Sectors/Travel/2014/Q1

Travel funding in Q1 2014

European Travel startup funding raised during Q1 2014.

In Q1 2014, 38 European Travel companies closed 39 funding rounds and raised €90M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 134.2% versus Q1 2013. Debt rounds added €1.9M. UK led by capital raised, and Global Founders Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€90M

+134.2% vs Q1 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€1.9M debt

Funding rounds

+116.7% vs Q1 2013

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

3.6% of sector funding

Debt financing

€1.9M

2.1% of total

Top-10 round share

85.7%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€53M	16
Feb	€8.8M	9
Mar	€30M	14

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Travel — top countries by capital, Q1 2014
UK	€53M
Germany	€9.7M
France	€8.9M
Russia	€7.4M
Netherlands	€5.6M
Austria	€3.6M
Czech Republic	€1.3M
Italy	€1.0M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Travel — stage mix, Q1 2014
Series C	€36M
Early VC	€21M
Series A	€11M
Series B	€10M
Seed	€9.8M
Debt	€1.9M
Other	€1.7M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q1 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Hailo	Series C	Jan 2014	€36M
No.1 Traveller	Early VC	Mar 2014	€8.5M
Aviasales	Early VC	Feb 2014	€7.4M
Top10	Series B	Mar 2014	€5.8M
Evaneos	Series B	Jan 2014	€4.4M
TravelBird	Series A	Mar 2014	€4.1M
Ulmon	Seed	Mar 2014	€3.6M
GetYourGuide	Series A	Jan 2014	€3.3M
Ceetiz	Series A	Jan 2014	€3.0M
Campanda	Seed	Mar 2014	€2.2M
RideScout	Debt	Mar 2014	€1.9M
VeryLastRoom	Early VC	Mar 2014	€1.5M
FastTrack Company / Eviate	Other	Jan 2014	€1.5M
Digital Arbitrage	Early VC	Jan 2014	€1.5M
Liftago	Seed	Jan 2014	€906k

View all 39 Travel deals in Q1 2014 →

Top investors

most active in Q1 2014, by deal count

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