Tourism is 13% of Greece's GDP. Athens turned that into travel tech. Welcome Pickups and Ferryhopper proved it. Local and global funds back them. Here are 12 investors funding Athens travel tech in 2026.
Tourism drives a huge slice of the whole Greek economy. Athens has turned that lead into a travel-tech edge.
Welcome Pickups and Ferryhopper both drew real money. Travel software is now a clearly fundable space here.
A mix of local and global funds backs travel tech. Greek VCs and global growth funds both turn up here.
You will pitch several of these funds in one cycle. Ellty keeps your whole deck behind one tracked link.
| Type | Check size | Sector focus | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VentureFriends | VC (Athens) | EUR 0.3M-2.5M | Travel, consumer | venturefriends.vc |
| Metavallon VC | VC (Athens) | EUR 0.5M-1.5M | Travel, marketplaces | metavallon.vc |
| Marathon Venture Capital | VC (Athens) | EUR 1M-1.5M | Seed travel, tech | marathon.vc |
| Big Pi Ventures | VC (Athens) | Multi-stage | Travel, deep tech | bigpi.vc |
| Velocity.Partners | VC (Athens) | Pre-seed, seed | Travel, SaaS | velocity.partners |
| LAUNCHub Ventures | VC (Sofia) | EUR 0.3M-4M | Travel, marketplaces | launchub.com |
| Piton Capital | VC (London) | EUR 200K-20M | Marketplaces, travel | pitoncapital.com |
| WestCap | Growth fund (US) | Growth rounds | Travel, proptech | westcap.com |
| Prime Ventures | VC (Amsterdam) | Series B+ | Travel, proptech | primeventures.com |
| Endeavor Greece | Scale-up network | Network, intros | Travel, scale-ups | endeavor.org.gr |
| HDBI | Fund-of-funds (Athens) | LP commitments | VC and PE funds | hdbi.gr |
| EBRD | Development bank | Fund + direct | VC funds, growth | ebrd.com |
Run your travel raise from one link
Ellty shows which VC opened your deck, so you follow up first, not late.
Start free 14-day trialWhat a travel-tech VC backs
They back repeat bookings and a clean gross margin. A pile of one-off bookings will not move them much.
They want real travelers actually paying you money. Real live pilots in one market are a strong start.
Most enter at the seed stage and follow to Series A. Growth funds only show up once you truly scale up.
See our Athens shipping-tech investors list for more. Ellty shows exactly which fund opened your full deck.
The new $140M round of Blueground sets a new record for the valuation of a tech company founded in Greece.
12 Athens travel-tech investors
1. VentureFriends
Athens' top travel and consumer venture capital fund.
Recent Activity: Backed Welcome Pickups and Blueground
LinkedIn: VentureFriends on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: Travel, consumer
Stage Focus: Seed, Series A
Check Size: EUR 0.3M-2.5M
Location: Athens, Greece
Website: venturefriends.vc
2. Metavallon VC
An Athens seed fund and an early Ferryhopper backer.
Recent Activity: An early Ferryhopper marketplace investor
LinkedIn: Metavallon VC on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: Travel, marketplaces
Stage Focus: Seed, seed+
Check Size: EUR 0.5M-1.5M
Location: Athens, Greece
Website: metavallon.vc
3. Marathon Venture Capital
An Athens seed fund and a day-one founder partner.
Recent Activity: Closed a $84M third fund in 2025
LinkedIn: Marathon Venture Capital on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: Seed travel, tech
Stage Focus: Seed
Check Size: EUR 1M-1.5M
Location: Athens, Greece
Website: marathon.vc
4. Big Pi Ventures
The region's largest multi-stage Athens tech fund.
Recent Activity: A multi-stage fund with ~EUR 250M AUM
LinkedIn: Big Pi Ventures on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: Travel, deep tech
Stage Focus: Seed to growth
Check Size: Multi-stage
Location: Athens, Greece
Website: bigpi.vc
5. Velocity.Partners
An Athens pre-seed and seed-stage travel-tech fund.
Recent Activity: An Athens early-stage travel backer
LinkedIn: Velocity.Partners on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: Travel, SaaS
Stage Focus: Pre-seed, seed
Check Size: Pre-seed, seed
Location: Athens, Greece
Website: velocity.partners
6. LAUNCHub Ventures
A CEE seed fund that backed Ferryhopper quite early.
