Sectors/Travel/2011/H2

Travel funding in H2 2011

European Travel startup funding raised during H2 2011.

In H2 2011, 24 European Travel companies closed 24 funding rounds and raised €30M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 57.4% versus H2 2010. Debt rounds added €1.1M. UK led by capital raised, and Accel was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€30M

-57.4% vs H2 2010 · excl. debt & grants · +€1.1M debt

Funding rounds

+100.0% vs H2 2010

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

#16

1.6% of sector funding

Debt financing

€1.1M

3.5% of total

Top-10 round share

95.7%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
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, H2 2011
UK	€21M
Germany	€4.8M
Russia	€2.1M
France	€1.9M
Denmark	€447k
Greece	€250k
Portugal	€100k
Türkiye	€100k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Travel — stage mix, H2 2011
Series B	€12M
Other	€7.4M
Series A	€5.9M
Seed	€4.4M
Debt	€1.1M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition · 1 Buyout

3 exits · €445M disclosed.

CarTrawler	Buyout	Dec 2011	€440M
Easytobook.com	Acquisition	Jul 2011	€4.5M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2011

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
HouseTrip	Series B	Nov 2011	€12M
Statesman Travel Group	Other	Oct 2011	€5.9M
TrustYou	Series A	Sep 2011	€3.5M
Top10	Series A	Sep 2011	€2.4M
HipWay	Seed	Oct 2011	€2.0M
fotopedia	Debt	Nov 2011	€1.1M
Yachtico.com	Other	Jul 2011	€900k
FrenchWeb	Seed	Sep 2011	€692k
Triposo	Other	Sep 2011	€473k
Drivr	Seed	Dec 2011	€447k
Loco2	Seed	Nov 2011	€300k
Taxibeat	Seed	Dec 2011	€250k
Augmentra	Seed	Jul 2011	€232k
Londons Holiday Apartments	Other	Aug 2011	€139k
App in the Air	Seed	Aug 2011	€105k

View all 24 Travel deals in H2 2011 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2011, by deal count

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