GAIN Advisors and Crowdpowder Partner to Bring Community-Based Equity Financing to Travel and Hospitality Startups
GAIN Advisors and Crowdpowder will offer hospitality and travel tech startups a structured route to raise EUR 350K to EUR 5M per round via community-based equity campaigns across the UK, EU, and Canada.
Strategic partnership creates a dedicated end-to-end pathway for growth-stage travel and hospitality innovation companies to raise capital from engaged investor communities across the UK, EU, Canada, and beyond.
TALLINN, ESTONIA / DEN BOSCH, NETHERLANDS - GAIN Advisors OÜ, the global hospitality travel technology and commercial growth advisory firm, and Crowdpowder B.V., a boutique equity consultancy specializing in structured community fundraising, today announced the signing of a strategic partnership to serve technology and innovation startups and scale-ups in the travel and hospitality sector.
The partnership brings together two deeply complementary capabilities: GAIN Advisors contributes industry reach, brand authority, and a seasoned global advisor network spanning travel and hotel technology, brand marketing, and commercial growth; Crowdpowder contributes specialist fundraising execution, including pre-registration strategy, community building, platform selection across multiple jurisdictions, and end-to-end campaign management. Together, the firms will offer growth-stage travel and hospitality companies a structured, vetted route to raise between EUR 350,000 and EUR 5 million per round through a community-based equity financing approach.
Travel and hospitality startups face a consistent paradox: they need credibility and commercial validation before investors move, yet the capital to build that credibility is exactly what they are trying to raise. Crowdpowder solves the funding design, engagement, and execution side with real precision. Combined with GAIN's industry network and our ability to qualify, position, and support these companies commercially through the GAIN Growth Hub, we are building something genuinely impactful for this sector. Optimized and efficient Community-based financing is a natural fit for travel and hospitality, where the investor and the customer are often the same person.
Michael Cohen, Managing Partner, GAIN Advisors
We have been looking for a sector-specific partner who brings genuine industry authority, not just a referral pipeline. GAIN Advisors brings exactly that: a trusted network in travel and hospitality tech, a content platform with real reach, and the commercial expertise to get companies investment-ready before they ever go to market. This partnership lets us build something purpose-built for a sector that has historically been underserved by mainstream crowdfunding.
Koen Giesbergen, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Crowdpowder
How the Partnership Works
Under the terms of the partnership, GAIN Advisors will source and pre-qualify candidate companies from its global network and the GAIN Growth Hub, providing investment-readiness support and activating its brand, content channels, and event presence to support each raise. Crowdpowder will serve as the fundraising product manager for each campaign, owning strategy and execution from pre-subscription through campaign close.
A joint qualification process determines which companies are advanced, with both parties required to agree before any company proceeds. Suitability criteria include sector fit within travel or hospitality technology and services, a raise size of roughly EUR 350,000 to EUR 5 million, community and perk potential suited to the ambassador-investor model, and a clean, investment-ready profile. Financing may be structured through equity, convertible instruments such as CLAs and SAFEs, debt, or a combination chosen to fit the company and the round.
Crowdpowder's platform-agnostic approach provides access across the UK, EU, Canada, and upcoming US options, enabling GAIN's international client base to reach investors across multiple jurisdictions with the right platform and structure for each market.
About Crowdpowder
Crowdpowder B.V. is a boutique equity consultancy headquartered in Den Bosch, Netherlands, active throughout Europe. The firm guides companies through the complete equity journey, from structuring and strategy through community campaign execution. Crowdpowder provides platform-agnostic access to community-based equity financing across the UK, EU, Canada, and upcoming US options, working with founders to make ownership simple and human. For more information, visitcrowdpowder.eu.
About GAIN Advisors
GAIN Advisors is the leading global travel and hospitality advisory firm specializing in technology, brand marketing, and commercial growth strategy. A collective of seasoned C-level and senior executives operating across five continents, GAIN delivers strategic, results-driven advisory services to hotel groups, technology vendors, investor funds, and hospitality startups and scaleups. Services span technology assessment and product development, commercial strategy, brand positioning, go-to-market advisory, and fractional senior leadership, connecting the right expertise to the right opportunities to drive growth and industry impact. Learn more at gainadvisors.com.
Media Contact
Michael Cohen
Managing Partner | Growth Advisors International Network - GAIN [email protected]