Travel & Hospitality Startups

Plusgrade provides white-label ancillary revenue solutions for airlines, rail, cruise, and hospitality brands, letting travelers bid for or purchase upgrades, extra seat space, priority services, and stay extensions. It also operates loyalty commerce products through its Points subsidiary, enabling loyalty program members to earn, exchange, and redeem points and miles.

3 investors

Portside provides a software platform for business and general aviation, serving flight departments, charter operators and FBOs across 30+ countries. Its tools support aircraft owners, crew, finance, aircraft management, charter sales, maintenance and dispatch operations.

3 investors

QiDZ Holding, based in the United Arab Emirates, develops a mobile app focused on children's activities. Parents use it to browse and book classes, entertainment options, restaurants and deals suited to different age groups, with instant online booking.

3 investors

Qraved operates a restaurant discovery, review and reservation platform in Indonesia. It aggregates user reviews, ratings and photos alongside recommendations, promotions and a dining rewards program, serving diners and visitors looking for places to eat and book tables.

3 investors

Revinate operates a direct booking and customer data platform for hotels, using guest data to power marketing campaigns, reservation sales, and guest profiles that reduce reliance on online travel agencies. It serves hoteliers in the hospitality industry to drive direct revenue and repeat bookings.

3 investors

RocketRez offers a cloud-based ticketing, point-of-sale, and guest experience platform for tours and attractions of all sizes and verticals, helping operators manage revenue, guest experiences, and operations. The company targets the mid-market tours and attractions industry.

3 investors

ROH provides an intelligent payments platform and financial infrastructure for the hospitality industry, using automation to manage the multiple payment touchpoints in hotel transactions. It serves hotels, hospitality brands, and operating groups aiming to increase profitability from payments.

3 investors

Rove Miles is a travel rewards program that lets consumers earn a flexible miles currency from everyday spending and travel bookings, then redeem them for flights and hotel stays across airlines, hotels, and loyalty programs. It offers direct supplier deals for booking flights and hotels, with earning at partner stores on top of existing credit or debit card rewards.

3 investors

Rove Travel operates a marketplace for vetted luxury short-term and extended-stay rentals, offering concierge service to guests and hotel-style quality assurance. It also provides hosts a platform to list properties across Rove, Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com with AI-based operations tools, damage protection, and fast payouts, focused on high-end markets including New York City, the Hamptons, and South Florida.

3 investors

Sailogy is an online platform for booking sailing and yacht holidays, offering around 22,000 boats across worldwide destinations with options for bareboat or skippered charters. It serves leisure travelers—including families, couples, and first-time sailors—in the nautical tourism market, with multilingual customer support.

3 investors

Secret Escapes is a members-only travel deals platform offering discounted rates on luxury hotels and holidays. It provides access to over 200 flash sales each week via free membership.

3 investors

Shohoz is an online bus ticketing platform that allows users to book tickets from over 100 bus operators across the country. The platform serves travelers seeking convenient access to intercity and regional bus transportation.

3 investors

Smartvel is a B2B content-as-a-service and MarTech company that uses AI-powered and human-generated content to support customer experience and SEO across channels and sectors. Founded in 2013, it specializes in B2B destination and travel content for businesses, and acquired competitor ArrivalGuides in 2023.

3 investors

Suiteness allows groups to book connecting hotel rooms that aren't available through standard hotel booking platforms. The company partners directly with hotels to offer adjoining rooms as an alternative to vacation rentals for families and groups of four or more.

3 investors

Swimply is a peer-to-peer marketplace that connects pool owners with people seeking to rent private pools, hot tubs, sports courts, and other outdoor spaces on an hourly basis. The platform operates across 150+ cities in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, with pricing typically ranging from $25 to $100 per hour.

3 investors

TAIAN, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company operating in the wedding/bridal industry as a registered travel agency, and is a member of Japan's Impact Startup Association. It participates in numerous regional wedding associations across Japan.

3 investors

The Hotel Network builds personalization and conversion technology that helps hotel brands improve their direct online booking experience and compete for bookings against large online travel players. It serves hotels of varying sizes with tools focused on personalized shopping experiences for travelers.

3 investors

The Ticket Fairy provides event ticketing and management software to venue operators and promoters in multiple countries, helping them handle sales, marketing, and audience analytics for live events.

3 investors

TourRadar Marketing Solutions offers multi-channel digital marketing campaigns for travel industry marketers and destination organizations, running full-funnel campaigns across its app, website, email, and social channels to drive brand awareness and tour bookings. It operates an online marketplace of over 50,000 multi-day tours from 2,500+ operators, with audience reach in the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand.

3 investors

TravelLocal connects travelers with handpicked local travel agents to create personalized itineraries and authentic destination experiences. The platform ensures tourism benefits reach local communities and businesses in the destinations served.

3 investors

Tripoto is an online travel community platform where users publish and browse trip itineraries, destination guides, and travel stories, and can request quotes for curated tour packages from verified partners. Serving primarily Indian travellers, it covers domestic and international destinations across categories like beaches, mountains, honeymoons, and road trips.

3 investors

Triptease is a data marketing platform for hotels that uses guest behavior data and dynamic pricing to increase direct bookings and compete with online travel agencies (OTAs) across channels including metasearch, email, paid search, and display advertising.

3 investors

TrovaTrip organizes ethical tourism experiences that prioritize meaningful connections and cultural respect. The company designs trips that minimize environmental impact and support local communities through conscious travel practices.

3 investors

Truely provides an eSIM service offering mobile data connectivity across 190+ countries without SIM swaps or roaming fees, with unlimited or customizable data bundles. It targets travelers, digital nomads, and remote workers, offering features like a single reusable eSIM, pausable plans, refunds, and loyalty rewards through its app.

3 investors