Thayer Ventures

Thayer Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology companies serving travel and hospitality. It backs software, information technology, and SaaS providers across travel, transportation, hospitality, and related services, including foodservice, lodging, cruise lines, airlines, and travel tech. Founded in 2009, the firm is headquartered in San Francisco with an additional office in Valencia, California, and invests across seed, early, and growth stages in North America and globally.

Mark Farrell

Managing Director

Jeffery Jackson

Managing Director

Leland Pillsbury

Managing Director

Lee Pillsbury

Managing Director

Cara Whitehill

Vice President

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Safara

Venture Round in 2024
Safara offers a unique hotel booking platform where users earn cashback on each reservation, which can be instantly applied to future trips worldwide with no restrictions. The more you book, the more you save.

Canary Technologies

Series C in 2024
Canary Technologies is a hospitality technology company that modernizes hotel operations. It offers a guest management platform featuring contactless check-in, digital authorizations, and an amenity store. The platform drives revenue growth, improves staff productivity, ensures compliance, and reduces fraud.

Operto Guest Technologies

Series B in 2023
Operto Guest Technologies is a leading provider of property automation and connected technology for the global hotel and short-term rental industries. The Operto solution is offered in three modules: Operto Guest, Operto Tech, and Operto Teams. Each adds value on a stand-alone basis but works optimally when brought together through Operto Connect. This hospitality operating system is designed to create premium guest experiences while driving operational efficiency and monetization opportunities for operators.

Mews

Series C in 2022
Mews is a cloud-based hotel property management system that simplifies operations for hotels, hostels, and apartments worldwide. Founded by ex-hoteliers, it offers smart automation and user-friendly features to enhance guest experiences and improve property performance.

Canary Technologies

Series B in 2022
Canary Technologies is a hospitality technology company that modernizes hotel operations. It offers a guest management platform featuring contactless check-in, digital authorizations, and an amenity store. The platform drives revenue growth, improves staff productivity, ensures compliance, and reduces fraud.

Canary Technologies

Series A in 2022
Canary Technologies is a hospitality technology company that modernizes hotel operations. It offers a guest management platform featuring contactless check-in, digital authorizations, and an amenity store. The platform drives revenue growth, improves staff productivity, ensures compliance, and reduces fraud.

Life House

Series C in 2021
Life House is a vertically integrated hotel software and management company that develops proprietary tools to boost profitability, reliability, and guest experience for independent hoteliers. Its platform provides comprehensive management software and services to make owning and operating independent hotels easier and more profitable, while delivering a consistent and seamless guest experience. By integrating software and management capabilities, Life House enables boutique hotels to operate efficiently and offer travelers affordable, reliable stays.

Life House

Series B in 2020
Life House is a vertically integrated hotel software and management company that develops proprietary tools to boost profitability, reliability, and guest experience for independent hoteliers. Its platform provides comprehensive management software and services to make owning and operating independent hotels easier and more profitable, while delivering a consistent and seamless guest experience. By integrating software and management capabilities, Life House enables boutique hotels to operate efficiently and offer travelers affordable, reliable stays.

Mews

Series B in 2019
Mews is a cloud-based hotel property management system that simplifies operations for hotels, hostels, and apartments worldwide. Founded by ex-hoteliers, it offers smart automation and user-friendly features to enhance guest experiences and improve property performance.

Optii

Series C in 2018
Optii, based in Austin, Texas, with additional offices in London and Brisbane, provides a hotel operations solution that enhances housekeeping and service delivery through advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, analytics, messaging, and mobility. The company specializes in real-time operations management, allowing hotels to optimize their processes, reduce costs, and improve the overall guest experience without the need for significant capital expenditure or complex integrations. Optii's software is utilized by various hotels globally, including notable establishments like La Cantera Resort & Spa, The Don Cesar, Okada Manila Resort & Casino, and several others within the IHG brand.

Mews

Series A in 2018
Mews is a cloud-based hotel property management system that simplifies operations for hotels, hostels, and apartments worldwide. Founded by ex-hoteliers, it offers smart automation and user-friendly features to enhance guest experiences and improve property performance.

