With funding for travel startups hitting an eight-year low in 2023, it won’t take much for 2024 to be better. Some travel companies feel more optimistic about the months to come and who might be best placed to attract funding.

PhocusWire senior reporter Linda Fox is joined by Mike Scott, managing partner at Derive Ventures and Mia Morisset, a principal at Inovia, with both sharing insights on how 2024 might play out for travel startups. The broad ranging discussion also touched on potential deal sizes, where investment opportunities lie, the likelihood of merger and acquisition activity and the role of AI.

With funding for travel startups hitting an eight-year low in 2023, it won’t take much for 2024 to be better. Some travel companies feel more optimistic about the months to come and who might be best placed to attract funding.
PhocusWire senior reporter Linda Fox is joined by Mike Scott, managing partner at Derive Ventures and Mia Morisset, a principal at Inovia, with both sharing insights on how 2024 might play out for travel startups. The broad ranging discussion also touched on potential deal sizes, where investment opportunities lie, the likelihood of merger and acquisition activity and the role of AI.

A regular dissection of the news, issues and trends in travel and technology, featuring interviews with industry executives and entrepreneurs and hosted by PhocusWire editors.

A regular dissection of the news, issues and trends in travel and technology, featuring interviews with industry executives and entrepreneurs and hosted by PhocusWire editors.

In Phocus is a regular dissection of the news, issues and trends in travel and technology, featuring interviews with industry executives and entrepreneurs and hosted by PhocusWire editors.

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How 2024 might play out for travel startups, including potential deal sizes, where investment opportunities lie, the likelihood of merger and acquisition activity and the role of AI.

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