Everyone Loves to Travel but the Way We Travel Matters

We are an angel fund seeking to invest in early stage, European, sustainable travel startups

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Investment Thesis

The Time to Act is Now

1.5°
Paris Agreement in 2015 to limitglobal warming to 1.5°C; (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels
8%
The share of global travel industry greenhouse gas emissions in 2023
2.2B
The projected number of international travelers by 2050

With global tourism set to double in size by 2050 from 2019 levels, doing nothing is no longer an option. Companies should start to measure their negative and positive impact and transform their business accordingly.

Changing consumer behavior and regulatory frameworks will challenge companies to innovate or die.

Investment Thesis

Impact Investments Will Grow

€5.3B
2011-2022
Average annual VC capital flows into travel industry
<1%
2024
Impact investments in travel industry
>10%
2030
Impact investments in travel industry

Only 2% of global Assets Under Management (AUM) is identified as Impact investment. For the travel industry we estimate this is less than 1%.

Driven by continued technical innovation, stronger regulation and changing consumer mindsets and behavior we believe this will grow exponentially in the coming years.

Investment Criteria

We Invest Along The Traveler journey

We invest in pre-seed stage, Europe based startups, along the traveler journey, across the value chain, in hardware and software.

Inspire, Plan & Book

• sustainable booking
• route&travel optimization
• emissions measurement, management
• customer behavior

Stay & Do

• regenerative hospitality
• eco-activities
• circularity
• waterand waste measurement, management

Getting There

• electrification
• rail
• connectivity
• micro-mobility
• car-sharing
• charging infra

Portfolio

These startups are changing the way we travel

From low emissions camper holidays,to traveller empowered journey planner.

Electric campervan
rental

Traveller empowered
journey planner
Team

Industry experts to Support our startups

Management

Eddie Lubbers

Managing Partner

• Ex-Booking.com
• Ex-Hotels.com
• Ex-Lastminute.com
• Founder of Caribbean Travel Network
• Founder of Destino Group
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