Investing in the Entrepreneurs Shaping the Global Travel Industry.
Thayer Investment Partners is a strategic venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs navigate the dynamic, complex world of travel. Our investors are global corporations, executives, operators and accomplished entrepreneurs who share our belief that travel builds a better world.
- “Working with Thayer is like having an experienced strategic operator on our side, not just another tech investor.” — Richard Valtr, Founder, Mews
- “I never would have considered Rain a travel company, but Thayer has proven otherwise. Their team works in the background to drive exposure and partnership across a large and important category.” — Farooq Malik, Co-Founder & CEO, Rain
- “Every investor claims to be value-add, Thayer is at the top of the list of those who actually are! Their unique ability to drive high-value partnerships in the travel industry is unparalleled.” — Pierre-Olivier Lepage, CEO, Cruisebound
- “The Thayer Annual Summit is a special event. The kind where every conversation counted and turned into signed partnerships to help transform the travel & hospitality industry. I feel very grateful to be a part of the Thayer network and I'm looking forward to events to come.” — David Lord, CEO, Guidesly
Invest in Travel.
Travel is more than airlines and accommodations – it is how and why people leave home and what shapes where and how they choose to live in the first place. We invest on behalf of the travel industry. From horizontal platforms—payments, cybersecurity, and workforce management—to vertical solutions across loyalty, distribution, and critical operating systems, we back both industry outsiders and seasoned operators. We connect dots and open doors across the largest and most dynamic industry in the world: hotels, transportation, airlines, cruise, agencies, restaurants, events, sports, entertainment, and experiences.
Thayer Named #1 Travel Tech Investor by PhocusWire — Three Years Running
PhocusWire's 2026 ranking places Thayer Investment Partners at the top of travel tech for the third consecutive year — and the only firm to appear in all four editions of the list.
JetStream Launches with $34M Seed to Bring Governance to Enterprise AI
Cybersecurity veterans from CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Wiz, and Okta launch JetStream — a governance layer for agentic enterprise AI — with $34M led by Redpoint Ventures.
Thayer Backs Slang AI in $36M Series B
Slang AI closes a $36 million Series B led by US Venture Partners to scale its agentic voice platform for hospitality. Thayer Investment Partners joined the round.
A History of Innovation in Travel.
Since 2008, Thayer Investment Partners has been at the forefront of travel technology investing, partnering with visionary founders to build companies that reshape how the world moves, stays, and experiences new places.