Recent Activity: A CEE fund that backed Ferryhopper
LinkedIn: LAUNCHub Ventures on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: Travel, marketplaces
Stage Focus: Seed, Series A
Check Size: EUR 0.3M-4M
Location: Sofia and CEE
Website: launchub.com
Send each travel fund a tracked link
Ellty logs every open and read. Chase the keen funds first, not days too late.
Start free 14-day trial7. Piton Capital
A London VC built around marketplace network effects.
Recent Activity: Led Ferryhopper's EUR 5M round
LinkedIn: Piton Capital on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: Marketplaces, travel
Stage Focus: Seed, growth
Check Size: EUR 200K-20M
Location: London, UK
Website: pitoncapital.com
8. WestCap
The US growth fund behind Blueground's whole rise.
Recent Activity: Led Blueground's growth round at $750M
LinkedIn: WestCap on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: Travel, proptech
Stage Focus: Growth
Check Size: Growth rounds
Location: New York, US
Website: westcap.com
9. Prime Ventures
An Amsterdam VC that backed Blueground quite early.
Recent Activity: Backed Blueground from Series B on
LinkedIn: Prime Ventures on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: Travel, proptech
Stage Focus: Series B, growth
Check Size: Series B+
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website: primeventures.com
10. Endeavor Greece
The network behind many of Greece's top scale-ups.
Recent Activity: Backs scale-ups like Blueground
LinkedIn: Endeavor Greece on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: Travel, scale-ups
Stage Focus: Scale-up
Check Size: Network, intros
Location: Athens, Greece
Website: endeavor.org.gr
11. HDBI
Greece's sovereign fund-of-funds for venture capital.
Recent Activity: Greece's sovereign fund-of-funds
LinkedIn: HDBI on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: VC and PE funds
Stage Focus: Fund-of-funds
Check Size: LP commitments
Location: Athens, Greece
Website: hdbi.gr
12. EBRD
A development bank that anchors many Greek VC funds.
Recent Activity: Anchors many Greek venture funds
LinkedIn: EBRD on LinkedIn
Sector Focus: VC funds, growth
Stage Focus: Fund + direct
Check Size: Fund + direct
Location: London and Athens
Website: ebrd.com
Tourism is Greece's superpower
Many millions of visitors come to Greece each year. That gives founders a huge, live home testing ground.
Real tourists try your product right there on the spot. Feedback comes back fast, honest and refreshingly raw.
Lock guest data down with strong password protection. Ellty keeps every travel file in one secure place.
Prep a clean diligence report well before pitching. Clean, complete data wins much faster term sheets.
Bookings and stays lead deals
Booking platforms and stays pull in most of the money. They scale fast on real and repeat traveler demand.
Ferryhopper made island ferry booking really simple. Blueground rents out fully furnished homes long-term.
Track every reader with a solid pitch deck tool here. Ellty logs each open and every full read of your deck.
See real investor intent through document analytics. Ellty shows you exactly who reads your whole deck.
Built for global travelers
Travelers come from every single corner of the world. Your product has to work smoothly for all of them.
Investors love this huge, global travel buyer base. A Greece-only plan here rarely raises a full round.
Keep your investor relations warm right across borders. Ellty keeps every single fund on one tracked link.
Know both hard and soft diligence before you raise. Ready teams build real investor trust much faster.
How to pitch a travel-tech investor
Lead with repeat bookings.
- 1.Lead with repeat bookings.Show travelers who come back.
- 2.Prove your unit economics.Share CAC, margin and repeat rate.
- 3.Show the global buyer base.Name the markets you serve.
- 4.Send one Ellty link to your deck.See which fund reads to the end.
How Ellty helps you land a travel-tech investor in Athens
Your Athens investor list is ready. Set up a data room before the first call.
- 1.Upload your deck, metrics and cohorts.Keep every travel file in one room.
- 2.Send each fund a unique tracked link.Set view and download rights per fund.
- 3.Watch opens and follow up on time.Chase the funds that read to the end.
Athens travel-tech fundraising questions
- Greek VCs and global growth funds. Plus angels.
- Often EUR 0.3M to EUR 2.5M. Growth funds write more.
- Welcome Pickups and Ferryhopper did. Blueground too.
- Repeat bookings and real margin. Global reach helps.
- Travelers are global. The market is worldwide.
- Before your first VC call. Track who reads your deck.
