Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It focuses on early and growth-stage technology startups, investing across software, cloud, data analytics, mobile technology, consumer services, fintech, security, healthcare, and information technologies. Accel seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to build world-class companies that define new categories and drive growth. Its portfolio includes notable technology companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Braintree, and Lookout Security, among others.

Casey Aylward

Partner

Nir Blumberger

Venture Partner

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Philippe Botteri

Partner

Andrew Braccia

Partner

Andrei Brasoveanu

Partner

Katie Brown

Investor

Miles Clements

Partner

Adrian Colyer

Venture Partner

Kevin Comolli

Partner

Anand Daniel

Partner

Sonali De Rycker

Partner

Ben Dooley

CFO

Peter Doyle

Investor

Kevin Efrusy

Partner

Christine Esserman

Partner

Ben Fletcher

Partner

Sameer Gandhi

Partner

Martin Gibson

Investor

Bruce Golden

Partner

Graham Hutson

Investor

Sara Ittelson

Partner

Myrel Iturrey

Investor

Siddarth Jain

Analyst

Dinesh Katiyar Ph.D

Partner

Richard Kotite

Vice President

Amit Kumar

Partner

Gagan Kumar

General Partner

Ping Li

Partner

John Locke

Partner

Zhenya Loginov

Partner

Steve Loughlin

Partner

Arun Mathew

Partner

Jonathan Mendelson

Investor

Subrata Mitra

Partner

Gonzalo Mocorrea

Investor

Vasant Natarajan

Partner

Vas Natarajan

Partner

Harry Nelis

Partner

Nate Niparko

Partner

Maya Noeth

Partner

Brian O'Malley

Partner

Rachit Parekh

Principal

Vijaysai Patnaik

Associate

Varun Purandare

Principal and Investor

Ben Quazzo

Partner

Rafael Quintanilla

Investor

Tim Rawlinson

Investor

Matt Robinson

Partner

Sagar Sanghvi

Partner

Tracy Sedlock

Chief Operating Partner

Jess Segal

Partner, Investor Relation

Ajay Sethi Ph.D

Venture Partner

Manasi Shah

Vice President and Investment Team Member

Karan Shah

Investor

Sarthak Singh

Investor

Robert Sternberg

Investor

Barath Shankar Subramanian

Principal

Diksha Sundarka

Investor

Prayank Swaroop

Partner

Ryan Sweeney

General Partner

Charles Tananbaum

Investor

Humza Tariq

Investor

Jonathan Turner

Partner

Cecilia Wang

Vice President

Matt Weigand

Partner

Eric Wolford

Venture Partner

Rich Wong

General Partner

Ivan Zhou

Partner

Candice du Fretay

Investor

Past deals in Travel

Nuitée

Series A in 2024
Founded in 2017, Nuitée specializes in infrastructure APIs tailored for the travel sector. Its platform facilitates hotel connectivity and distribution, enabling businesses to create booking apps, monetize audiences, and maintain brand control.

Uppercase

Series B in 2024
Uppercase is a direct-to-consumer company specializing in sustainable travel accessories. The company focuses on creating thoughtfully designed products that utilize a curated material library, incorporating fresh color schemes and innovative branding details. Its travel gear is crafted from recycled plastic bottles and features custom-developed hardware, all while employing environmentally-sensitive packaging materials. This commitment to sustainability enables Uppercase to provide eco-friendly products that cater to environmentally conscious consumers.

Minoan Experience

Seed Round in 2022
Minoan Experience offers a customizable retail platform designed to enhance the appeal of short-term rentals and boutique hotels. The company provides property-related products and services that aim to make guest stays unique and comfortable. By integrating exclusive discounts from popular consumer brands, Minoan Experience allows properties to create a shoppable digital narrative. This platform enables guests to purchase products directly through property-specific websites, fostering a deeper connection to the brands featured in their accommodations.

Radar

Series C in 2022
Radar is a location data infrastructure platform that enables app developers to create location-aware experiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company provides a suite of tools, including geofencing, place detection, and location tracking, to enhance mobile applications across various industries such as retail, travel, and logistics. Radar's platform features APIs and SDKs that facilitate easy integration, allowing developers to implement contextually relevant functionalities in their applications. With a strong focus on privacy and security, Radar ensures that location data is managed responsibly. The company also offers additional APIs in private beta, including geocoding, which converts addresses to coordinates, and tools for searching geofences and calculating distances between locations.

