We’re thrilled to announce our newest investment:  Headout, an on-demand mobile concierge that helps travellers discover and book last-minute activities during vacations at great prices. Headout makes discovering new cities easy and spontaneous. As frequent travelers, we have been watching this space for a while, but most players took a…

As already announced last week, Seattle-based Yapta just closed a $2 million Series B led by Voyager Capital and I am very happy to announce that W Media participated in this round. Yapta is a online travel shopping service that monitors airfare and hotel prices for travelers. Led by CEO…

As already announced this past week, Burda Digital Ventures and W Media Ventures have jointly invested in Escapio.com, a booking platform for selected hotels. Escapio is a sister company of Tripsbytips, the German travel community that Uwe Frers and myself started about 3 years ago. As Uwe is also the…