# Charles Petruccelli

> Charles Petruccelli is a seed investor in New York backing Travel, Leisure and Tourism. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-petruccelli-41a43b17a

Charles Petruccelli is a seed investor in New York focused on Travel and Leisure. Charles Petruccelli

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 3 | 50% |
| Leisure | 3 | 50% |
| Tourism | 2 | 33% |
| Internet | 2 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 3 | 50% |
| Spain | 1 | 17% |
| Israel | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| tripAbrood | tripAbrood is an AI-driven travel platform for families to discover and book holidays. | $896.2K | Seed | Apr 26, 2021 |  |
| MagicStay.com | MagicStay is the first alternative accommodation booking site, entirely dedicated to business travelers. MagicStay offers accommodation selected to meet the needs of business travelers, ideally located in city centers or near the congress / exhibition venues. MagicStay allows to save money, have more surface and privacy than a hotel,including a kitchen, but also to travel with colleagues or extend your stay with family. MagicStay offers around 130,000 apartments, studios, villas in 80 business cities. Discover all their destinations MagicStay.com has no legal or commercial connection with event organisers. The names of these events are registered trademarks and are property of the organising companies. | $1.6M |  | Jan 16, 2018 |  |
| Dayuse.com | Dayuse.com is the first site to offer daytime hotel bookings.Founded by David Lebée at the age of 29, along with his two partners Eugénie Lebée and Thibaud D’Agrèves, Dayuse.com saw the day in 2010. Working as director within large Parisian hotel groups at the time, David Lebée was often asked about daytime bookings. Guests wished to book a roomfor just a few hours, but traditional structures never had an appropriate service to offer. Dayuse.com was created to suit this exact need. | $15.9M | Series A | Jan 12, 2016 |  |
| SHOWBOX | Showbox is a cloud-based video creation platform that enables Brands, Online Marketplaces and Websites to provide their communities with fully controlled, easy-to-use, video creation tools, ensuring high quality results. |  | Series A | Jul 16, 2015 |  |
| Snapcar | SnapCar was created in 2012 by Dave Ashton and Yves Weisselberger, two experienced entrepreneurs in both the world of startups and online business travel management. The company’s vision is to make chauffeured transport immediately accessible to everyone, by offering a high quality alternative to taxis for companies, their employees, andindividuals | $2.1M | Angel | Dec 09, 2014 |  |
| Blink Booking | Blink Booking is an app that helps travelers in Europe book hotels at the last minute by providing a daily selection of four hotels. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2012 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ballpark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ballpark-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CWT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlson-wagonlit-travel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Financiere Saint James](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/financiere-saint-james) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Idinvest Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idinvest-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kibo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kibo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Partech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Charles Petruccelli invest in?

Charles Petruccelli invests primarily in Travel, Leisure and Tourism startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Charles Petruccelli last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Charles Petruccelli closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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