
Travel and Hospitality Tech Landscape of France
1,545 Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in France, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Travel and Hospitality Tech in France
Shows the top Travel and Hospitality Tech firms in France by size, funding, hiring activity and media coverage, noting 1,545 companies tracked, 91 currently hiring and 193 with disclosed funding rounds.
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Europcar Mobility Group11last posted Jun 2026
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Keolis10last posted Jun 2026
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Transdev10last posted Jun 2026
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Clicar9last posted Jun 2026
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Holland Bikes9last posted May 2026
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Vacancéole9last posted Jun 2026
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Alstef Group8last posted Jun 2026
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BlaBlaCar7last posted Apr 2026
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Etonova$744MSeries B · Sep 2021
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BlaBlaCar$687.5MConventional Debt · Apr 2024
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GO Voyages$568MPE · May 2010
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Europcar Mobility Group$341.9MConventional Debt · May 2020
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Spendesk$303.8MSeries C · Jan 2022
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Transdev$247MSeed · Feb 2024
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Pierre & Vacances$150MPost IPO · Jan 2011
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Hype$112.9MSeries C · Jan 2023
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Paris Aeroport$6.5BFY2021 filing
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Transdev$71.1MFY2021 filing
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CORYS$42.5MFY2024 filing
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Rail Europe$39.9MFY2018 filing
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N2F$11.9Msnapshot Dec 2023
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Spendesk$9.4Msnapshot Dec 2020
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VelyVelo$4.4MFY2023 filing
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Tyms$217kFY2023 filing
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Transdev100,000tracked employees
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Paris Aeroport17,422tracked employees
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BlaBlaCar930tracked employees
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Alstef Group800tracked employees
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Spendesk625tracked employees
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Heetch455tracked employees
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RATP Smart Systems444tracked employees
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CORYS350tracked employees
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Enakl20.1%30 tracked events
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Europcar Mobility Group10.1%15 tracked events
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Spendesk8.1%12 tracked events
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Caocao Mobility Paris7.4%11 tracked events
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Naboo4.7%7 tracked events
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Paris Aeroport4.7%7 tracked events
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Toosla4.7%7 tracked events
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Donecle4.0%6 tracked events
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Ariane99articles in the window
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Air Caraïbes29articles in the window
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OUIGO24articles in the window
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BlaBlaCar20articles in the window
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Spendesk15articles in the window
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Expensya10articles in the window
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Clem10articles in the window
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Travelsoft9articles in the window
See all 1,545 Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in France
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How the Travel and Hospitality Tech ecosystem in France grew, 2016–2025
Displays yearly company formation counts from 2016 to 2025, highlighting a peak of 125 new firms in 2018 and no new firms recorded in 2025.
Where Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in France are based
Lists French cities with the most sector companies, led by Paris with 469 firms, followed by Lyon, Toulouse, Roubaix and Marseille.








The Travel and Hospitality Tech market map of France: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the products these firms develop and their revenue models, noting consumer digital as the largest sub‑category and subscription as the most common revenue type.
The biggest kinds of Travel and Hospitality Tech company, by how many we track.








- Consumer Digital922 companies · $3.6B raised · 46 hiring
- Enterprise Tech503 companies · $2.5B raised · 35 hiring
- Enterprise Software321 companies · $1B raised · 24 hiring
- Marketplaces319 companies · $1.7B raised · 16 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce300 companies · $1.2B raised · 9 hiring
- Shared Mobility261 companies · $1.6B raised · 11 hiring
- SaaS214 companies · $650.4M raised · 16 hiring
- Travel and Hospitality SaaS157 companies · $311.6M raised · 13 hiring
- Gig Employers153 companies · $661.8M raised · 6 hiring
- Sharing Economy146 companies · $329.6M raised · 4 hiring
- Online Rental117 companies · $736.3M raised · 11 hiring
- Cab Ride-Hailing112 companies · $213.3M raised · 1 hiring
Monetization
How Travel and Hospitality Tech companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Travel and Hospitality Tech in France
Counts 118 corporate events over the past two years, including 29 mergers and acquisitions, 24 key‑person moves and 19 funding rounds.
