Travel Roots Fund — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($300K–$2.0M Checks)
Travel Roots Fund is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa investing in Other. The firm typically writes $300K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $300K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 9 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Cape Town, South Africa
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-23
Pre-Seed
$300K – $2.0M
1+ companies
9 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in startups reshaping the travel landscape, with a particular focus on marketplaces and culturally immersive experiences.
How Travel Roots Fund invests
Travel Roots Fund is a vc firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other.
Travel Roots Fund typically writes checks of $300K–$2.0M per investment.
Travel Roots Fund has backed 1 company in our records, including Cultural Treks.
Partners & Team
Deborah West
Director of Legal
Stu Hirst
Chief Information Security Officer
Rebecca Martin
Director of Product Marketing
Ashleigh Soh
Customer Success Manager
Katrina Coutts
Director of Engineering
James Williamson
Product Director
Beth Beeken
Account Manager
Lindiwe Nkosi
Partner
Alex Davies
Director of Paid Media
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
Cultural Treks
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $300K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Deborah West, Director of Legal.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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