TravelLocal - Gresham House Ventures

TravelLocal is a global B2C online marketplace for tailor-made holidays

TravelLocal’s aim is to disrupt one of the last remaining offline segments of travel, by connecting consumers with hand-picked experts based in their destination. This bypasses the traditional UK-based middleman.

Investment rationale

Gresham House Ventures made an investment in TravelLocal as part of a growth capital funding round, also including Active Partners.

We topped up our investment in August 2021, as the company merged with Berlin-based trip.me.

Investment team

Thomas Makey

Investment Director

Tom spends his time meeting and investing into fast growing, early stage private companies, and then working with the founders to help grow their businesses and achieve their ambitions.

I love the process of getting to know entrepreneurs, seeing their passion and drive for their products – and having the opportunity to be part of their growth journey.

After graduating with a degree in Biology, he joined KPMG, working across a number of departments with a focus on private equity transactions and completing his Chartered Accountancy qualification. He then moved to Livingbridge VC in 2015, who were then acquired by Gresham House in 2018.

When not in the office, Tom spends his time with his young family and, when time allows, sailing or skiing.