- FundingDrone-based aircraft inspection specialist Donecle has received €10 million ($11.7 million) in new capital investment to drive international expansion and further its artificial intelligence (AI) technology development. The funding round was jointly led by French private equity firms IRDI Capital Investissement and SWEN Capital Partners, with the participation of venture capital and investment firms GSO Innovation and ARIS Occitanie.2026-04-14
- M&ACorpay, Inc. (NYSE: CPAY ), the corporate payments company, today announced it has completed the sale of PayByPhone, its mobile parking payments business, to Lightyear Capital.2026-04-06
- M&AHBX Group has acquired full ownership of dynamic packaging technology business PerfectStay for an undisclosed amount.2026-04-01
- M&AStrategically, the acquisition supports expansion into smart mobility ecosystems, enabling seamless urban transportation experiences.2026-03-26
- M&ACitizenPlane has just announced its acquisition of revenue management solution from French firm YieldIn, which is now known as Pulse.2026-03-09
- FundingParis-based EventTech startup Naboo has raised €58.7 million ($70 million) in a Series B funding round to expand its AI-powered procurement platform beyond events to include companies’ “tail spend” (Class C spending).2026-02-14
- FundingThe December 2025 raise follows an earlier $1.4 million close at the end of 2024 and brings new participation from Azur Innovation Fund, Witamax and MFounders, alongside follow-on support from Catalyst Fund and Digital Africa.2026-01-28
- M&AGlobal travel technology group, Travelsoft, has revealed it has closed its first acquisition of 2026 with the purchase of .BOSYS Software GmbH, a German travel technology software editor.2026-01-08
- M&AMachado Meyer and Pinheiro Neto advised on the acquisition of 44.39% of Administradora Geral de Estacionamentos' capital stock by Indigo Group, previously held by Patria Infraestrutura III – Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia.2025-12-19
- M&ALinklaters has advised Eurazeo Private Debt, a leading player in the European mid-market private debt sector, on the unitranche financing for the acquisition of Matawan, a leading smart mobility platform, by Antin Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm specialising in infrastructure investments.2025-12-01
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Travel and Hospitality Tech company in France was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-04-06 | ||
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-04-01 | ||
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-03-26 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-03-09 | ||
| .BOSYS Software GmbH | undisclosed | Completed | 2026-01-08 | |
| Administradora Geral de Estacionamentos | undisclosed | Completed | 2025-12-19 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on notable events such as leadership changes and new customer contracts within the sector.
SpendeskQuentin Vigneau · Appointment → Chief Product OfficerMar 2026
SpendeskAlan Wright · Appointment → Chief Technical OfficerMar 2026
Europcar Mobility GroupChristian Øien · Appointment → Managing Director of Europcar Mobility Group UK and IrelandFeb 2026
Europcar Mobility GroupGary Smith · Retirement — was Head of UK and IrelandFeb 2026
TravelsoftAxel Nazarian · Appointment → Managing DirectorOct 2025
PayByPhoneOtavio Ferreira · Appointment → Chief Technology OfficerSep 2025
PayByPhoneJean-Pierre LeBlanc · Appointment → Vice President, ProductSep 2025
Keoliswon Pune Metro Line 3Mar 2026
Indigo Groupwon laz parkingJun 2025
Alstef Groupwon nestléJan 2025
Caocao Mobility Parisapproved for unmanned road testing — relevant regulatory authoritiesApr 2026
Paris Aeroportapproved for airport fees — Autorité de régulation des transports (ART)Dec 2024
Air Caraïbesfined for price‑fixing — Competition AuthorityDec 2024
Who is building Travel and Hospitality Tech in France
Profiles 573 founders and CEOs across 415 companies, showing frequent alma maters like HEC Paris and prior employers such as Boston Consulting Group.
