TSI Symposiums Jan 7th & 8th Conduct 350 1:1 Meetings Over 2-days
The 2nd TSI Travel API & MicroServices Tech Symposium was held on Jan 7th. The following day we launched the 1st TSI Travel Tech Investment Symposium. (350) 1:1 meetings took place over 2-days between (35) Emerging Travel Tech Startups, (10) Large Travel Companies and (21) Investors. Prior to publishing, MyLifeID told us they received an investment from an angel investor they met in one of the 1:1 investor meetings.
Special thanks to our lead sponsor BCD Travel, venue sponsor Amadeus for Startups, happy hour sponsor Traxo for sponsoring the API symposium.
21 investors attended the Jan 8th investment symposium including, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Thayer Ventures, Amadeus Ventures, HotelPlanner, New World Angels and Vocap Investment Partners.
Highlights from Jan 7th
- TSI shared KPIs from the April 30th Travel API Symposium.
- On average, each company that attended, 3-months post the Symposium had 2-3 pilot or licensing deals in the works.
- 2 emerging travel tech companies were featured in roadshows by 2 of the larger travel companies.
- TWAI announced the acquisition of Airlines Technology. The 2 companies met at a 1:1 meeting at the April Symposium.
- 8 presentations were made including Amadeus for Startups, OccasionGenius, Traxo, UnDelay, 3Victors, W2M, Trip Ninja and BCD Travel.
- 2 panel sessions from panelists, Miriam Moscovici BCD Travel, Scott Gillespie ARC, Andres Fabris Traxo, Johnny Thorsen Amex Labs, Riccardo Vittoria 30SecondsToFly, Rastko Ilic Thomalex, Alexi Vereschaga Award Wallet, Brett Zeigler Trip Ninja.
Highlights from Jan 8th
- 21 investors and 18 emerging travel tech companies were in attendance.
- 5 presentations were made from TraknProtect, Trip Ninja, OccasionGenius, MyLifeID, and Ganesh Mani from Carnegie Mellon University.
- 1 panel session from investors Raj Singh JetBlue Technology Ventures, Vinny Olmstead Vocap Investment Partners, Cristina Moyano Amadeus Ventures, Tyler Carrico Thayer Ventures.
Some conferences are worth it, and some aren’t. After a year on the road, I can unequivocally say that the TSI investor and TSI commercial symposia were in the top percent of the best conferences we have attended. The dedicated one-on-one time with each participant created deeper relationships and insights. Being able to present to the group also facilitated these conversations and saved time. The follow-up was also very high. I highly, highly, highly recommend – and we will be repeating. Nathaniel Marcus CEO, OccasionGenius
I wanted to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed the TSI Travel Tech Investment Symposium. The format worked well, provided a lot of opportunities to meet and was most of all productive. We have secured a small investment from one of the angel investors which we already received. I believe there may be two to three more investments to come from the group as well as potential business development and partnership deals. Jeff Cohen, CEO MyLifeID