WegoPro

Seed Round in 2022
WegoPro is a company that offers a platform designed to streamline business travel and expense management for organizations. By leveraging artificial intelligence, WegoPro simplifies the booking process for business trips and automates expense reporting. The platform enables companies to manage their travel bookings, expenses, and analytics efficiently, providing valuable insights to business owners. This comprehensive approach allows organizations to have all their travel management needs addressed within a single platform, enhancing operational efficiency and supporting informed decision-making.

Upaway

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Upaway is a travel agency app that offers on-demand trip support, combining travel organization tools with personalized assistance. The platform enables users to securely store and collaborate on travel-related documents, ensuring easy access across various trips and travel plans. It provides human trip support, assisting customers in finding suitable accommodations, making eco-friendly travel choices, and addressing issues such as lost luggage or flight delays. Additionally, Upaway delivers personalized safety updates for every destination, enhancing the overall travel experience and ensuring that customers can navigate their journeys with confidence and ease.

Radar

Series B in 2020
Radar is a location data infrastructure platform that enables app developers to create location-aware experiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company provides a suite of tools, including geofencing, place detection, and location tracking, to enhance mobile applications across various industries such as retail, travel, and logistics. Radar's platform features APIs and SDKs that facilitate easy integration, allowing developers to implement contextually relevant functionalities in their applications. With a strong focus on privacy and security, Radar ensures that location data is managed responsibly. The company also offers additional APIs in private beta, including geocoding, which converts addresses to coordinates, and tools for searching geofences and calculating distances between locations.

FabHotels

Series B in 2020
FabHotels operates a budget hotel chain in India, focusing on providing standardized services for budget travelers. The company partners with smaller hotels that typically have capacities ranging from twenty to forty rooms. Utilizing an asset-light model, FabHotels promotes these partner hotels, ensuring that guests receive consistent quality and service across locations. This approach allows travelers to easily discover and book accommodations while enjoying exclusive benefits and rewards, enhancing their overall experience.

WegoPro

Seed Round in 2019
WegoPro is a company that offers a platform designed to streamline business travel and expense management for organizations. By leveraging artificial intelligence, WegoPro simplifies the booking process for business trips and automates expense reporting. The platform enables companies to manage their travel bookings, expenses, and analytics efficiently, providing valuable insights to business owners. This comprehensive approach allows organizations to have all their travel management needs addressed within a single platform, enhancing operational efficiency and supporting informed decision-making.

FabHotels

Series B in 2019
FabHotels operates a budget hotel chain in India, focusing on providing standardized services for budget travelers. The company partners with smaller hotels that typically have capacities ranging from twenty to forty rooms. Utilizing an asset-light model, FabHotels promotes these partner hotels, ensuring that guests receive consistent quality and service across locations. This approach allows travelers to easily discover and book accommodations while enjoying exclusive benefits and rewards, enhancing their overall experience.

Radar

Series A in 2019
Radar is a location data infrastructure platform that enables app developers to create location-aware experiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company provides a suite of tools, including geofencing, place detection, and location tracking, to enhance mobile applications across various industries such as retail, travel, and logistics. Radar's platform features APIs and SDKs that facilitate easy integration, allowing developers to implement contextually relevant functionalities in their applications. With a strong focus on privacy and security, Radar ensures that location data is managed responsibly. The company also offers additional APIs in private beta, including geocoding, which converts addresses to coordinates, and tools for searching geofences and calculating distances between locations.

Lola.com

Series C in 2019
Lola Travel Company, Inc. specializes in corporate travel management through its AI-driven platform, Lola.com. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company simplifies the travel booking process for businesses by offering an intuitive tool for flight and hotel reservations. Lola.com allows users to manage itineraries via a mobile application, providing individual travel profiles, digital travel receipts, and budget tracking services. The platform also supports employee-friendly travel policies, efficient spend reporting for managers, and features that enable team destination sharing and loyalty point accumulation. With 24/7 agent assistance and capabilities for executive assistants to book travel on behalf of others, Lola.com caters to the needs of both employers and business travelers, streamlining the overall travel experience.

HolidayMe

Series C in 2018
HolidayMe is an online travel portal established in 2013, operating under the registered trademark of Traveazy DMCC and headquartered in Dubai, UAE. The company specializes in providing a comprehensive online travel booking platform that allows customers to plan their holidays with ease. It offers a wide range of services, including hotel bookings, customized travel packages, and booking vouchers, catering to both B2B and B2C markets. HolidayMe focuses on enhancing the travel experience for its users by providing tailored solutions that meet the diverse needs of travelers. With additional offices in Pune, Jeddah, and Cairo, the company has gained recognition in the travel industry, particularly within the GCC region, for its commitment to quality service and customer satisfaction.

