Best Travel and Hospitality Tech Companies in New Zealand
The 112 best Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Serko.
New Zealand's Travel and Hospitality Tech sector doesn't have a unicorn yet, but $57M in disclosed funding across 112 tracked companies tells a real story. Serko owns the room at $41M raised, a figure that dwarfs every other filer here, with Parkable at $9M and Mooven at $4M rounding out the meaningful tier. The global market these companies are chasing sat at roughly $9.4B in 2022 and is forecast to reach $21.0B by 2032 at an 8.6% CAGR, driven by contactless payments, AI adoption, and voice-search integration. So the ceiling is real, even if most local players are still early.
What's the actual demand signal on the ground? Median install growth across 614 travel and hospitality apps hit roughly +19% year-on-year, which I'd call a quiet confirmation that user appetite is outpacing headlines. That momentum matters when you're evaluating which companies here have product traction versus just a cap table. Travel and Hospitality Tech founders in New Zealand are navigating post-pandemic caution carefully, and the funding distribution reflects that, with most of the $57M concentrated in a single filer. The rankings below sort by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, so you can see the capital picture clearly.
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- Allied Market Research
Ranked: Best Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in New Zealand
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serko Developer of software for managing corporate travel and expense programs | $41M | 67 mo ago | Public | — | 2007 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+27 | 1 launch |
| 2 | Parkable App-based P2P marketplace for parking spaces | $9M | 54 mo ago | Series A | Toby Littin Chief Executive Officer | 2015 | SanityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | — |
| 3 | Mooven AI & SaaS-driven traffic congestion management solution for the transport industry | $4M | 60 mo ago | Series A | Micah Gabriels Chief Executive Officer | 2018 | Framer SitesInstatusReact+19 | 2 job openings |
| 4 | Merlot Operation planning and crew management suite for airlines operator | $2M | — | Acquired | Kerry Mcintosh Co-Founder | 2008 | SalesforceWindows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NET+5 | — |
| 5 | Roady Developer of a travel app facilitating trip planning and local knowledge access. | $750K | 36 mo ago | Seed | Roscoe Moor Founder & Managing Director | 2017 | WordPressVisual ComposerMySQL+23 | — |
| 6 | MarginFuel AI-enabled price optimization solutions for car rental operators | $565K | 102 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | — | — |
| 7 | Mevo On-demand electric car rental company | $203K | 95 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | EmotionNginxSwiper+19 | — |
| 8 | YouJustGo Online platform for booking customizable holiday packages | $119K | 102 mo ago | Seed | Cheng Zhang Co-Founder | 2015 | — | — |
Top 11 Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in New Zealand
#1
Public · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2007 · 364 employees$40.9Mraised▾
Developer of software for managing corporate travel and expense programs. The software provides tools for booking trips, managing expenses, and ensuring policy compliance. It offers solutions for various company sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises. The platform integrates travel booking with expense management in one interface.
- Oct 2020Post IPO$6.7M
- Oct 2019Post IPO$28.8M
- Dec 2015Post IPO$5.4M
- Oct 2014Grant (prize money)—
#2
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2015 · 63 employees$8.7Mraised▾
App-based P2P marketplace for reserving parking spaces. The app enables parking space owners to list their parking spaces on their platform and prospective parkers to search, discover & book parking spaces in real-time. The app also offers management functionalities for parking owners. Its mobile app is available for iOS & Android devices.
- Dec 2021Series A$3.2M
- Dec 2021Conventional Debt—
- Aug 2019Series A$2.9M
#3
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2018 · 23 employees$3.6Mraised▾
AI & SaaS-driven traffic congestion management solution for the transport industry. It allows them to manage traffic disruption with real-time visibility of road congestion, including travel times & queue lengths. It also provides traffic insights & SMS alerts when traffic congestion increases beyond KPIs.
- Jun 2021Series A$3.6M
#4
Seed · Wellington, Wellington · founded 2017$750Kraised▾
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- May 2023Seed$400K
- Aug 2022Seed$350K
#5
Acquired · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2008 · 94 employees$2Mraised▾
Merlot provides cloud-based operation planning and crew management suite for airlines operator. It provides features like route planning, network planning, schedule management, crew management, crew rostering, crew select, crew house, crew following and crew payroll management, aircraft following, flight log management, ground operation management, MEL tracking, aircraft performance management, weight & balance. Some notable customers are Kam Air, Westjet Encore, Allegiant Air, Malanda Airlines and Sriwijaya
- Seed$2M
#6
Seed · Wellington, Wellington · founded 2014 · 17 employees$565.1Kraised▾
MarginFuel provides cloud-based AI-enabled pricing optimization & analytics solution to car rental operators. The solution provides market & competitor intelligence, demand forecasting, channel price optimization, and pricing analytics. Clients include Ace Rentals Cars, Bargain Rentals, and Jucy Rentals.
- Dec 2017Seed$565.1K
#7
Seed · Wellington, New Zealand · founded 2014 · 36 employees$203.3Kraised▾
Mevo is an app-based platform that provides electric cars for rents. Users can see nearby available electric cars & can book via the app. Virtual keys are available within the app to unlock the car. After rides, users have to park the car in its home place & plug the charger back in to end the ride. Fleet contains electric Audi A3 e-tron cars. Users can choose a membership plan depending upon the usage. Rental rates range from $11/hr to $23/hr. Cars can be rented to a maximum of 3 days. Also provides car-sharing solutions to businesses. Partnered with Audi & powered by Meridian Energy.
- Jul 2018Seed$203.3K
#8
Seed · Wellington, Wellington · founded 2015$118.9Kraised▾
You Just Go is an online platform for booking customizable holiday packages in New Zealand. Users can choose from multiple routes (provided by the company) on the platform. Users can then choose required accommodation, activities, and transportation services from the available options. Users can also customize the tours further by adding must-see locations, preferred activities, and more. This process enables complete personalization of trips.
- Dec 2017Seed$118.9K
#9
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2014 · 21 employees$18Kraised▾
PrenoHQ is a cloud-based hotel management software for boutique accommodation providers. Provides features for managing bookings, customers, customized reporting, and channel management among others. Integrates with Xero and Mailchimp. Subscription starts from $49 per month for managing up to 10 rooms.
- Mar 2015Seed$18K
#10
Series A · Auckland · founded 2020 · 6 employees—raised▾
SaaS-based Platform offering compliance management solutions for the aviation industry. Product features include work management, document authoring, safety management, auditing tools, job management, asset and personnel management, report generation, and more. Clients of the company include Refractus, Hamilton Airport, Southland Helicopters LTD, and more.
- Jan 2026Seed—
#11
Acquired · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2015 · 17 employees—raised▾
Dexbit offers in store personalized recommendations for visitors. The platform detects visitors and customized experiences through optional hardware through location analytics, real time suggestions, and predictions. The tool can also be used for automating manual reporting, and provide recommendations based on weather and other customer data.
- Feb 2016Seed—
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