Travel & Hospitality Startups

Worldview provides high-altitude balloon remote sensing and persistent stratospheric observation, integrating sensors and platforms across air, stratosphere, and space into a unified intelligence workflow. It combines multiple sensing modalities (EO/FMV, IR, SAR, hyperspectral) to deliver decision-grade intelligence for defense, government, and commercial missions.

6 investors

Yokoy provides a travel and expense management platform for finance teams, offering features such as invoice collection, cost center management, spend controls, and VAT-ready invoicing to streamline accounting and payment processing.

6 investors

Amenitiz is a cloud-based property management system (PMS) and all-in-one hotel operations platform for independent hotels, bed & breakfasts, guesthouses, and vacation rentals across Europe. The platform integrates reservation management, channel management across 150+ OTAs, booking engine, website builder, dynamic pricing, and payment processing to help hoteliers increase occupancy and reduce commission costs.

5 investors

Assaia uses AI to give airports and airlines real-time visibility of aircraft turnaround and apron operations, helping improve on-time performance, free up gates, increase ramp safety, and reduce CO2 emissions. Its customers include airports and airlines such as Seattle-Tacoma Airport, Alaska Airlines, and British Airways.

5 investors

Atlys provides visa application services with guaranteed delivery timelines, covering multiple visa types and countries with varying processing times and document requirements.

5 investors

battleface provides travel insurance and 24/7 travel assistance services for travelers, including adventure travelers heading to unique destinations, with coverages such as trip cancellation, emergency medical evacuation, and baggage protection. It offers fully digital claims and policies tailored by country of residence across markets including the UK, Europe, the United States, Australia, and Canada.

5 investors

Bluesmart is a travel company that makes app-connected smart luggage for travelers. It launched the Bluesmart Carry-on, described as the first smart connected suitcase.

5 investors

Bob W operates a hotel brand offering flexible, furnished apartment-style accommodations across European cities for guests staying days to months. The service targets business travelers and long-term visitors seeking home-like amenities with hotel-level service and a commitment to sustainability.

5 investors

Captain Experiences operates an online marketplace connecting outdoor enthusiasts with vetted fishing and hunting guides across North America. The company offers booking for guided outdoor trips backed by a US-based support team.

5 investors

Curacity provides a marketing service for hotels, resorts, cruise lines, and destinations that places brands in editorial articles and newsletters to drive AI-generated recommendations and direct bookings. It targets the travel and hospitality industry, helping properties capture demand as travelers increasingly use AI to plan and book trips.

5 investors

Dishpatch delivers pre-prepared meals from UK chefs and restaurants nationwide every Friday, requiring only final heating and plating at home. The service offers chef-curated seasonal menus as a non-subscription, on-demand alternative to traditional meal kits.

5 investors

Easol provides an all-in-one commerce platform for experience businesses, letting creators sell experiences directly on their own websites with booking, payment, and marketing tools. It is aimed at experience creators and operators selling experiences online.

5 investors

ecbo operates ecbo cloak, a smartphone-based luggage storage service that lets travelers book and pay to store bags at over 2,500 partner locations across Japan (cafes, convenience stores, stations, post offices) and Taiwan, including oversized items. It also runs ecbo pickup, a parcel receiving service, primarily serving inbound tourists in Japan.

5 investors

Faye is a travel protection platform offering whole-trip travel insurance combined with 24/7 concierge assistance, itinerary alerts, and instant digital reimbursements sent to a traveler's phone wallet. It serves individual travelers, with plans underwritten by U.S. carriers, and also offers a partner program for businesses.

5 investors

GoQuo builds travel technology and retailing software for airlines, offering ready-made integrations with major host systems (Amadeus, Navitaire, Sabre, Travelsky, Radixx), payment channels, and ancillary product suppliers. It also provides consulting to help airline clients increase sales and margins.

5 investors

Guidesly is a mobile platform that connects outdoor adventurers with verified guides for activities including fishing, hunting, skiing, diving, and other outdoor experiences. The company provides tools for guides including booking management, client management, and business growth solutions.

5 investors

Hitch is a long-distance rideshare service that connects riders with drivers for car travel between cities, offering ride options such as standby, shared, private, XL, and pet-friendly rides. It operates in U.S. cities including Houston, Austin, Dallas, Miami, and San Antonio.

5 investors

Humoniq provides customer support solutions for travel companies, offering 24/7 multilingual service and deep backend integrations to replace inefficient phone systems and chatbots.

5 investors

Ingresse is a Brazilian company with a web and mobile application for buying event tickets. Alongside advance ticket purchases, the app carries event information such as reviews, commentary, interviews, and trailers. It is aimed at consumers looking for concerts, shows, and other local events.

5 investors

A hospitality platform that integrates with property management systems and other hotel technology to provide staff-facing tools, mobile check-in, digital key access, and dining management for hotels and properties.

5 investors

Jatri is a global B2B travel commerce platform that digitizes transport operators and travel buyers through a unified technology and finance ecosystem. The company operates across bus transport, ferry services, chauffeur services, accommodation, and trade finance, serving multiple regions including Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America.

5 investors

Landline operates a premium airport shuttle service that connects travelers from regional cities to major airports, letting passengers check bags and clear TSA security closer to home before boarding buses that drop them at the airport. It integrates with airline itineraries (such as American Airlines) and serves markets across the U.S. and Canada, including Denver, Minneapolis, Boston, Toronto, and Waterloo.

5 investors

Lodgify provides all-in-one vacation rental management software for independent short-term rental hosts and property managers, offering channel management with live calendar syncing across platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com, a no-code direct booking website builder, payment processing, and automated guest communications. It also includes tools for dynamic pricing, task management, guest check-in, and damage protection.

5 investors

Mint House offers apartment-style accommodations across multiple property locations for travelers and corporate, group, and events guests; it has been acquired by and joined Kasa's hospitality portfolio.

5 investors