Nineteen travel tech startups have been selected for the Finals of the 2025 Global Startup Pitch. The competition, in its fourth year, is jointly produced by WiT and Phocuswright and seeks to unearth the brightest stars in early-stage travel tech.
The Global Startup Pitch Competition is supported by American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), a Phocuswright Strategic Partner of Innovation.

Previously held in a virtual format, this year the finalists will compete in-person on the Startup Stage at Phocuswright Europe on June 10, 2025.
A panel of external judges selected these startups from a crop of nearly 200 entries received for the global competition to surface the best travel startups across four different regions of the world.
As with previous years, an additional Wildcards category was created by Phocuswright and WiT to surface ideas that are particularly global, future-oriented, hard to solve and address next-generation challenges.
Companies will compete in two categories - seed stage and scaling startups. The definitions are as follows:
Seedup: Under three years old and have raised no more than US$5m
Scaleup: Three to eight years old and have raised no more than US$10m
Seedups will compete against Seedups, and Scaleups against Scaleups for each region, and winners for each region will be chosen during Phocuswright Europe. Nine winners will be selected who will travel to Singapore for showcase presentations at WiT Singapore, Oct 6-8.
The audience at WiT Singapore will vote on their favorite Seedup and Scaleup, and the People’s Choice winners will be showcased at The Phocuswright Conference, November 18-20, in San Diego CA.
Here are the finalists:
APAC
Plandora (Seedup)
Replyr (Seedup)
Loyalty Status Co. (Scaleup)
Zentrum (Scaleup)
Europe
ImpersonAlly (Seedup)
SnapIQ (Seedup)
Arcube (Scaleup)
Tryp (Scaleup)
North America
Levee (Seedup)
Traversing.ai (Seedup)
Sion (Scaleup)
PassiveBolt (Scaleup)
Emerging Markets
Kijani Supplies (Seedup)
Tuki-Travel (Seedup)
Buzz (Scaleup)
Turpal (Scaleup)
Wildcards
Videreo (Seedup)
Toraru (Scaleup)
Me Protocol (Scaleup)
Winners from the APAC region will receive a complimentary ASEAN Traveller Pass sponsored by AirAsia MOVE, which covers nine countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Additionally, one winner will be chosen at random for a complimentary consulting strategy session with Travel Again Advisory.
The Global Startup Pitch competition is part of an ongoing commitment by Phocuswright and WiT to cultivate innovation through a platform of events and programs including WiT Bootcamps, Phocuswright’s Startup Program, PhocusWire’s Hot25 Travel Startups and Phocuswright’s Launch pitch competition.
“We thank our panel of judges from around the world who’ve put in considerable time and effort to help us select this promising group of finalists,” said Yeoh Siew Hoon, founder, WiT. “They are as committed as we are to sparking innovation and surfacing new voices in the global community of travel startups.”
Pete Comeau, managing director, Phocuswright, said, “The feedback from judges on our applicants this year has been great. We received an even spread of entries across the four regions and are encouraged by the growing number of entries from new markets which validates that our mission to run a global competition is truly reflecting the global ecosystem of startups.”