# Hugh Crean

> Hugh Crean is a seed investor at Operix (Boston) backing Travel, Mobile and Hospitality. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Operix](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/operix)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hughcrean
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hughcrean
- Website: https://x.com/hughcrean
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/creanhugh

Hugh Crean is a seed investor at Operix in Boston focused on Travel and Mobile. Hugh Crean is the current Chief Executive Officer of Operix. He previously worked at JPK Capital as an Operating Partner. Hugh Crean attended Boston College.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 5 | 71% |
| Mobile | 2 | 29% |
| Hospitality | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Otto | Otto is a startup developing an intelligent and autonomous AI travel adviser for business travelers. | $6M | Seed | Aug 22, 2024 |  |
| Otto | Otto is a travel tech company that uses AI to plan, book and execute business trips. | $6M | Seed | Aug 22, 2024 |  |
| Plot | Plot pairs IoT sensors and cloud-based software to deliver facility, city, airport, and roadway monitoring. We are currently installed at Los Angeles International and Sacramento International Airports to monitor their TSA wait times and provide automated alerts to staff on changing environments.Once our sensors are installed, we are able toprovide airport staff with custom reporting, as well as, provide travelers with predicted wait times. We are the only solution on the market that actively tries to reach travelers before they leave for the airport.Before renaming to Plot, the company was named Park Evergreen and focused on parking solutions. Park Evergreen was accepted into Batch 19 of 500 Startups. Plot was founded in 2016 by Jenn Starr, Jason Cass, Christopher Addington, Ben Cantey, and Ben Smith and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $250K | Seed | Oct 01, 2017 |  |
| Vhoto | Founded by tech-startup veterans and based in the heart of Seattle, Vhoto is an iOS app that leverages the richness of HD video to capture and share life’s best highlights - which we call vhotos. Using machine learning and computer vision technology, Vhoto quickly and intelligently finds the best GIFs and photos from video all in the palm of yourhand. | $750K | Seed | May 29, 2014 |  |
| HotelTonight | HotelTonight is a hotel booking application that is made for mobile from the ground up. HotelTonight offers some of the best pricing for last-minute hotel deals booked up to 7 days in advance. Perfect for business travelers, leisure travelers, and locals alike. HotelTonight was founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $3.6M | Series A | May 10, 2011 |  |
| Room 77 | Room 77 offers the most advanced hotel shopping experience on the Web today by allowing travelers to simultaneously compare pricing across every major online travel agency and more, shop across a variety of room types, and book more than 200,000 hotel rooms worldwide. Unlike other travel sites, Room 77 doesn't stop at the booking.Travelers booking 4- or 5-star hotels, or stays totaling more than $400 on Room 77 get access to a complimentary Room Concierge who utilizes Room 77's proprietary RoomMatch technology to identify the best rooms for each traveler then works directly with the hotel to score one of those rooms for the guest. | $3M | Seed | Jan 01, 2010 |  |
| Vhoto | Founded by tech-startup veterans and based in the heart of Seattle, Vhoto is an iOS app that leverages the richness of HD video to capture and share life’s best highlights - which we call vhotos. Using machine learning and computer vision technology, Vhoto quickly and intelligently finds the best GIFs and photos from video all in the palm of yourhand. | $2.4M | Seed |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Couchsurfing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/couchsurfing-international) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Direct Travel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/direct-travel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Madrona Venture Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Capital Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Co=Creation=Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/co-creation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Operix

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Operix is a field operations platform that accelerates the businesses of specialty contractors.

2 contacts available at Operix.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hugh Crean | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hugh-crean |
| Adam Spera | Co-Founder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-spera |

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## FAQ

### What does Hugh Crean invest in?

Hugh Crean invests primarily in Travel, Mobile and Hospitality startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Hugh Crean's check size?

Hugh Crean typically joins rounds of $250k–$6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hugh Crean participates in.

### When did Hugh Crean last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hugh Crean closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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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