23.11.2020

We are excited to announce the closing of our pre-seed round, resulting in a six-figure investment for the launch of our new travel platform.

Our platform lets you design and book sustainable trips into wild destinations. It combines cutting-edge technology and travel expertise to define a new era of travel with emphasis on being smarter, wilder and greener. 

Despite travel and tourism being one of the hardest hit sectors during the global Coronavirus pandemic, we see the current situation as an opportunity to hit the reset button on over-tourism. “In a post-COVID world, reinventing travel really is the only option!” Alfredo Seidemann, our Founder and CEO explained. Based on principles of regenerative travel, we envision a new way for tourism to provide lasting positive impact for local environments and people.

We offer our users efficient and free carbon offsetting, instant booking and transparent business operations that do not rely on agents. Accommodation and transportation are vetted for their environmental credentials.

He added, “Travel is not just an item you place on a shelf and sell off. It’s personal and it’s powerful and I think we don’t realise that enough. The wildlife and adventure market is a $200 billion industry waiting to be disrupted!”.

Our team, consisting of former executives in travel, ex-Googlers and Booking.com engineers, are well equipped to take on the challenge, having previously worked together at a tech-enabled travel operator.

Funds raised will go towards building a functional and reliable MVP. This will include fundamental services offered to our travellers: various expert tailored trips, ability to customise according to their preferences and instant booking. This will provide user feedback to enhance service features.

“I’m very excited about where we are. To see so many people support our mission, it’s been incredible to know that others too believe in the positive power of travel”, said Alfredo. He continued, “We’re grateful to our investors and ready to get out there and change the way we travel”.

For more information contact:

Ben Willson, Growth Manager (ben@viatu.com)

Viatu AG

Neugasse 6, 6300 Zug

Switzerland