Best Travel and Hospitality Tech Companies in Minnesota, United States
The 40 best Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in Minnesota, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Landline.
Ranked: Best Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in Minnesota
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landline Provider of web-based passenger management solutions for airports 60Funding top 22%Tech top 25%Growth top 35%Product top 46% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Techtop 25% Growthtop 35% Producttop 46% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 41% Newsbottom 40% Partnersbottom 35% Globalbottom 32% Funding: Raised $69.8M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 7 yrs (0.7/yr) Tech: 47 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $70M | 5 mo ago | Series B | David Sunde Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | SentryZendeskAmazon ALB+25 | — | — |
| 2 | MPS Provider of parking management solutions, including meters, mobile, and enforcement 27Funding top 32%Product top 46%Talent bottom 49%Growth bottom 47% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% Producttop 46% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 47% Newsbottom 45% Techbottom 44% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 32% Globalbottom 25% Funding: Raised $20.3M across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 10 yrs (1.2/yr) Product: 1 published app (15 installs) · Company stage: Series B rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $20M | 12 mo ago | Series B | Joe Caldwell CEO | 2013 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+14 | — | — |
| 3 | IDeaS Provider of hospitality revenue management software and consulting | $4M | 292 mo ago | Acquired | Ed Booth CEO | 1989 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+45 | 29 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 partnership |
| 4 | SendSquared AI & web-based hospitality marketing platform for the hospitality industry | $1M | 60 mo ago | Seed | Nicolas Wegener Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Travel Labs Corporate travel management software | $500K | 94 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 6 | HOURCAR Foundation focused on online based self drive car rental | $200K | 17 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2002 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+29 | — | — |
| 7 | Who's Driving Carpooling platform | $150K | 123 mo ago | Deadpooled | Anne Cramer Co-Founder | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 8 | YoYoBoat P2P boat rental marketplace | $100K | 60 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | — | — | — |
Top 8 Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in Minnesota
#1
Series B · Mankato, Minnesota · founded 2018 · 48 employees$69.8Mraised▾
Provider of web-based passenger management solutions for airports. The platform helps in managing airport operations. It includes booking integration, ground transportation management, route maps, security and bag checking, pricing displays, remote screening, and more.
- Mar 2026Series B$1.4M
- Jun 2025Series B$5M
- Sep 2022Series B$21.8M
- Apr 2022Series B$28M
#2
Series B · Minnetonka, Minnesota · founded 2013$20.3Mraised▾
Provider of parking management solutions, including meters, mobile, and enforcement. The company offers parking meters with license plate recognition technology. It provides lot and garage technology with automated enforcement and permit management. The company also offers a customizable dashboard for administrators to review violations and issue citations.
- Aug 2025Series B$500K
- Feb 2025Series B$650K
- Aug 2024Series B$150K
- Nov 2023Series B$11.2M
#3
Funding Raised · Minnesota · founded 2002$200Kraised▾
Foundation focused on online based self drive car rental
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$200K
#4
Acquired · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 1989 · 996 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Provider of hospitality revenue management software and consulting. It offers solutions for hotels, resorts, casinos, and other hospitality businesses. The software helps optimize pricing, forecasting, and budgeting to maximize revenue. Consulting services provide expert guidance and support to clients. The company also offers resources such as training courses and a developer portal. Its solutions aim to improve profitability and efficiency for hospitality clients.
- Apr 2002Series A$3.5M
#5
Seed · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2019 · 5 employees$1Mraised▾
AI & web-based hospitality marketing platform for the hospitality industry. It provides a platform that offers tools to build connections with the guests to drive more direct bookings and 5-star reviews. It also provides text messaging, creates & sends personalized email campaigns, data integration, email verification, etc. The platform is using artificial intelligence technology to create marketing that delights customers.
- Aug 2021Seed$1M
#6
Deadpooled · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2018 · 9 employees$500Kraised▾
Travel Labs provides an AI-powered corporate travel management software named 'Tempore'. Enables enterprises to plan, book, manage and streamline their business travels and expenses from a single platform.
- Nov 2018Seed$500K
#7
Seed · Lakeland, Minnesota · founded 2020 · 6 employees$100Kraised▾
P2P boat rental marketplace. Users can rent boats by providing location, user details, payment details, preferred dates, and more.
- Aug 2021Seed—
- Sep 2020Seed$100K
#8
Deadpooled · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2015 · 4 employees$150Kraised▾
Who's Driving is a carpooling app that lets users add trusted drivers you share a ride with based on the activity. Users can then view all the trips anyone in their circle is a making and use the platform to join rides, post rides. The platform only enables better communication and is free to use.
- May 2016Seed$150K
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