Sectors/Travel/2011

Travel funding in 2011

European Travel startup funding raised during 2011.

In 2011, 43 European Travel companies closed 46 funding rounds and raised €163M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Debt rounds added €1.1M. Germany led by capital raised, and Index Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€163M

excl. debt & grants · +€1.1M debt

Funding rounds

Companies

Top country

Germany

Travel: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2009	€14M	-20.4%	10	-33.3%	—
2010	€75M	+437.4%	23	+130.0%	—
2011	€163M	+118.1%	46	+100.0%	€1.1M

Break down 2011 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Quarters

Rank among sectors

4.4% of sector funding

Debt financing

€1.1M

0.7% of total

Top-10 round share

86.6%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€1.7M	2
Feb	€465k	2
Mar	€7.7M	3
Apr	€46M	8
May	€11M	3
Jun	€66M	4
Jul	€1.1M	3
Aug	€344k	3
Sep	€7.0M	7
Oct	€7.9M	4
Nov	€14M	5
Dec	€697k	2

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Travel — top countries by capital, 2011
Germany	€69M
UK	€67M
Russia	€14M
Israel	€5.4M
France	€4.6M
Spain	€1.6M
Estonia	€1.4M
Denmark	€447k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Travel — stage mix, 2011
Series A	€92M
Growth/Late	€34M
Series B	€12M
Other	€12M
Seed	€11M
Early VC	€2.4M
Debt	€1.1M

Exits & M&A

3 Acquisition · 2 Buyout

5 exits · €664M disclosed.

CarTrawler	Buyout	Dec 2011	€440M
Scandlines	Buyout	May 2011	€165M
Gold Medal International	Acquisition	May 2011	€54M
Easytobook.com	Acquisition	Jul 2011	€4.5M

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2011

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Wimdu	Series A	Jun 2011	€63M
EVIIVO	Growth/Late	Apr 2011	€34M
HouseTrip	Series B	Nov 2011	€12M
Ostrovok	Series A	May 2011	€9.2M
Statesman Travel Group	Other	Oct 2011	€5.9M
Gett (GetTaxi)	Series A	Mar 2011	€5.1M
SilverRail	Other	Apr 2011	€4.5M
TrustYou	Series A	Sep 2011	€3.5M
onefinestay	Series A	Mar 2011	€2.7M
Top10	Series A	Sep 2011	€2.4M

Largest debt rounds

debt financing, 2011; not in the equity total

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
fotopedia	Debt	Nov 2011	€1.1M

View all 46 Travel deals in 2011 →

Top investors

most active in 2011, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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