Funded Travel and Tourism Startups in United States
Across the 30 most recent travel and tourism funding rounds shown, disclosed round sizes are highly uneven: the largest disclosed amount is Sonder’s $170M…
Across the 30 most recent travel and tourism funding rounds shown, disclosed round sizes are highly uneven: the largest disclosed amount is Sonder’s $170M (2020-06-24), which dwarfs the rest of the disclosed rounds in this list (the next-largest disclosed amounts include Soul Community Planet’s $210M is actually higher than Sonder; the largest disclosed is Soul Community Planet at $210M on 2021-01-04, with Sonder at $170M the next-largest). Most of the remaining disclosed rounds cluster far lower, including several in the $10M–$50M range such as Hotel Engine ($65M on 2021-12-02) and AvantStay ($500M on 2022-02-16) which is another outlier above that cluster.
The timing is also skewed toward the early-2020s: round dates span 2020-06-24 (Sonder) through 2026-04-14 (MEJDI Tours). A meaningful classification pattern appears as “Series Unknown” in 13 of 30 rows, while “undisclosed” amounts occur in 4 rows (Iconic Adventures 2026-04-07; Carver Road Hospitality 2023-08-04; STRT 2023-04-12; Safara 2024-12-19). City clustering shows San Francisco repeatedly (Wheel the World 2026-02-25; Kindred 2026-02-03; Lotus Foods 2024-07-10; YouTravel.me 2021-09-02; Kasa Living 2020-10-13; Sonder 2020-06-24), suggesting a concentrated West Coast funding footprint in this slice.
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Frequently asked
What’s the largest disclosed round in this list, and how does it compare with the next-largest disclosed rounds?
The largest disclosed amount is Soul Community Planet’s $210M on 2021-01-04. Sonder’s $170M on 2020-06-24 is the next-largest disclosed amount, and both sit well above many other disclosed rounds like Wheel the World ($11M on 2026-02-25) and Viata ($100K on 2024-12-03).
Are there notable outliers in deal size distribution besides the top round?
Yes. AvantStay reports $500M on 2022-02-16, which is an extreme high outlier relative to the rest of the disclosed amounts shown (for example, Hotel Engine at $65M on 2021-12-02 and Indagare at $2M on 2022-12-13). At the low end, Sosuite’s $10K on 2023-08-22 is the smallest disclosed amount in the rows shown.
Do most rounds cluster in a narrow window, or are they spread out over time?
They’re spread across multiple years: the earliest shown round date is Sonder (2020-06-24) and the most recent is MEJDI Tours (2026-04-14). Within that span, “Series Unknown” entries are frequent in the middle years (e.g., Safara 2024-12-19 is undisclosed; Amphitrite Digital 2023-11-07 reports $10M), rather than concentrating into a single tight quarter.
Which stages or classifications dominate the dataset?
“Series Unknown” appears in 13 of 30 rows (including MEJDI Tours 2026-04-14; Sotherly Hotels 2024-02-13; and Target Hospitality 2023-10-12). By amount visibility, 4 rows are explicitly “undisclosed” (Iconic Adventures on 2026-04-07; Safara on 2024-12-19; Carver Road Hospitality on 2023-08-04; STRT on 2023-04-12).
Is any city over-represented among the funded startups shown?
San Francisco is the most repeated geography: Wheel the World (2026-02-25, $11M), Kindred (2026-02-03, $85M), Lotus Foods (2024-07-10, $23M), YouTravel.me (2021-09-02, $1M), Kasa Living (2020-10-13, $30M), and Sonder (2020-06-24, $170M). Other cities appear once each in this slice (e.g., Arlington, VA: MEJDI Tours on 2026-04-14; Chicago: Roami is Miami, but Indagare and others are Chicago/NY depending on row), making San Francisco the clear cluster.
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