Fueling the future
of hospitality
Team
Cisco Villalta
A 26-year career (and counting) in M&A, strategic investments, joint ventures and alliances – both on the business and legal side – makes Cisco a vital part of ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Ventures.
Sacha Payette
Leaning on five years of corporate strategy experience, Sacha helped start ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Ventures as a result of ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ' Series B funding round in August 2019.
Ria De Temmerman
Founder of Planet Winner, ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ’ first acquisition, where she developed the successful Winner PMS and POS products, Ria is the product specialist of ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Ventures.
Dirk Leysen
Former hotelier (IHG) and Co-Founder of Planet Winner, Dirk uses his 25+ years in hospitality tech to integrate new acquisitions into ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ as his role of M&A Director.
Liz Quach
Corporate Counsel passionate about travel, Liz has a wide range of legal experience from private practice to supporting the growth of the leading hospitality cloud.
Axel van der Wallen
Hospitality and tech enthusiast with an entrepreneurial spirit and a background in finance, Axel's focus is on due diligence, sourcing and driving investment opportunities.
Annie Kingman
Analyst and Certified Public Accountant with a passion for adventure and travel. Annie focuses on sourcing, due diligence and supporting the integration process for acquisitions.
Chinedu Chukelu
Former private practice lawyer, and business enthusiast - Chinedu serves as Corporate Counsel, offering legal expertise in strategic investments, M&A and other related areas.
History
Founded in early 2019, we're proud of our history and excited for the future
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base7booking
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Ventures takes control of base7booking from Trivago. The European PMS has a great feature set and culture fit with the ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ team
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Hotel Perfect
The UK-based PMS with a strong customer portfolio and an experienced team of hospitality experts becomes the Ventures team's third investment
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Bizzon
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Ventures' fourth investment is Bizzon, a cloud-native electronic point of sale (ePOS) software provider that specializes in hospitality
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Cenium
Cenium, a hotel tech company owned by Nordic Choice Hotels, becomes the fifth acquisition, allowing NCH to roll out their 200+ hotel portfolio onto ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ
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Hotello
Hotello is one of the most popular PMS solutions for full-service and independent hotels in the French-Canadian market, helping ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ to scale rapidly across North America
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Nomi
Nomi becomes the seventh ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Ventures acquisition, an AI-powered tour guide that gives guests personalized recommendations as part of their hotel stay
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Frontdesk Anywhere
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ acquires Frontdesk Anywhere, an award-winning cloud-based property management system with a strong US presence and experienced team.
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HS3
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ acquires HS3 Hotelsoftware, the German-founded on-premises property management system, bringing significant market penetration of ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ in the market.
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Quotelo
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Atomize
Spotlight
Ria De Temmerman
Ria was one of the very first woman progammers in hospitality, and built her successful PMS completely from scratch. In 2019, Planet Winner was acquired by ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ and we were lucky enough to welcome her and the Winner team into the ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ fold.
