{"id":172108,"date":"2026-05-27T16:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/travel-investor-day-the-11-start-ups-that-met-with-investors\/172108\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:57:48","slug":"travel-investor-day-the-11-start-ups-that-met-with-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/travel-investor-day-the-11-start-ups-that-met-with-investors\/172108\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Investor Day: the 11 start-ups that met with investors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Startup Turismo, the Italian network bringing together start-ups and innovation operators in the tourism sector, presented the 11 start-ups selected from over 90 applications at Travel Investor Day 2026. The event took place at Milano SmartCityLab, as a follow-up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/tourism-start-up-association-launches-traveltech-call-for-proposals\/154784\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">call for applications launched in March<\/a> for innovative start-ups and SMEs in the tourism, hospitality, culture and experiences sectors. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative, of which Startupbusiness is a partner, was launched a few years ago to connect companies in the fundraising phase with venture capital firms, corporations and industry players \u2013 a matchmaking service that is of considerable importance in a country with a strong tourism sector such as Italy. The association reports over 140 member start-ups, a network of more than 600 stakeholders and over 10 active projects for 2026. For this edition, over 40 companies were shortlisted and 11 were selected for the final pitch.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selected start-ups cover a wide range of travel tech sectors: hotel operations, hospitality CRM, destination intelligence, outdoor activities, catering, culture, customer experience, AI research, beaches, luggage logistics and study trips.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The selected startups<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cora &#8211; Agrate Brianza, Lombardy<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cora is developing an AI platform for hotel operations management. The product digitises back-of-house operations and aims to reduce manual processes, fragmentation and operational inefficiencies in accommodation facilities. The start-up is seeking \u20ac500,000 to consolidate the product and scale up commercially.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weforguest &#8211; Turin, Piedmont<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weforguest is an AI-powered CRM for hotels and hotel groups. It centralises guest data, automates communications throughout the guest journey, and supports marketing and loyalty strategies. The funding round in question is worth \u20ac1.5 million, to be used for growth, international expansion, AI and integrations.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IODAH \u2013 Milan, Lombardy<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IODAH specialises in decision intelligence for the tourism sector. The platform collects and analyses data from multiple sources, simulates travellers\u2019 search behaviour, and provides dashboards and AI-powered vertical search engines to monitor tourism KPIs. It is seeking \u20ac3 million to strengthen its sales, business development and technical teams.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mountain Maps &#8211; Trento, Trentino-South Tyrol<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mountain Maps uses AI, multi-agent models and satellite imagery to generate personalised, up-to-date outdoor routes. The aim is to minimise the use of outdated data and improve the safety and reliability of its recommendations. The start-up is seeking to raise \u20ac1.5 million for product development and go-to-market activities.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am &#8211; Brescia, Lombardy <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">iammi is an AI-native SaaS platform for the operational and financial management of restaurants and food &amp; beverage venues. It consolidates data from till systems, bank accounts, invoices and inventory into a single dashboard and automates repetitive tasks. It is seeking \u20ac500,000 in funding, with a focus on marketing, sales, R&amp;D and operational infrastructure.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CulturaTela &#8211; Turin, PiedmontCulturaTela &#8211; <\/strong>Torino, Piemonte<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CulturaTela has developed TELA, a cloud-based SaaS platform for museums and cultural organisations. It integrates management, CRM, analytics, AI, and online and on-site ticketing. The start-up is seeking \u20ac500,000 to expand its team, with a significant portion of the funding earmarked for sales, marketing and R&amp;D.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Popup &#8211; Teramo, Abruzzo<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Popup is a SaaS platform for the hospitality and tourism sectors that integrates NFC, QR codes and AI. It offers digital menus, reviews, analytics, AI assistants, voice concierge services and intelligent agents. The funding round in question is for \u20ac1 million, to be allocated to the team, go-to-market strategy, product development and operations.