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Explorest: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

At Explorest, our goal is to inspire people to travel and photograph the world's most incredible locations. In an otherwise overpopulated sea of crowdsourced information platforms, we collaborate with top photographers to offer a highly curated collection of remarkable places to visit, each filled with trustworthy hand-written travel and photography tips. The honour of making sure we preserve the world's beauty goes along with sharing it. We take part in global clean-ups through our cooperation with Leave No Trace and work to inform and motivate people to enjoy the outdoors responsibly.

www.explorest.com LinkedIn San Francisco, United States 11-50 employees
Apps Cryptocurrency Photography Travel B2B B2C Photography tips and expert travel advice
Total raised
$1.7M
Rounds
1
Latest
Seed
Feb 2023

Explorest has raised $1.7M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Seed of $1.7M announced in Feb 2023.

That round is below the $4.1M median round size for Apps companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Explorest Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$1.7M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Seed
$1.7M in Feb 2023
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States

Latest funding round on record: Feb 2023.

Explorest Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Seed
$1.7M

Explorest Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Michael Lax
Founder

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Explorest Funding Compared to Other Apps Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
2,426
$4.1M
29,722
$7.5M
16,485
$3.1M

Explorest's latest round of $1.7M is below the median round in Apps. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Explorest Funding FAQs

What does Explorest do?

At Explorest, our goal is to inspire people to travel and photograph the world's most incredible locations. In an otherwise overpopulated sea of crowdsourced information platforms, we collaborate with top photographers to offer a highly curated collection of remarkable places to visit, each filled with trustworthy hand-written travel and photography tips. The honour of making sure we preserve the world's beauty goes along with sharing it. We take part in global clean-ups through our cooperation with Leave No Trace and work to inform and motivate people to enjoy the outdoors responsibly.

How much funding has Explorest raised?

Explorest has raised $1.7M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Seed of $1.7M announced in Feb 2023.

When did Explorest last raise funding?

Explorest's most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $1.7M, announced in Feb 2023.

Who founded Explorest?

FundedIQ lists Michael Lax (Founder) at Explorest.

Where is Explorest headquartered?

Explorest is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How many employees does Explorest have?

Explorest is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does Explorest's funding compare to other Apps startups?

Explorest's latest round of $1.7M is below the $4.1M median round size for Apps companies on FundedIQ across 2,426 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Explorest Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Explorest is left off this page rather than filled in.

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