Best Online Travel Companies in South Korea
The 108 best Online Travel companies in South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Yanolja.
Tracking the best Online Travel companies in South Korea by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, this directory covers 108 startups and scaleups sitting on a combined $3.0B in raised capital, one unicorn among them. That unicorn is Yanolja, which alone accounts for $1.9B of that pool, making it the undisputed anchor of the Korean travel stack. The global online travel market was valued at roughly $354.2B in 2020 and is forecast to reach $1,835.6B by 2032 at an 11.0% CAGR, which tells you the curve is bending sharply upward and the prize for local winners is enormous.
So what's driving the install-side signal? Median app installs across travel and tourism categories are up roughly 18% YoY across 497 tracked apps, and that consumer pull is real. My Real Trip ($99M raised) and Socar ($421M) show there's appetite for funding well beyond the unicorn tier. Investors like Altos Ventures Management and BonAngels Venture Partners keep returning to the sector, which I always read as a confidence vote in sustained demand. And with OTAs actively scaling customer support as flight disruptions spike, the operational bar is rising fast alongside the revenue opportunity.
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Ranked: Best Online Travel companies in South Korea
| # | Company | App-install YoY | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr. Mention App-based platform for booking vacation rentals | +38% | $400M | 4 | 2015 | SungJun Jung CEO | Node.jsPHPUbuntu+27 | 6 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 2 | gobang Gobang offers real estate information services for housing, share houses, and one-roommates in detail based… | +32% | — | 7 | 2017 | — | Node.jsTinyMCEYouTube+17 | — | — |
| 3 | Companion Life Online platform to book pet-friendly accommodations | +29% | — | 3 | 2018 | Lee Hyemi CEO | Node.jsNaver MapsTailwind CSS+17 | — | — |
| 4 | Campfit Online platform for booking campsite accommodations | +27% | — | 15 | 2021 | Yoon Woojin CEO | AlgoliaNaver MapsGoogle Sign-in+23 | — | — |
| 5 | Yanolja 🦄 Online Agency for Accommodations | +17% | $1.9B | — | 2005 | Jong Kim CEO | — | 36 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 6 | Tripbtoz Provider of an online platform for booking accommodations and travel services | +17% | $8M | 62 | 2016 | Jiha Jung Founder & CEO | Node.jsVideoJSTailwind CSS+21 | 7 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 7 | Socar Online platform that offers station-based car rental services | +13% | $421M | 440 | 2012 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | 21 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 8 | Tripstore App-based travel package booking platform | +13% | $7M | 34 | 2017 | Eunho Lee Co-Founder | Node.jsBiginChannel.io+22 | — | — |
| 9 | Green Car Self drive car rental platform | +12% | — | 22 | 2009 | Lee Yong-ho CEO | GSAPstyled-componentsReact+12 | — | — |
| 10 | Triple App-based travel guide | +10% | $38M | 71 | 2017 | — | SentryNode.jsReact+11 | 35 patents Wearable non‑invasive neurostimulation and safety monitoring systems for health and transport | — |
| 11 | Online Tours App-based multiple travel services booking platform | +8% | $42M | 143 | 2000 | Park won CEO | JavaNginxHandlebars+18 | — | — |
| 12 | WAUG Travel Online marketplace for tours and activities | — | $22M | 20 | 2015 | Yoon Sunwoo Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+27 | — | — |
| 13 | ONDA Provider of hospitality solutions for property management and sales channels | — | $26M | 91 | 2016 | Hyunseok Oh Founder & CEO | GraphQLTypeScriptFirebase+20 | 12 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 14 | My Real Trip Online retailer of tours, tickets, accommodations, and travel-related services | — | $99M | 282 | 2012 | — | Cart FunctionalitySentryZendesk+34 | — | 2 job openings |
| 15 | All My Tour Online platform for booking accommodations | — | $728K | — | 2020 | Y Seok Co-Founder & CEO | Node.jsBiginChannel.io+16 | — | — |
| 16 | Spendit Cloud-driven expense management solutions for business travelers | — | $2M | 16 | 2015 | Dong Song CEO | WebflowEmotionAmazon Web Services+17 | 3 patents Expense management software for financial transaction processing and reporting | — |
| 17 | Kozaza Marketplace for Vacation Rentals | — | $500K | 4 | 2012 | SanKu Jo Co-Founder & CEO | BootstrapApache HTTP ServerGoogle Workspace+1 | — | — |
| 18 | TravelMaker Online platform providing customised tours | — | — | — | 2016 | Seungjae Jeong Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 19 | Dailyhotel Last-Minute Hotel Booking application based out of Korea | — | — | 15 | 2013 | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Online Travel companies in South Korea
#1
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 20 employees$22.1Mraised▾
Waug.com is a Korea-based online marketplace for booking tours and activities. The users can search, check availability, compare prices, and book tours and activities on the platform. Activities listed on the platform include museum tours, theme park tours, extreme activities etc. Allows payments on the platform.
