# Top 50 Travel Startup Investors in United States in June 2026 ## SV Aangel - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet SV Angel is a service organization, investing in founders who share these values. They support entrepreneurs in building lasting companies by assisting at key inflection points and leveraging networks to help them propel their businesses forward. ## Jason Calacanis - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University. ## Erik Blachford - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Travel, E-Commerce, Marketplace Erik Blachford is based out of San Francisco, California and is on the Board of Directors at Fora. Erik has previously served as CEO of Expedia, Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp's travel division, IAC Travel (including online travel businesses Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Classic Custom Vacations and Interval International), CEO atButterfield & Robinson and CEO at Terrapass, Inc.His prior positions at Expedia Inc. included SVP of Marketing & Planning and various roles in product management. Erik is an active private company investor, serving on boards including Glassdoor, Zillow, Siteminder, Liftopia and Terrapass, and participates in non-profit boards including EcoAmerica, The Cutting Ball Theatre and the US National Council of the World Wildlife Fund.Erik holds a bachelor's degree in English and certificate in theatre from Princeton University and a master's in business administration from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business. ## Thayer Investment Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Travel, Software, SaaS Thayer Investment Partners (TIP) is a strategic investment platform driving the future of innovation across the travel, real estate and hospitality sectors. ## ATX Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Austin, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech ATX Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm in Austin Texas with funds investing in B2B software, marketplaces, and applications. ## PAR Capital Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Travel, Software, Transportation PAR Capital Management is a Massachusetts-based private investment company focused on long-term investments. ## Alumni Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Access curated startup investment opportunities and diversified venture capital exposure designed for accredited investors. ## Forerunner - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion Forerunner is a venture capital firm focused on the modern consumer, investing at the intersection of culture and invention. ## Great Oaks Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care Great Oaks Venture Capital is a leading early-stage venture capital firm with a mission to support and invest in the most innovative and disruptive startups. Visit our home page to learn more about our portfolio companies, investment approach, and the experienced team behind our success. ## JetBlue Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Carlos, California, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology We invest in and partner with early-stage startups improving travel and hospitality. Explore our investment focus. Sign up to receive updates. ## Goodwater Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Burlingame, California, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Consumer Tech Investors - We empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good. ## NFX - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Marketplace We are a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups. We back exceptional Founders building market-transforming companies. ## Bullpen Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile Bullpen is a venture capital fund that invests post-seed capital into early stage companies. ## Upslope Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Denver, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Formerly Galvanize Ventures, Upslope Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in startups across the country. They believe exceptional teams can originate from any location. They provide more than capital and introductions. By leveraging their network they aim to empower entrepreneurs with the resources they need to havetheir best chance at success - even if they don’t invest. ## General Catalyst - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Investing in powerful, positive change that endures ## Corazon Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Welcome to Corazon Capital. A venture capital firm with heart. ## Spencer Rascoff - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Real Estate, Software, Internet Spencer Rascoff is based out of New York, New York and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Match Group and also the Board of Directors of Hinge. Spencer previously served as Co-Founder, Executive Chairman at dot.LA. Spencer Rascoff attended Harvard University. ## New York Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Mobile New York Angels is one of the oldest, most prominent angel investment groups in the country. New York Angels has offered early-stage entrepreneurs funding, mentoring, connections and more for over 20 years. Angel investors join New York Angels for their extensive, experienced network, increased de ## Structure Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Internet, Travel We are Structure Capital. We help passionate teams build great companies by investing seed-stage capital, time, experience and relationships ## Slow Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care Slow Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in companies central to the technology industry as well as those operating at the intersection of science, society, and culture. The firm seeks to support innovative ideas and solutions that shape the future across various sectors. ## Accomplice - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Internet Accomplice is a venture firm and contemporary family office. We have been part of the origin story of AngelList, Carbon Black, Coinlist, Currencycloud, DraftKings, FalconX, FLOW, Freshbooks, Integral Ad Science, Hopper, HQO, Luna, Near, Orchard, Patreon, PillPack, Plastiq, Recorded Future, SecurityScorecard, Skillz, Veracode, Work Human, WHOOP, Zoopla, and more. We are also founders behind Accomplice Blockchain and the Spearhead operator-angel movement. ## Techstars Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Techstars helps founders succeed. Through our global accelerators, we invest in early-stage startups led by founders building a better future for everyone. ## Marc Bell Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boca Raton, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet Marc Bell Ventures is a venture capital firm that offers early-stage and private equity investment services to firms in the finance, hospitality, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 2000 by Marc Bell and is based in Florida. ## Lightbank - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Lightbank VC is a $700M AUM venture fund that invests in early-stage vertically focused AI, consumer, enterprise, healthcare, crypto, fintech and climate companies. It focuses on pre-seed, seed and Series A opportunities where they write initial checks between $250k - $5m. They have invested in over 150 companies such as Tempus, Udemy, Fiverr(NYSE: FVRR), Sprout Social (NYSE: SPRT), Boom Supersonic, Tastytrade (acq. $1B+), Extend, Attain, Paytient and Expel. ## Link Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Link Ventures partners with entrepreneurs who have grand ambitions and gives them the advantage needed to win