World View

Series C in 2018
World View Enterprises, Inc., established in 2012 and headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, specializes in space travel services for research, education, and scientific purposes. The company pioneers the exploration of the stratosphere, offering stratospheric remote sensing services and space tourism experiences. World View's innovative, patented technology enables long-duration, high-resolution data collection and affordable alternatives to traditional imagery providers. With over 115 successful stratospheric flights and 10,274,598 vertical feet flown, the company has earned the trust of NASA and other organizations, providing meaningful space tourism and valuable data services to both public and private sectors.

Radar

Seed Round in 2017
Radar is a location data infrastructure platform that enables app developers to create location-aware experiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company provides a suite of tools, including geofencing, place detection, and location tracking, to enhance mobile applications across various industries such as retail, travel, and logistics. Radar's platform features APIs and SDKs that facilitate easy integration, allowing developers to implement contextually relevant functionalities in their applications. With a strong focus on privacy and security, Radar ensures that location data is managed responsibly. The company also offers additional APIs in private beta, including geocoding, which converts addresses to coordinates, and tools for searching geofences and calculating distances between locations.

TravelBank

Series B in 2017
TravelBank is a comprehensive business travel and expense management platform serving over 20,000 companies. It empowers businesses to control their travel programs effectively, achieving an average reduction of 30% in travel spend. The platform enhances employee satisfaction through its intuitive design and travel rewards program. Companies can easily create and implement custom travel policies, setting a baseline for travel expenditures. TravelBank offers round-the-clock concierge-level support via phone, email, or chat, ensuring continuous assistance from an in-house customer success team.

FabHotels

Series B in 2017
FabHotels operates a budget hotel chain in India, focusing on providing standardized services for budget travelers. The company partners with smaller hotels that typically have capacities ranging from twenty to forty rooms. Utilizing an asset-light model, FabHotels promotes these partner hotels, ensuring that guests receive consistent quality and service across locations. This approach allows travelers to easily discover and book accommodations while enjoying exclusive benefits and rewards, enhancing their overall experience.

Away

Series B in 2017
Away is a modern travel brand offering high-quality, affordable luggage designed with thoughtful features to enhance travel experiences.

HotelTonight

Series E in 2017
HotelTonight, Inc. is a mobile application designed for booking same-day hotel accommodations, specializing in last-minute deals for unsold rooms. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform provides a marketplace that allows hotels to fill last-minute vacancies that would otherwise remain unoccupied. Users can easily access these discounted rates through their smartphones and tablets, making it a convenient option for business travelers, leisure travelers, and locals alike. The application enables bookings for rooms up to 100 days in advance, catering to various travel needs while ensuring significant savings for its customers. As of April 2019, HotelTonight operates as a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.

Lola.com

Series B in 2017
Lola Travel Company, Inc. specializes in corporate travel management through its AI-driven platform, Lola.com. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company simplifies the travel booking process for businesses by offering an intuitive tool for flight and hotel reservations. Lola.com allows users to manage itineraries via a mobile application, providing individual travel profiles, digital travel receipts, and budget tracking services. The platform also supports employee-friendly travel policies, efficient spend reporting for managers, and features that enable team destination sharing and loyalty point accumulation. With 24/7 agent assistance and capabilities for executive assistants to book travel on behalf of others, Lola.com caters to the needs of both employers and business travelers, streamlining the overall travel experience.

Campanda

Series B in 2017
Campanda is an online booking platform specializing in the rental and sharing of recreational vehicles (RVs). Catering to camping enthusiasts, the platform allows users to search, compare, and book RV rental deals from both commercial and private suppliers across more than 40 countries. Campanda offers a diverse selection of recreational vehicles, ensuring that users can find well-maintained and competitively priced options that meet their holiday needs. By streamlining the rental process, the platform aims to provide a convenient solution for individuals looking to enhance their travel experiences with RV rentals.

TravelBank

Series A in 2016
TravelBank is a comprehensive business travel and expense management platform serving over 20,000 companies. It empowers businesses to control their travel programs effectively, achieving an average reduction of 30% in travel spend. The platform enhances employee satisfaction through its intuitive design and travel rewards program. Companies can easily create and implement custom travel policies, setting a baseline for travel expenditures. TravelBank offers round-the-clock concierge-level support via phone, email, or chat, ensuring continuous assistance from an in-house customer success team.

