South Africa: E4E Africa and Volve Capital back travel booking platform
Conservio has raised $1 million in a second funding round.
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Conservio, a South African booking platform for getaways in nature, has raised $1 million in a second funding round. Led by E4E Africa, the round includes further investment from Volve Capital, Living Hope Ventures and strategic angels, including African tech entrepreneur Jonathan Smith (Payfast), who participated in the platform’s $500,000 pre-seed raise in March 2023.
With over 500 accommodation venues across South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia, the platform addresses the challenges of difficulty, inefficiency, and distrust in existing booking platforms.
“By curating stylishly sustainable accommodations — from intimate cabins and farm stays to luxury lodges in nature reserves — Conservio offers travellers access to escapes beyond city limits, where every booking directly supports nature conservation,” says CEO and co-founder Lara Dendy Young.
“E4E Africa invests in ventures that foster sustainable growth on the African continent. We believe in Conservio’s vision to make booking nature-based travel more efficient and pleasant for the traveller, and to support contributions to quality job creation in rural communities and increased conservation income for Africa’s iconic nature,” notes E4E managing partner Bas Hochstenbach.
"We invested in Conservio because we believe in their mission to make nature-based travel more accessible and accelerate the positive impact of ecotourism,” comments Joost Bijlsma, co-founder of Volve.
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