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Expedia Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)

VC
Seattle, WashingtonWebsite

Expedia Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Seattle, Washington investing in Other, Marketplace, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Other, Marketplace, Developer Tools
HQ
Seattle, Washington
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Corporate venture arm with deep travel distribution and booking expertise. Relevant for strategic validation, though not a lesser-known specialist and already in the database.

How Expedia Ventures invests

Expedia Ventures is a vc firm based in Seattle, Washington. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace, Developer Tools.

Expedia Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.

Expedia Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Traveloka, Room 77.

Partners & Team

LZ

Linda Zimmerman

Partner

AG

Ariane Gorin

CEO

CT

Corporate team

Investor

travel distribution
booking
LR

Lavinia Rajaram

Head of Public Relations

VM

Varvara Malkina

Director of Strategic Partnerships

BD

Bob Dzielak

Chief Legal Officer

BD

Barry Diller

Director

CH

Chris Hodges

Vice President of Partnerships

GB

Gordon Beckstead

Senior Vice President, Global Tax

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Marketplace
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

TR

Traveloka

Travel tech / online travel·Later-stage round (approx. $500M disclosed in 2017)

Online travel platform for flights, hotels, and travel services in Southeast Asia

RO

Room 77

Travel tech·Series C (Jan. 2013)

Travel metasearch / hotel shopping platform

How to pitch Expedia Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Linda Zimmerman, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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