HolidayMe

Series A in 2016
HolidayMe is an online travel portal established in 2013, operating under the registered trademark of Traveazy DMCC and headquartered in Dubai, UAE. The company specializes in providing a comprehensive online travel booking platform that allows customers to plan their holidays with ease. It offers a wide range of services, including hotel bookings, customized travel packages, and booking vouchers, catering to both B2B and B2C markets. HolidayMe focuses on enhancing the travel experience for its users by providing tailored solutions that meet the diverse needs of travelers. With additional offices in Pune, Jeddah, and Cairo, the company has gained recognition in the travel industry, particularly within the GCC region, for its commitment to quality service and customer satisfaction.

Away

Series A in 2016
Away is a modern travel brand offering high-quality, affordable luggage designed with thoughtful features to enhance travel experiences.

FabHotels

Series A in 2016
FabHotels operates a budget hotel chain in India, focusing on providing standardized services for budget travelers. The company partners with smaller hotels that typically have capacities ranging from twenty to forty rooms. Utilizing an asset-light model, FabHotels promotes these partner hotels, ensuring that guests receive consistent quality and service across locations. This approach allows travelers to easily discover and book accommodations while enjoying exclusive benefits and rewards, enhancing their overall experience.

Lola.com

Series A in 2016
Lola Travel Company, Inc. specializes in corporate travel management through its AI-driven platform, Lola.com. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company simplifies the travel booking process for businesses by offering an intuitive tool for flight and hotel reservations. Lola.com allows users to manage itineraries via a mobile application, providing individual travel profiles, digital travel receipts, and budget tracking services. The platform also supports employee-friendly travel policies, efficient spend reporting for managers, and features that enable team destination sharing and loyalty point accumulation. With 24/7 agent assistance and capabilities for executive assistants to book travel on behalf of others, Lola.com caters to the needs of both employers and business travelers, streamlining the overall travel experience.

Campanda

Series A in 2015
Campanda is an online booking platform specializing in the rental and sharing of recreational vehicles (RVs). Catering to camping enthusiasts, the platform allows users to search, compare, and book RV rental deals from both commercial and private suppliers across more than 40 countries. Campanda offers a diverse selection of recreational vehicles, ensuring that users can find well-maintained and competitively priced options that meet their holiday needs. By streamlining the rental process, the platform aims to provide a convenient solution for individuals looking to enhance their travel experiences with RV rentals.

Medigo

Series A in 2014
Medigo is a Berlin-based company that operates a platform to simplify international medical travel by connecting patients with clinics. The platform functions as a clinic marketplace, allowing users to search, compare, and coordinate procedures, browse clinics by procedure or country, filter by facility type, and obtain cost and treatment information. Beyond the marketplace, Medigo provides global healthcare access through a third-party administrator model that helps organizations manage international care with an international provider network, cost containment tools, and a focus on member experience. Additional services include claims handling, medical concierge, and network access to assist insurers in delivering care abroad and achieving potential savings, all aimed at improving the patient journey across borders.

HotelTonight

Series D in 2013
HotelTonight, Inc. is a mobile application designed for booking same-day hotel accommodations, specializing in last-minute deals for unsold rooms. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform provides a marketplace that allows hotels to fill last-minute vacancies that would otherwise remain unoccupied. Users can easily access these discounted rates through their smartphones and tablets, making it a convenient option for business travelers, leisure travelers, and locals alike. The application enables bookings for rooms up to 100 days in advance, catering to various travel needs while ensuring significant savings for its customers. As of April 2019, HotelTonight operates as a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.

HolidayIQ

Series A in 2013
HolidayIQ is an online holiday information portal that simplifies travel planning for Indian travelers. Founded in 2004 as India Resorts Survey, the company initially aimed to create the first travel community focused on feedback about holiday accommodations across India. The success of this initiative led to an expansion of its scope, transforming it into a comprehensive platform where users can find information on airfare, packages, destinations, hotels, and international getaways. HolidayIQ encourages travelers to discover and plan their holidays while sharing their experiences, fostering a community-driven approach to travel information.

