Best Travel and Hospitality Tech Companies in Finland
The 103 best Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in Finland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Hostaway.
Finland's Travel and Hospitality Tech sector is what you track when you want a real read on how Nordic startup capital moves: 103 companies, $440M in disclosed funding, zero unicorns, and a clear concentration at the top. Hostaway leads at $178M, Bob W follows at $77M, and Whim has pulled in $62M, meaning those three names alone account for the bulk of the stack. The global market these companies are chasing sits at roughly $9.4B and is forecast to reach $21.0B by 2032, a compound annual rate of 8.6%, driven by contactless payments, AI adoption and voice-search integration. I'd watch that AI thread especially closely this year.
So what's actually moving? App installs across hospitality, travel and tourism are up a median 19% year-on-year across 614 tracked apps, which tells you consumer demand is outpacing the funding story right now. And cautious optimism from operators has steadily hardened into real deployment, even if Finnish founders aren't swinging for unicorn valuations yet. Investors like Tesi, Business Finland and Maria 01 are keeping the deal flow disciplined. The funding's concentrated, the market's expanding, and the app momentum is real. What happens when one of these mid-tier names breaks out? That's the question worth sitting with.
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- Allied Market Research
Ranked: Best Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in Finland
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Crags App-based platform to find rock climbing spots | — | — | Unfunded | — | Ville Muittari CEO | RubyGoogle MapsChart.js+19 | — | — |
| 2 | Aarre Online platform for travelers to discover and book multiple travel services | — | — | Funding Raised | — | Janne Korhonen Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 3 | Andropas Public transport information app | — | — | Deadpooled | — | Aki Lehtinen Founder | — | — | — |
| 4 | Apocalypse Market Online booking engine for tours and activities | — | — | Unfunded | — | Jukka Tuohimaa Founder and Technologist | — | 2 patents Facilitates electronic batch auction platforms for online commerce | — |
| 5 | Aviamaps Offers real-time aviation map platform | — | — | Unfunded | — | Juha Lindstedt Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 6 | Bezala Solutions for expense approval | — | — | Unfunded | — | Fredrik Teir Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | — |
| 7 | Bikefy Online community that combines public transport & electric folding bikes as a service | — | — | Funding Raised | — | Norbert Schmidt Founder | — | — | — |
| 8 | Bout Online platform for travelers to book boat rides | — | — | Funding Raised | 3 | Teemu Terttunen Co-Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in Finland
#1
Series B · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2015 · 120 employees$177.9Mraised▾
Cloud-based vacation rental management software. The software consists of a property management system, channel manager to enable clients to manage listings on online distribution channels, and a booking engine with integrated payment gateways to enable users to take real-time bookings directly on the website.
- Dec 2024Series B$365M
- May 2023Series A$175M
- Nov 2018Seed$1.9M
- Feb 2018Seed$868.6K
#2
Series B · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2018 · 90 employees$77.3Mraised▾
Offers tech-enabled services for hotels and short term rentals. It offers exceptionally cool short-stay apartments as an alternative to hotels and random rentals.
- Nov 2024Series B—
- Feb 2024Series B$45M
- Oct 2022Series A$20.7M
- Apr 2021Seed$7.1M
#3
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2017 · 18 employees$6.6Mraised▾
Provider of digital monitoring technology for detecting bed bug infestations. This system utilizes in-room sensors to identify the presence of pests. The technology provides verification of room conditions to ensure hygiene standards are maintained. By eliminating the need for chemical pesticides, the system supports environmental health practices within hospitality facilities. The hardware integrates with existing management systems to provide real-time status updates regarding room safety.
- Jun 2024Seed$4.3M
- Apr 2022Seed$1.7M
- Jun 2018Seed$588.2K
#4
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2004 · 5 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Online platform that provides membership cards for multiple services. Their platform allows users to explore the city & become members of restaurants, bars, cafes, nightclubs, barbershops, and more, as well as, access their services at discounted rates.
- Jul 2024Seed$3.1M
- 2021Seed—
#5
Series A · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2017 · 77 employees$17.1Mraised▾
Sensible 4 is a developer of vehicle automation systems for extreme environments. It develops software stack and control algorithms integrating advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotic or computer vision, sensor fusion, and navigation. It also offers a shared mobility platform and remote fleet management system for autonomous vehicles.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$5.7K
- Aug 2022Series A$1.6M
- May 2022Conventional Debt$8.4M
- Feb 2021Grant (prize money)$476.5K
#6
Acquired · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2011 · 62 employees$62.4Mraised▾
Online platform for booking multiple categories of on-demand services. The company integrates on its platform transport services like rental cars, taxis, public transport more. Users can book services by providing locaiton, user details, payment details, and more.
- Nov 2019Series A$32.7M
- May 2019Series A—
- Aug 2018Series A$10.3M
- Aug 2017Series A$16.8M
#7
Series A · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2017 · 67 employees$13.6Mraised▾
App-based rental platform for boats. It provides users with web-based online platforms for P2P boat rentals. Its features include technology solutions, fleet management, and training services. Their app is available for both Android and iOS devices.
- Feb 2023Series A$7.5M
#8
Series A · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2020 · 61 employees$20.9Mraised▾
The company provides expense management solutions for businesses. It features a business card that is designed and priced to be used by all employees.
- Apr 2022Series A$16.4M
- Sep 2021Series A$4.5M
#9
Series A · Vantaa, Uusimaa · founded 2005 · 10 employees$3.9Mraised▾
Offers an app-based platform providing charter reservation solutions. The app allows users to book private charter flights based on the service routes available. It offers emission-free flight travel. The app is available on the Android & iOS platforms.
- Jun 2023Series A$3.9M
#10
Acquired · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2007 · 196 employees$45.4Mraised▾
ePassi provides online payment solutions for businesses. It features solutions for employee payments including, meals, transportation, healthcare, training, etc, and mobile payments for merchants via QR code scanning. ePassi app, and POS integration.
- Sep 2019Series C$45.4M
#11
Series A · Vantaa, Uusimaa · founded 2018 · 11 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Beely is an online subscription-based platform to get a car for personal use at a fixed monthly fee. Users can drive it as much as they want & return the car back at no cost or redeem it if they want. Users can also switch to another car, upgrade the contract to a new car & return the old one. It is a contractual based where users can use a car for a certain time & then return back. The package also includes maintenance & repair.
- Dec 2018Series A$3.1M
#12
Acquired · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2005 · 200 employees$3.8Mraised▾
Confidex develops integrated NFC/RFID-based solutions for contactless ticketing and industrial asset tracking applications. For the public transport market, the company offers an end-to-end ticketing and contactless fare collection system, delivered via cards/kiosks. For the industrial asset tracking markets, the company offers an end-to-end solution (consisting of BLE/NFC/RFID tags & corresponding software platform) to track assets in indoor & outdoor environments.
- Nov 2010Series A—
- Feb 2010Series A$3.8M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
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