Our Thesis: AI x Web3 Will Eat Travel
AI is already driving a technological revolution at unprecedented speed.
Web3 is moving more slowly beneath our feet, like a tectonic shift.
As AI agents start booking and paying autonomously, blockchain and crypto can provide rails for seamless payments and trust across borders and providers.
Together, they will trigger an explosive transformation of travel & hospitality.
About Us
We are a syndicate of partners from AI, Web3, venture capital, and travel & hospitality, based in Switzerland's Crypto Valley.
We accelerate AI x Web3 adoption in travel & hospitality through investment, acceleration, advisory, and industry partnerships, while creating value for startups and investors.
The Travel Industry's Upgrade to AI x Web3
As AI transforms how travel is planned and booked, Web3 provides the rails for payments, trust, and decentralized transactions.
Tectris accelerates this convergence across travel & hospitality through investment, advisory, acceleration, and partnerships.
Our Investment Strategy
Tectris invests in two AI x Web3 TravelTech layers:
We back infrastructure, including open protocols, powering AI and Web3 in travel & hospitality.
They are the ground.
We back for-profit AI x TravelTech startups, including non-protocol ventures, with meaningful Web3 components—blockchain, crypto, NFTs or tokens—solving real problems, not speculation.
They are the trees.
The Moat Beyond AI
As AI becomes a commodity, the real moat is industry context, proprietary data, sales capability and trusted networks.
We back travel ventures that combine these advantages with advanced AI capabilities, models and applications alongside Web3 infrastructure to automate workflows, enable trusted transactions and scale revenue without proportional costs.
What You Get
Investment
Get up to €100K to launch your startup, complemented by invaluable expertise, strategic support and industry access through the Tectris ecosystem.
Mentorship
Hands-on guidance to navigate the critical early stages of building and scaling your venture. Work with experienced founders and operators across AI, Web3, travel & hospitality.
Networking
Connect with our global network of investors, industry leaders and commercial partners.
Learning
Access expert masterclasses, one-on-one strategy sprints and tailored pitch coaching.
The Global Call
Join the AI x Web3 Travel & Hospitality Accelerator
Apply with your early-stage startup for funding, expert mentorship, commercial opportunities and access to our global network.
The Team
VCs, builders, Travel & Hospitality experts and crypto OGs
Mike Sung
Mike brings 20+ years of experience in hospitality operations, technology and innovation. He led PMS implementations at Oracle Hospitality and product development at Nor1, HospitalityPulse and LodgIQ. At Plug and Play Silicon Valley, he connected startups with industry.
Beat Blaser
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Falkensteiner Ventures, investing in travel and hospitality tech startups. Former MD at Thomas Cook's City/Domestic tour operator platform. Beat serves on several boards across Europe's travel and hospitality industry.
Jan-Frederik Valentin
Jan brings 20+ years of experience in venture capital and travel. Managing Partner at Ennea Capital Partners, he focuses on early-stage travel and mobility startups across EMEA. Previously MD at KAYAK Europe, he also advised Howzat Partners and Kaizen VC.
Dr. Sven Sterzenbach
Sven brings extensive experience in corporate finance, entrepreneurship and private investing. Co-Founder of ennea Invest GmbH and Professor of Travel Management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, he focuses on tech-driven startups and innovation.
Pablo Castillo
Former CIO and Executive Board Member of Hotelplan Group, with 20+ years of experience in travel technology, digital transformation and complex IT projects. He has held leadership roles across international travel companies and co-founded Chain4Travel in 2021.
Luca De Giglio
Trips Community DAO
Luca is a travel-tech pioneer and one of the leading voices, podcasters and hands-on innovators in AI x Web3 travel. Active in vacation rentals since 2001 and crypto since 2013, he founded Trips Community, serves as Director of the Origin Protocol Foundation and hosts the "Web3 in Travel" podcast.
Ceyhun Şahin
Ceyhun combines expertise in quantitative trading, crypto markets and Web3 research. Active in crypto since 2017, he specializes in algorithmic trading and blockchain technologies. He is pursuing a Master's in Finance at the Technical University of Munich and researches at Ennea Capital Partners.
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