Nor1

Series B in 2012
Nor1, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in data-driven merchandising solutions for the travel industry, particularly hotels, resorts, and airlines. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Singapore, Frankfurt, and San Jose del Cabo, Nor1's offerings include eStandby Upgrade, a pre-arrival upsell solution; eReach, a customer merchandising platform; eFDU, which supports front desk teams in delivering upsell offers; and PRiME, a real-time pricing and merchandising engine. The company's innovative solutions are designed to maximize revenue and enhance brand loyalty by leveraging real-time data and customer feedback to tailor upsell opportunities for individual guests. As of December 2020, Nor1 operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation.

HouseTrip

Series C in 2012
HouseTrip SA is a holiday rental booking platform founded in 2009 and headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with offices in London and Lisbon. It operates one of Europe's largest holiday rental websites, offering over 300,000 properties in thousands of destinations worldwide, including apartments, villas, and cottages. The platform allows homeowners to securely advertise their properties and manage bookings while providing guests with an easy way to find and book rental accommodations. Since its launch in January 2010, HouseTrip has facilitated over 6 million nights booked, making it a significant player in the vacation property rental market.

HotelTonight

Series C in 2012
HotelTonight, Inc. is a mobile application designed for booking same-day hotel accommodations, specializing in last-minute deals for unsold rooms. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform provides a marketplace that allows hotels to fill last-minute vacancies that would otherwise remain unoccupied. Users can easily access these discounted rates through their smartphones and tablets, making it a convenient option for business travelers, leisure travelers, and locals alike. The application enables bookings for rooms up to 100 days in advance, catering to various travel needs while ensuring significant savings for its customers. As of April 2019, HotelTonight operates as a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.

HotelTonight

Series B in 2011
HotelTonight, Inc. is a mobile application designed for booking same-day hotel accommodations, specializing in last-minute deals for unsold rooms. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform provides a marketplace that allows hotels to fill last-minute vacancies that would otherwise remain unoccupied. Users can easily access these discounted rates through their smartphones and tablets, making it a convenient option for business travelers, leisure travelers, and locals alike. The application enables bookings for rooms up to 100 days in advance, catering to various travel needs while ensuring significant savings for its customers. As of April 2019, HotelTonight operates as a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.

HotelTonight

Series A in 2011
HotelTonight, Inc. is a mobile application designed for booking same-day hotel accommodations, specializing in last-minute deals for unsold rooms. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform provides a marketplace that allows hotels to fill last-minute vacancies that would otherwise remain unoccupied. Users can easily access these discounted rates through their smartphones and tablets, making it a convenient option for business travelers, leisure travelers, and locals alike. The application enables bookings for rooms up to 100 days in advance, catering to various travel needs while ensuring significant savings for its customers. As of April 2019, HotelTonight operates as a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.

KAYAK

Series D in 2007
KAYAK is a global leader in travel search, empowering millions of travelers to make informed decisions. Since its 2004 inception in the US, KAYAK has expanded to over 60 countries, offering a comprehensive platform that compares prices from hundreds of travel websites for flights, hotels, rental cars, and vacation packages. Its suite of tools includes KAYAK Trips, Explore, and Price Forecast. KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands, processing over 6 billion queries annually. The company, now part of Booking Holdings Inc., was founded by industry veterans including Steve Hafner, Paul English, Terrell Jones, and Greg Slyngstad.

KAYAK

Series C in 2006
KAYAK is a global leader in travel search, empowering millions of travelers to make informed decisions. Since its 2004 inception in the US, KAYAK has expanded to over 60 countries, offering a comprehensive platform that compares prices from hundreds of travel websites for flights, hotels, rental cars, and vacation packages. Its suite of tools includes KAYAK Trips, Explore, and Price Forecast. KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands, processing over 6 billion queries annually. The company, now part of Booking Holdings Inc., was founded by industry veterans including Steve Hafner, Paul English, Terrell Jones, and Greg Slyngstad.

KDS

Series A in 2005
KDS is a European leader in on-demand Travel & Expense management solutions. It assists corporate clients in reducing travel costs and streamlining administrative processes. KDS offers an integrated platform that caters to clients' key needs, including travel policy enforcement, online self-booking, and automated expense processing. The company ensures optimized pricing and real-time inventory control through extensive back-end connectivity with various travel providers.

CHECK24 Ventures

Venture Round in 2005
Founded in 2016, CHECK24 Ventures is the venture capital arm of CHECK24, operating independently. It focuses on providing seed and growth financing to young internet companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with a focus on financial technology, insurance technology, online marketplaces, and software sectors.
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