Origin is a membership travel startup founded in 2019 that blends human travel experts with machine-learning-powered curation inside a mobile app to create highly personalized trips. The company positions itself as a premium travel assistant for complex itineraries where traditional booking tools and agencies fall short. Founders Eli Bressert and Tamar van de Paal bring machine-learning, product, operations and marketing experience from firms such as Apple, Netflix, Stitch Fix, Nextdoor and Google. Origin recently completed a Seed financing (over $5M / approx €4.36M) to support growth. The company plans to expand destination coverage from 110 to 140 countries, accelerate its trip booking process, evolve internal tools, build more partnerships with travel providers and hotels, and speed up content development. Origin emphasizes a mobile-first experience aimed at offering scalable, human-in-the-loop personalization for premium travelers.

Total raised

$5M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jan 2022