# Matt Zito

> Matt Zito is a pre-seed investor at Travel Startups Incubator backing Travel. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Travel Startups Incubator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/travel-startups-incubator)
- Location: Lake Wales, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Aug 2018
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattzito

Matt Zito is a pre-seed investor at Travel Startups Incubator in Lake Wales focused on Travel and Internet. Matt Zito is the founder of TravelStartups.co, a veteran travel entrepreneur, Managing Partner and Lead Advisor for the Travel Startups Incubator. Matt brings 20+ years of experience in travel having founded and sold two travel companies, CollegeSkiTrips.com the largest youth based ski travel agency (OTA) in the U.S. and the Yellow Breeches HouseFly-Fishing Lodge. Matt advised over 25 travel companies between 2013-2014, helping both angel and VC backed travel companies launch new travel brands. He has built one of the largest travel industry networks of travel CEOs and entrepreneurs in the industry. Matt leverages his contacts to help our portfolio companies gain traction for their products and services through strategic partnerships and business development deals.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 12 | 57% |
| Internet | 6 | 29% |
| Apps | 4 | 19% |
| Software | 4 | 19% |
| Mobile | 3 | 14% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 13 | 62% |
| Seed | 8 | 38% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 57% |
| India | 4 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 10% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Colombia | 1 | 5% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kiva Solutions | Kiva Solutions Online Meeting Room Booking System provides worldwide distribution of meeting spaces of hotels and other venues so that meeting planners and travel agents can book meetings and events online, in real-time, without the hassle, expense and wasted time of RFP’s and proposals.KIVA's Instant Meeting Room Booking System providesonline distribution of hotel meeting rooms and conference venues so that meeting planners and travel agents can instantly book meetings. |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2018 | https://x.com/KivaSolutions |
| TravHQ | TravHQ is a content center where people can voice their ideas, insights, news, and updates on how the travel business intersects with digital, social, and technological trends. They sought to build a cohesive ecosystem and a content hub by collecting and evaluating the digital and online trends for travel agencies, attractions, destinations,lodging, and transportation verticals. |  | Seed | Aug 05, 2016 | https://x.com/travhq |
| Yana Trip | The best way to explore & book Worldwide Activity Founded in April 2015, YANATRIP offers exciting adventures from across the world with 3 language services for Individual Travelers. We explore and curate trusted supplier’s best activities like Bungy Jump, Sky Diving and Zipline throughout the world. YANA means You Are Not Alone. We have thisname to be the best partner with Individual travelers for unforgettable experiences. |  | Seed | Aug 05, 2016 | https://x.com/YANA_TRIP |
| Yappes | Yappes is an advanced API Management and Distribution platform that allows Developers and Providers to build their APIs from scratch swiftly in a secure and reliable way. |  | Seed | Aug 05, 2016 | https://x.com/yappestech |
| Airlines Technology | Airlines Technology is a travel technology company which provides IT solution and services to travel industry. AT is currently focusing on NDC (New Distribution Capability) which is XML-based data transmission standard provided by IATA. NDC will enable the travel industry to transform the way air products are retailed to corporations, leisure andbusiness travellers, by addressing the industry’s current distribution limitations: product differentiation and time-to-market, access to full and rich air content and finally, transparent shopping experience.AT is targeting to make a BIG difference the way aviation industry works today. They have vast domain knowledge and expertise to make any airline and OTA’s system NDC enabled.Their aggregator has implemented all IATA NDC schemas and have end to end implementation starting from Air Shopping (Flight search)àseat availabilityàAncillary Services (Service List)àSeat selectionàOrder creationàPost order modification/cancelation | $50K | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2016 | https://x.com/AirlinesTech |
| GoHero.ai | GoHero.ai is a free, 24/7 chat-based app service that works as your personal concierge! Our trained team uses artificial + human intelligence to make your travel life easier - from booking flights/hotels/restaurants/cabs/rail/bus ticket to planning your holiday and more. We make it all look simple while keeping itpersonal and delightful. | $25K | Pre-Seed | Mar 05, 2016 | https://x.com/goheroai |
| TraknProtect | TraknProtect revolutionizes hotel operations by providing a robust technical and flexible infrastructure that allows hoteliers to leverage various IoT solutions without the use of redundant, disparate technologies. We help hotels track back-of-house inventory, room service trays, and vendors on their property so they can work smarter and make wiserpurchasing decisions. Our platform can also deliver panic buttons that comply with hotel safety ordinances, including the 2017 Chicago Hotel Worker’s Sexual Harassment Ordinance. | $25K | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2016 | http://www.traknprotect.com/ |
| PanTrek | PanTrek is a free search engine for booking inter-city bus tickets in Latin America. Search in-depth company profiles, user reviews, & ratings to book the best route that fulfills your travel needs, whether you are a backpacker, local, or tourist. PanTrek also enables you to connect with friends / travelers so you can plan your tripwith others. | $25K | Pre-Seed | Dec 03, 2015 | https://x.com/GoPanTrek |
| Biz Airlines | A startup business OTA, with transfer/airline routing technology embedded that mixes and matches private jets and commercial airlines, delivering the best real cost results of flight searches, thus allowing competitive prices, time saving, connectivity and convenience for high-end executives, in the main global air shuttles.Travelers willbe able to book, request and receive bookings and itineraries (from their front door to their final destination) at their native iOS and Android apps. Travel Managers will receive booking requests from their executives or even book and share itinerary data with them in a dashboard that controls expenses, team and history of trips of their executives.Biz Airlines technology will collect all data to identify which routes allow private jet shuttles and create flights to absorb business travel demands. | $25K | Pre-Seed | Dec 03, 2015 | http://bizairlines.com |
| Jolie | Jolie is a personal concierge platform that makes living and traveling in cities easier and more seamless. Using one app, clients can request a personal chauffeur, chef, dog walker, house cleaner, or spa professional (massage therapist or cosmetologist). Jolie is the perfect marriage of technology, exclusive vehicles, world-class amenities, andelite service providers. Our on-demand service options give clients the flexibility to better experience their cities. |  | Seed | Sep 11, 2015 | https://x.com/jolieconcierge |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Visionnaire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/visionnaire-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Travel Startups Incubator

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1 contacts available at Travel Startups Incubator.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matt Zito | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-zito |

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## FAQ

### What does Matt Zito invest in?

Matt Zito invests primarily in Travel, Internet and Apps startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Matt Zito?

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### When did Matt Zito last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matt Zito closed in Aug 2018. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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