PhocusWire has tracked the top investors in travel for the past couple of years to understand where they see opportunity and are willing to place their...
Regenerative travel startup Travaras has raised $1.54 million in pre-seed funding. The San Francisco-based company called the funding a “major milestone,” in a LinkedIn post. “We’re...
While 2024 suggested a positive shift in funding for travel startups compared to the prior year, things cooled off in the first quarter of 2025. “[This...
Kenya’s startup studio Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV) has received $4.5 million in seed funding to push forward its mission to transform Africa’s tourism industry. Purple Elephant Ventures...
Phocuswright has tracked and analyzed the digital travel startup landscape for over 15 years, and as of November 2024 there were nearly 8,000 companies in our...
As the year draws to a close, our sister brand Phocuswright has published a new special report, Travel Forward: Data, Insights and Trends for 2025. This interactive data...
Despite a slowdown in funding for travel startups over the past couple of years, the brave continue to reimagine travel processes and emerge from stealth with...
In March this year, Reiwa Travel founder Takaya Shinozuka spoke to WiT about his plans to take his new travel packaging startup global and that he was...
People love getting free stuff for money they’re already spending, and Bilt Rewards is cashing in on that. Users get points for rent payments — typically...
After a down year, funding for travel startups has increased in the first quarter of 2024, even as the number of actual rounds is down. Phocuswright’s...