Travel & Hospitality Startups

ShipMate offers international parcel shipping for travelers in Japan, letting them drop purchases at post offices, hotels, or retail stores and ship them home via a smartphone app that handles customs paperwork and pricing. It provides worldwide delivery to 120+ countries with tracking and package input assistance, targeting tourists shopping in Japan.

1 investor

Shoffr operates a premium airport and city ride service using an all-electric fleet (BYD e6 and electric SUVs) with professional drivers, bookable via app. It serves individual travelers as well as corporate clients and events (weddings, corporate events) as a mobility partner in Bangalore and Delhi NCR, India.

1 investor

Shoobs operates a ticketing platform that lets event organisers sell tickets to their events while helping consumers discover and book urban culture events such as Hip Hop concerts and RnB club nights. It focuses on the UK entertainment events market.

1 investor

Shore Excursions Group is a booking platform for cruise shore excursions, offering nearly 4,000 small-group and private tours across more than 300 ports worldwide. It serves cruise passengers with itinerary-matched search technology, curated multi-port packages, and tours categorized as scenic, cultural, active, and city experiences.

1 investor

Siam Seaplane operates a seaplane service combining Thai and international aviation expertise with business leadership. The company serves travelers and tourism markets with air transportation services.

1 investor

Siden Beam is a streaming-native platform built for aircraft, integrating content delivery, bandwidth optimization, and passenger engagement analytics into a single architecture for onboard environments. It serves airlines as an alternative to traditional in-flight entertainment or caching solutions.

1 investor

Silverado Resort is a Napa Valley resort offering lodging, championship golf, dining, spa and wellness experiences, plus venues for weddings, meetings, and corporate events. It serves leisure and business travelers seeking accommodations and events in Napa, California.

1 investor

Silverton Mountain is a ski area in Silverton, Colorado offering guided and unguided backcountry skiing and snowboarding, plus heliskiing options, on advanced and expert-only terrain with no groomed runs.

1 investor

Simmer operates an app that aggregates and analyzes online dish reviews from sources like blogs, social media, and newspapers to recommend the best-reviewed individual dishes across food delivery platforms. It earns affiliate revenue on orders placed through partner delivery companies.

1 investor

Sion provides software for travel and hospitality professionals to manage bookings, payments, and reconciliation with minimal manual effort. The platform serves independent contractors, host agency managers, bookkeepers, and agency operators in the travel industry.

1 investor

Sitata offers travel insurance combined with real-time safety alerts, monitoring 220+ countries for threats such as protests, disease outbreaks, and natural disasters, and providing 24/7 chat assistance and travel-medicine telemedicine through its app. It serves individual travelers with destination-specific coverage and app-based claims.

1 investor

Six Senses Residences Grand Bahama is a branded residential development on Grand Bahama in The Bahamas, offering 28 beachfront and canalside residences with four to six bedrooms designed by architecture firm Olson Kundig, alongside a Six Senses resort. The project emphasizes sustainable, coastal-resilient design and environmental initiatives such as coral reef restoration and mangrove reforestation.

1 investor

SixPlus is an online platform for finding, booking, and managing private dining and event venues across cities in the US and Europe. It serves companies and individuals planning group events while helping venue partners market their spaces and receive qualified group bookings.

1 investor

Blue Mountain Resorts offers outdoor team building activities designed to develop collaboration, teamwork, leadership and problem-solving skills for corporate groups, youth organizations and sports teams. The company provides customizable workshops ranging from 2 to 4 hours with on-site professionals guiding participants through progressive challenge activities and reflection sessions.

1 investor

SkipQ is a travel app and virtual marketplace that lets travelers browse, compare, and pre-purchase airport services and goods — including duty-free shopping, restaurant vouchers, lounge access, meet & greet assistance, airport transfers, parking, fast-track security, and eSIM connectivity — before and during their trip. It connects airport retailers, restaurants, parking lots, and service providers with a global consumer base on a single platform.

1 investor

Skurt operates an app-based car rental platform that connects users with a network of partner rental companies and delivers vehicles directly to the customer's door, removing rental counters and paperwork. It offers real-time delivery tracking and access to professional fleet vehicles for travelers.

1 investor

SkyWaltz is a hot air ballooning company offering balloon rides over destinations such as Jaipur and Hampi in India. It is described as the first hot air ballooning company authorized by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in India.

1 investor

SmartGuest (SmartHotel) is an AI-powered guest engagement platform that automates the hospitality guest journey, including online check-in, messaging, entry instructions, and upsells. It serves hotels, apartments, and guesthouses, offering tools like smart locks, task management, multi-language chat, and payment/upselling features.

1 investor

Smartness publishes content and tools for the hospitality industry, including guides and Excel resources for calculating hotel room costs. The available page focuses on hotel cost management aimed at hotel operators.

1 investor

Smartpricing offers guidance and tools, such as an article and Excel template, for hotels to calculate the fixed and variable costs of putting a room up for sale. The available content indicates a focus on hotel pricing and revenue management.

1 investor

Sovereign Media Capital is an investment platform that manages long-term capital in intellectual property and real assets, including music royalty catalogues, film/media IP financing, and boutique hospitality developments. It serves investors seeking stable, non-correlated income through offerings such as inheritance tax planning and Enterprise Investment Scheme products, with a pan-European hospitality pipeline across Italy, Greece and Alpine Europe.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[{"full_name": "Andreas Roald", "title": "Founder"}]

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Smiles operates a travel loyalty and rewards program in Brazil, letting members accumulate and redeem miles for airline tickets. Members can combine miles and cash to purchase flights and earn points through everyday credit card spending.

1 investor

SnapStays operates an online marketplace for booking furnished, move-in-ready apartment rentals on monthly or longer terms. The listings are professionally managed and include furniture, housewares, and utilities.

1 investor

SnowSeekers is a digital content platform that helps visitors plan winter adventures across British Columbia and Alberta by delivering articles, videos, and social content about snow-related activities and destinations. The company works with tourism operators and resorts to provide timely information and inspiration for winter travel in Western Canada.

1 investor