- Mar 2026Series C—
- Nov 2021Series C$10M
- May 2019Series C$9.8M
- 2017Series B—
#2
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016 · 91 employees$25.5Mraised▾
Provider of hospitality solutions for property management and sales channels. The company offers systems that connect sales channels with property management services. These systems facilitate sales across various platforms. It provides tools for managing reservations, rates, and inventory. The company also offers solutions for building commerce services.
- Apr 2025Series B—
- Jan 2023Series B$10M
- Feb 2022Series A$8M
- Nov 2019Series A$4.3M
#3
Yanolja 🦄Series E · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2005$1.9Braised▾
Yanolja is an online marketplace for hotel rooms, love motels, B&Bs, and other accommodations. Users can search, compare & book hotels and other accommodations after providing relevant details. Maintains separate portals/apps for last-minute deals and B&Bs. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Jul 2021Series E$1.7B
- Jun 2019Series D$180M
- Jun 2017Series C$53.4M
- Jul 2015Series A$8.5M
#4
Series F · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2012 · 282 employees$98.9Mraised▾
Online retailer of tours, tickets, accommodations, and travel-related services. It provides a platform for booking various travel experiences. These include guided tours, attraction tickets, lodging, and transportation options. The platform facilitates connections between travelers and local service providers.
- Jan 2024Series F$56.7M
- Jul 2020Series B$36M
- Nov 2017Series A$6.2M
#5
Public · Jeju-si, Jeju-do · founded 2012 · 440 employees$420.7Mraised▾
Socar is a platform offering station-based car-rental services. It enables users, to locate the available cars in the vicinity & unlock/lock it to start rentals. It offers features like in-app payments. At the end of the ride, users have to leave the vehicle at the designated parking spaces. Also, it offers solutions for corporates.
- Mar 2022Series G$150M
- Oct 2020Series F$52.3M
- Dec 2019Series E$43.1M
- Jan 2019Series D$44.5M
#6
Late Stage · Haeundae, Busan · founded 2015 · 4 employees$400Mraised▾
MrMention provides an app-based platform to book vacation rentals in South Korea. Enables users to search, compare and book vacation rentals on the platform after providing relevant details. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Dec 2016PE$400M
#7
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2000 · 143 employees$41.9Mraised▾
App-based multiple travel services booking platform. Their services includees flight tickets, hotel accommodations, tour packages & more. Travelers can discover the travel services, view their details & make bookings via the platform by providing an online payment.
- Oct 2021Series C$41.9M
#8
Series B · Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do · founded 2017 · 71 employees$37.6Mraised▾
Triple is an app-based travel guide. The app features include place recommendations, weather forecast, exchange rate, translation, time difference, route finding, schedule planning, place reviews, and more. The mobile app is available for download from the App Store and Play Store.
- Mar 2019Series B$26.4M
- May 2018Series A$11.1M
#9
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2020$727.8Kraised▾
Online platform for booking accommodations. Users can book accommodations by providing location, user details, payment details, preferred dates, and more.
- May 2024Seed$727.8K
#10
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016 · 62 employees$8Mraised▾
Provider of an online platform for booking accommodations and travel services. The platform facilitates reservations for lodging and related travel arrangements. It offers tools for users to manage their bookings. The platform also provides customer support resources.
- Nov 2021Series B$4.6M
#11
Series A · Daejeon, Daejeon · founded 2017 · 34 employees$6.7Mraised▾
App-based travel package booking platform. It enables users to search, compare and book travel packages from multiple partner travel agencies and tour operators. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- May 2019Series A$6.1M
- Dec 2017Seed$600K
#12
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 16 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Cloud-driven expense management solutions for business travelers. It features solutions for expense approval, spent management, receipts management, travel management, and more.
- May 2021Series A$1.8M
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