, language, and rituals. It also offers a pilgrim management system with training scheduling and pilgrim tracking for travel agencies and trainers.

1 investor

Landfolk is a curated marketplace for booking handpicked holiday homes with distinctive character and design. The platform connects property owners with guests seeking authentic vacation experiences in locations including Denmark, France, Italy, and other countries.

1 investor

Landline operates remote, off-premise security screening checkpoints for commercial aviation, integrating booking, secure ground transport, and baggage check-in so passengers clear security in dedicated terminals and arrive airside for their connections. It works with major airlines and operates across hub airports in North America.

1 investor

A marketing attribution platform that connects organic brand touchpoints—influencer campaigns, pop-ups, branded content, QR codes, and bio links—to final purchases using a first-party identity graph. It targets premium consumer brands seeking to measure the revenue impact of organic and influencer-driven marketing.

1 investor

Lavanda provides a cloud-based property management platform (PMS) for residential real estate operators, covering student accommodation, multifamily, co-living, and serviced apartments. Its software automates leasing, accounting, marketing, revenue management, and guest experience while enabling short- and mid-term stay programmes with channel manager integrations to online travel agencies.

1 investor

Lavanda offers a cloud-based property management platform (PMS) for residential real estate operators, covering student accommodation, multifamily, co-living, and serviced apartments. The software automates day-to-day operations and supports short- and mid-term stay programmes, including a channel manager connecting to hundreds of online travel agencies.

1 investor

Layla.ai is an AI-powered travel agent that builds personalized, day-by-day itineraries via a conversational chat, comparing flights, hotels, car rentals and activities in real time and letting users book through partners like Booking.com and Skyscanner. It serves leisure and business travelers including families, couples, solo travelers, groups, and road trippers, with features such as price prediction, interactive maps, and creator video inspiration.</parameter> <parameter name="sector_codes">["travel", "ai_ml", "consumer"]

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Leo Express sells discounted travel tickets and operates a loyalty program called Smile Club for its customers. It serves travelers in the Czech Republic.

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A 146-room beachfront hotel on Réunion Island offering accommodation, dining, and event spaces. The property features colonial architecture, tropical gardens, two restaurants, and conference facilities for weddings and business events.

1 investor

LeBlanq organizes luxury cycling experiences that combine riding with wellness activities, fine dining, and music, offered through its Joyride Festival events or bespoke Signature itineraries. The experiences feature notable cycling figures, Michelin-starred chefs, and curated wellness practices for participants seeking premium active-leisure travel.

1 investor

Le Room Service is an outsourced Food & Beverage partner for hotels, managing services such as room service, breakfasts, buffets, events, and guest amenities either fully or partially, including production and logistics. It serves urban and holiday hotels, both independent and chain, aiming to reduce fixed costs and improve guest experience.

1 investor

Batch is a platform for discovering and booking group experiences and activities — such as yacht parties, party buses, drag brunches, bar crawls, spa days, and private chef dinners — for celebrations like bachelor/bachelorette parties, birthdays, and group trips. It serves consumers planning group outings and events.

1 investor

Levee is a context engine for hotels that builds a live model of an operation by combining an explicit ontology (properties, rooms, roles, procedures, brand standards) with multimodal signals from rooms, teams, and systems. It computes the gap between intended and actual guest experience, routes the difference as assignable tasks to staff and AI agents, and provides coaching and portfolio-scale operational analytics for hospitality brands.

1 investor

Lark Hotels is a hotel management company that partners with independent, design-driven boutique hotels across America, providing operational expertise, strategic guidance, and support from pre-opening through ongoing management. The company manages a portfolio of lifestyle-driven properties that prioritize maintaining individual character while achieving financial viability and operational excellence.

1 investor

Lighthouse is a commercial platform for the travel and hospitality industry, offering market insights, business intelligence, and pricing tools to help properties manage revenue. It serves revenue professionals and properties of all sizes with real-time data dashboards.

1 investor