big. ## Alpaca VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Real Estate Alpaca VC | Reshaping the Real World Alpaca VC is a New York based firm the leads early-stage investments in companies reshaping the physical and digital world. ## Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care The premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide ## Tamarisc Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Hospitality, Travel Tamarisc invests in and helps build companies that improve the human habitat through innovating at the intersection of real estate, health, and technology. ## QueensBridge Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile QueensBridge Venture Partners invests in technology companies in highly competitive and visible markets.The company's collective experience has shaped our approach to investing by allowing us to quickly recognize and capitalize on key trends. Furthermore, by focusing on co-investment opportunities with leading venture capital funds and angelinvestors in Silicon Valley, we have unique access to very attractive companies.Successful venture capital investing is highly influenced by a network of reputable investors. QBVP aligns itself with firms that have proven their ability to source and invest in the next generation of leading technology companies in Silicon Valley and emerging markets. We bring capital along with our network of industry veterans and corporate relationships to accelerate the development of the companies in which we co-invest. We seek to partner with firms that generate the most value among VCs and back the companies that reach enterprise value of over $1 billion on a regular basis.The general partners of QBVP are industry veterans in consumer products & services, media & entertainment, and financial services. We have (i) advised tech, media, and entertainment companies in raising over $20 billion of capital at bulge bracket Wall Street firms (e.g. Goldman Sachs; Deutsche Bank) (ii) started over twenty businesses, (iii) produced and/or recorded six number 1 albums on the Billboard 200, (iv) sold over 25 million records worldwide, (v) have products in over 3,000 stores. ## Good Growth Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software Good Growth Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm known for its expertise in finding, assessing and cultivating complex science and technology. ## Gaingels - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital todate. The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments. ## Canaan Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care Canaan is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with visionary ideas. With $5B under management, a diversified fund and over 190 exits to date, Canaan has invested in some of the world's leading technology and healthcare companies over the past 30 years. Canaan’s focus areas include fintech, enterprise/cloud,marketplaces, frontier tech, biopharma, digital health, and medtech. ## Montage Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech Montage Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm actively investing in financial services, e-Commerce, marketplaces and healthcare start-ups. ## Kickstart - Type: VC Fund - Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Seed investing in the Mountain West since 2008 ## Golden Seeds - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology Golden Seeds is a seed-stage investment firm with a focus on women leaders. Their investment thesis rests on the extensive research that concludes that gender-diverse teams produce a better return on equity. By seeking companies where women hold leadership positions and own substantial equity, they are funding companies that are likely to havediverse perspectives that will contribute to success. ## Jack Dorsey - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, Apps, Mobile Jack Dorsey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Block, Inc. He previously worked at Elliott Investment Management as a CEO. ## Zillionize - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Zillionize is a seed round startup investor. We focus on early-stage investing in founders who see the future and startups that create the future. We are self funded experienced operators. Our team live and breath enterprise software on a day to day basis and are equally as passionate about other areas of technology. ## Hugh Crean - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Travel, Mobile, Hospitality 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. ## First Round Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a vibrant community of technology entrepreneurs and companies. ## Tuesday Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet Tuesday Capital (formerly CrunchFund) has been helping early-stage founders build the companies of tomorrow since 2011. ## Google Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology GV supports innovative founders moving the world forward. ## Rockies Venture Club - Type: VC Fund - Location: Denver, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical Device Connecting Entrepreneurs and Investors Since 1985. ## Sand Hill Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology For over two decades, Sand Hill Angels has worked openly and collaboratively with venture capital funds, other angel organizations, and the Bay Area ecosystem that fosters the growth of technology startups. ## Thomas Lehrman - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Education, Internet Thomas D. Lehrman is the Board Director at Gerson Lehrman Group.He is a Co - Founder and former Co - Chief Executive Officer of Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. Thomas Lehrman most recently served as Director of the Office of WMD Terrorism at the U.S. Department of State and previously as a member of the professional staff on the President's WMDCommission. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Financial Analyst at Tiger Management. He is also a Co - Founder & Board Member of the Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School and the Hillhouse Scholars Program. Thomas Lehrman is a Chartered Financial Analyst and graduated from Duke University and Yale Law School. ## Rough Draft Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Supporting student founders at every stage of the journey. ## Base Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berkeley, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce We founded Base Ventures to turn access into opportunity for investors, founders, and the next disruptive idea. ## Founder Collective - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Each Founder Collective partner has founded and sold a technology company. The company we wish had existed when we first started out is what we hope to create with Founder Collective. We offer a user guide for managing the risky commodity known as venture capital. The company believes that in order to advance their firms and maintain control,entrepreneurs should aim to raise the least amount of money possible.Founder Collective was established on May 22, 2009 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ## New York Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology New York Venture Partners is a seed stage venture capital firm dedicated to the entrepreneur. New York Venture Partners provide an ecosystem of financing, mentorship and strategic marketing consulting to the best entrepreneurs out there today. ## Right Side Capital Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care Systematic Pre-Seed Startup Capital ## New Enterprise Associates - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology Foundational partners to ambitious founders at every stage of company-building.