This year we are co-hosting the first edition of the FutureTravel Summit which will take place online on November 24th. The virtual event will gather leaders and innovators of the travel industry – incl. many travel startups, investors and travel industry professionals. During the event we’ll have inspiring keynote speakers, interesting panel discussions, and an exciting pitch competition!
The FutureTravel Pitch Competition will showcase 10 world’s most promsing early-stage travel startups (selected from almost 200 applicants!). The pre-selected startups will pitch for 2 minutes in front of our attendees and an expert jury of well known investors.
The Prize Package: The winning startup team of the FutureTravel Pitch Competition will receive a prize package valued at $40,000 in credits, which includes $25,000 in AWS credits; $10,000 in Freshworks credits for their product suite; $2,300 in Semrush credits for their annual Guru plan; 1 year EU-Startups Club Membership for Startups & Scale-ups (worth $400), and an exhibition stand at the EU-Startups Summit 2022 with 3 startup tickets (valued $2,300). The winner will also be proudly mentioned in the FutureTravel Newsletter, and prominently featured by EU-Startups and other publications.
The Jury: The selected teams will get valuable feedback from our handpicked travel-focused jury members: Christoph Schuh (Lakestar), Meryem Aydin (Amadeus Ventures), and Andrey Kostyuk (Aalchemy Ventures). In addition, we’ll have many other VC firms, business angels and startup accelerators among our attendees.
So without further ado, we are excited to announce the 10 finalists for our upcoming travel pitch competition:
Flywallet is a fintech marketplace and one stop shop designed to make travel affordable for all. Users can search and track flights, set automatic saving plans, pay in installments and book all through the platform.
ZAUBAR is an immersive tours and creator platform which allows you to create, host and monetise a new kind of urban experience powered by location-based Augmented Reality.
ChartOk is a Teamwork Collaboration Tool for Hotels. It digitally connects hotel back-office teams – tasks, docs, contacts, handbooks, apps, suppliers, etc. – to be more connected, profitable, and productive, working smarter, not harder.
Pickvisa.com is an online platform which provides services in obtaining travel, education and business trip visas to any country worldwide. The company’s main goal is to build a centralised visa application system for all countries.
IZY.ai provides a flexible end-to-end B2B2C concierge and commerce platform for hotels and properties – helping to digitise, streamline, and elevate customer interactions, transactions, as well as operations and internal productivity especially in the new normal.
Eddy Travels is an AI travel assistant that will find you the cheapest hotels and flights in seconds. Powered by machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Eddy Travels AI travel assistant is a fully automatic chatbot designed for websites, mobile apps, blogs, and social messaging applications.
SmartGuide builds the world’s first digital guide marketplace. Its app turns every phone into a personal tour guide with geolocation, audio, AR and even offline. SmartGuide is a scalable platform that makes creating an intuitive, professional mobile guide, live, simple and smooth.
Lambus is an all-in-one travel platform that centralizes different aspects of modern travel (inspiration, planning & booking) into one central platform. You don’t need 10 apps for your travel anymore, just one: Lambus!
Treepli is an itinerary marketplace for independent travelers, inspired by the travel sharing economy and dedicated to curious people seeking authentic and personalised experiences.
My AI is a global startup building a next-generation ‘reverse’ marketplace, leveraging the best of A.I. and humans to solve hyper-personalization in travel.
Whether you’re curious about how other startups organise and present their pitches, or would be interested to see the reaction of the investors/judging panel – it’s one not to miss. Secure your ticket now!
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