Transdev, ex-Transdev Australasia, ex-Veolia Transport, Audencia, 1999
A-Partners, ex-LABATUT Group. Columbia Business School MS 2014
Heetch, ex-Mydeal, ex-Nature Energies, Kungliga tekniska högskolan, 2008
Founder & CEO Timetonic, Founder & CEO O'Mailey SAS. Polytechnic School of Montreal MSc (1989), BSc (1987).
Kinaxia, ex-Inria, ex-Cnrs Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Polytech'Nice-Sophia, 2001
Ex-Air France, Alcatel, IBM Research, Apple. CentraleSupelec MSc 1992
Ex- Lov Group Invest, BetClic Everest Group, Sofinnova Partners. ESSEC Business School MSc 2009
Ex-AUTO1 Group, Google, The Boston Consulting Group, Bouygues. ParisTech School of Bridges 2004
OPTIVALUE, Compass Ventures, Time for the Planet, ex-Founder Target, Co-Founder WantDinner, CDC Enterprises, BUZZ. Stanford University 1982
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Who funds Travel and Hospitality Tech in France
Records 327 funding rounds since 2016 from 342 investors, with an average round size of $2.2 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Europa | 53 | — | Nov 2023 |
| Bpifrance | 32 | 12 | Feb 2025 |
| Economy And Finance | 20 | — | Oct 2023 |
| Via ID | 17 | 5 | Nov 2021 |
| Banque des Territoires | 11 | 5 | May 2023 |
| Demeter | 8 | 6 | Apr 2022 |
| RATP | 8 | 4 | Dec 2022 |
| EIC Fund | 8 | 2 | Jan 2022 |
| MAIF Avenir | 7 | 5 | Feb 2024 |
| Partech Partners | 7 | 4 | Jul 2019 |
The typical round is $2.2M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Travel and Hospitality Tech funding rounds in France
Highlights the biggest disclosed round—Etonova’s $588.7 million Series B—and lists ten other large recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Bmega-round | $588.7M | Sep 2021 | Xiangcheng Financial Holdings, ABC International Holdings, Suzhou Innovation Capital +1 more | |
| Series D | $200M | Sep 2015 | Insight Partners, VNV Global, Lead Edge Capital | |
| Series A | $155.3M | Jan 2018 | — | |
| Series C | $117.8M | Jul 2021 | General Atlantic, Index Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures | |
| Series E | $115M | Apr 2021 | Otiva, VNV Global | |
| Series C | $114.1M | Jan 2022 | Tiger Global Management, General Atlantic, Eight Roads Ventures +2 more | |
| Series D | $114M | Nov 2018 | SNCF | |
| Series C | $100M | Jul 2014 | Index Ventures, Accel, Lead Edge Capital +1 more | |
| Series C | $96.6M | Jan 2021 | RGREEN INVEST, Mirova, Eiffel Investment Group +1 more | |
| Series B | $70M | Feb 2026 | Lightspeed Venture Partners, ISAI, Ternel +1 more |
29 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series B$11.8MApr 2026
Series B$70MFeb 2026
What the news says about Travel and Hospitality Tech in France
Counts 680,599 news articles in the last year, with coverage focusing on geopolitical and international political topics.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Travel and Hospitality Tech news in France. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas296,240▲+33%
- International and transnational geographic entities296,215▲+33%
- Administrative and political subdivisions296,143▲+33%
- International political relations78,044▲+15%
- International sports competitions72,507▼-53%
- Security and defense policies46,839▲+18%
- Olympic games coverage41,335▼-70%
- International relations and diplomacy34,363▲+15%
- Professional league updates33,130→-2%
- Championship event highlights24,936▼-26%
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36 Travel and Hospitality Tech companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage in France as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in France Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Travel and Hospitality Tech jobs in France: who is hiring and what they ask for
Lists 1,711 job postings from 90 employers in the past year, noting common technical skills and a median advertised salary of $40 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Travel and Hospitality Tech employers in France put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
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