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rankwit AI &#8211; Catania, Sicily <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rankwit AI has developed RankHotel, a vertical AI solution designed to help hotels appear in the results of generative search engines and turn AI search into a direct booking channel. The start-up is seeking \u20ac300,000 to strengthen its technical, sales, marketing and R&amp;D teams, with the aim of preparing for a Series A funding round in 2027. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PuntoMare \u2013 Lecce, Apulia<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PuntoMare is an app that helps tourists and industry professionals choose beaches and activities based on marine weather data, geospatial information and computer vision. The platform provides localised recommendations and updates on sea conditions. It is seeking \u20ac100,000, primarily for marketing and revenue validation during the summer season.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baggysitter &#8211; Milan, Lombardy<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baggysitter manages end-to-end luggage services for travellers and tour operators: collection, storage and delivery, even between different cities. The service is primarily aimed at same-day bookings, freeing travellers from the hassle of luggage on the first and last days of their trip. The funding round is for \u20ac600,000.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jo-In \u2013 Turin, Piedmont<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jo-In specialises in Augmented Educational Travel. The platform combines AI and Web-AR to transform study trips into a measurable learning journey, from pre-trip preparation to skills assessment. It is seeking \u20ac600,000 for R&amp;D, go-to-market activities and the recruitment of key personnel.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selection provides a snapshot of the Italian travel tech sector: fewer generalist platforms, more vertical software solutions built to address operational challenges. Hotels needing to reduce their reliance on OTAs, destinations seeking more accessible data, museums still lagging behind on ticketing and CRM, outdoor operators focusing on safety and keeping information up to date, and the hospitality sector grappling with tight margins and fragmented processes. AI features in many projects, and this is no mere detail; for a travel tech start-up, the point is not simply to claim that it uses AI, but to engage in a real-world process, solve a problem that an operator recognises as urgent, demonstrate scalability, and become sufficiently integrable to attract industrial clients, partners or potential buyers.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest edition of the Tourism Start-up Association\u2019s event, featuring innovations in hospitality, destinations, travel tech and food 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giornalista, fondatore e direttore di Startupbusiness, il primo magazine sull\u2019ecosistema startup e innovazione italiano. Co-fondatore di Designtech, l\u2019hub di innovazione che avvicina il mondo del design con quello della tecnologia. Advisor di Austrian Business Agency, Emil Banca, Fondazione Symbola, Fondazione Quadrans. Partecipa regolarmente a incontri, convegni, conferenze dedicate all\u2019ecosistema dell\u2019innovazione. E\u2019 stato co-organizzatore degli Italian Innovation Day and Series che si sono svolti dal dal 2016 al 2020 nelle citt\u00e0 di Tokyo in Giappone, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra in Australia e Singapore e co-organizzatore dell\u2019Italy India Innovation Day di AIICP 2021 e 2022. Ha curato il volume \u2018L\u2019innovazione che non ti aspetti. Contesti e visioni per l\u2019impresa\u2019 , l\u2019edizione italiana di \u2018La startup digitale, guida pratica step by step\u2019 e ha scritto la prefazione all\u2019edizione italiana de \u2018La quarta era\u2019 di Byron Reese, ed \u00e8 co-autore di \u2018Cosa e Dove: strategie digitali di ricerca del lavoro\u2019, tutti editi da FrancoAngeli. In passato \u00e8 stato curatore di StartupDigest Italy, coordinatore scientifico del Forum per la Ricerca della Provincia Autonoma di Trento, board member di TechChill Milano advisor di di ScaleIT , ha collaborato con Il Sole 24 Ore \u00e8 stato direttore di Innov\u2019azione, bimestrale edito da Apsti, ha collaborato con Corriere Innovazione ed \u00e8 stato presidente del comitato di selezione del Premio Marzotto e advisor di Cetif-Universit\u00e0 Cattolica Milano.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.abirascid.com\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emilabirascid","https:\/\/x.com\/emilabirascid"],"url":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/author\/emil-abirascid\/"}]}},"author_name":"Emil Abirascid","categories_names":["Events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172109,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172108\/revisions\/172109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172108"},{"taxonomy":"companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/companies?post=172108"},{"taxonomy":"journalist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupbusiness.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/journalist?post=172108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}