Groupize

Series A in 2017
Groupize, Inc. specializes in developing technology solutions for hotel chains and properties to streamline the management of group bookings and requests. The company offers a customizable white label site for planners to search and book groups online, facilitating access to live pricing and inventory. Additionally, it features a lead and eRFP management application on the Salesforce platform, which processes group leads and supports lead distribution and planner relationship management. Groupize also provides an automated booking solution and a group management page that assists organizers in planning and managing their events. The platform includes social tools for communication and engagement among group members, as well as a content portal for hotel administrators to manage property information. Founded in 2012, Groupize is headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a technology office in Boston.

Social Tables

Series B in 2016
Social Tables, Inc. is a developer of cloud-based software tailored for the hospitality, events, and catering industries. Founded in 2011 and based in Washington, D.C., the company provides a comprehensive platform that simplifies event planning by consolidating various processes into a single tool. Its offerings include sales and catering CRM software, interactive floor plans, and event proposal tools, which facilitate the management of group business from inception to execution. The platform enhances collaboration among event planners and property professionals, allowing them to design floor plans, manage attendee information, create seating charts, and engage guests seamlessly from any device. As of October 2018, Social Tables operates as a subsidiary of Cvent, Inc.

Sonder

Series A in 2016
Sonder is a hospitality company that designs, selects, and directly manages a portfolio of apartment-style accommodations, including rooms, suites, apartments, and boutique hotel properties, for short- and long-term stays. It operates in more than 30 cities across eight countries and three continents, with each property chosen, designed, and managed by the company. The business blends well-designed spaces with a technology-driven service model, supported by a mobile app that enables self-service features and 24/7 on-the-ground support. By offering flexible stays such as month-to-month arrangements, Sonder delivers modern, consistent experiences across diverse locations.

Groupize

Series A in 2014
Groupize, Inc. specializes in developing technology solutions for hotel chains and properties to streamline the management of group bookings and requests. The company offers a customizable white label site for planners to search and book groups online, facilitating access to live pricing and inventory. Additionally, it features a lead and eRFP management application on the Salesforce platform, which processes group leads and supports lead distribution and planner relationship management. Groupize also provides an automated booking solution and a group management page that assists organizers in planning and managing their events. The platform includes social tools for communication and engagement among group members, as well as a content portal for hotel administrators to manage property information. Founded in 2012, Groupize is headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a technology office in Boston.

Social Tables

Series A in 2014
Social Tables, Inc. is a developer of cloud-based software tailored for the hospitality, events, and catering industries. Founded in 2011 and based in Washington, D.C., the company provides a comprehensive platform that simplifies event planning by consolidating various processes into a single tool. Its offerings include sales and catering CRM software, interactive floor plans, and event proposal tools, which facilitate the management of group business from inception to execution. The platform enhances collaboration among event planners and property professionals, allowing them to design floor plans, manage attendee information, create seating charts, and engage guests seamlessly from any device. As of October 2018, Social Tables operates as a subsidiary of Cvent, Inc.

Groupize

Series A in 2013
Groupize, Inc. specializes in developing technology solutions for hotel chains and properties to streamline the management of group bookings and requests. The company offers a customizable white label site for planners to search and book groups online, facilitating access to live pricing and inventory. Additionally, it features a lead and eRFP management application on the Salesforce platform, which processes group leads and supports lead distribution and planner relationship management. Groupize also provides an automated booking solution and a group management page that assists organizers in planning and managing their events. The platform includes social tools for communication and engagement among group members, as well as a content portal for hotel administrators to manage property information. Founded in 2012, Groupize is headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a technology office in Boston.

Duetto

Series A in 2012
Duetto develops cloud based software for hospitality revenue management. It provides a revenue strategy platform consisting of software as a service applications that help hotels and casinos forecast demand, optimize pricing, and manage distribution across channels. The platform leverages dynamic data sources to generate actionable pricing insights, aiming to improve booking conversion, guest loyalty, and overall revenue. By combining hospitality experience with technology leadership, Duetto addresses the distribution and technology challenges of the sector and supports enterprise wide revenue optimization across properties.
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