Ukrainian TRIPMYDREAM is the Best Travel Startup of Seedstars World 2015

What a day for the most promising travel startups in emerging markets. Ukrainian TRIPMYDREAM was announced as the Best Travel Startup, and will be awarded up to USD 500'000 in equity investment from the lastminute.com group, the European leader in online travel and leisure.

TRIPMYDREAM, the Ukrainian startup from Kiev, impressed the Seedstars Summit jury panel with its online destination meta-search that finds, analyzes and dynamically packages flight and hotel offers. For Andrey Burenok, co-founder,

“It is much more than a story of money, it is a story of passion, opportunities and the beginning of a dynamic partnership.”

A day full of surprises

The runner-ups also received great news: the Group CEO of lastminute.com group, Fabio Cannavale announced that the company will be partnering with both Tickey Mobile Solutions (Sofia, Bulgaria), a solution for public transport, which uses proximity sensors and mobile payments to facilitate your day-to-day commute; and PeopleFlyPlanet (Moscow, Russia), an online smart insurance of passengers against flight delays (cancellations) with payment of claims within a few hours.

Successful partnership with lastminute.com

For its third edition, Seedstars had partnered up with lastminute.com group to search for the most promising travel startups in emerging markets, opening for the first time a new track for the travel industry. As Alisée de Tonnac, CEO of Seedstars World, explains:

“We have always thought about doing industry-specific tracks to add more value to the participating startups. lastminute.com group is the perfect partner with which to develop this track”.