Book your next adventure with the best local, independent hosts and guides on the planet.
This is the work-hard, play-harder generation. We are time-poor, experience-hungry, but usually have a nightmare booking our next trip.
So we're here to sort it out. That gives us 3 missions:
1. make it a doddle to discover, compare and book incredible holidays with the best local hosts, whatever you are in to.
2. make it easy for the specialist local hosts, guides and tour operators who share your passion to set up and make a great living doing what they love.
3. pioneer tourism that has positive impact on the places we visit, for a change. (See 1+ 2).
We’re backed by some of Europe’s leading tech and travel investors and entrepreneurs, and are building a team of super talented, passionate and ambitious people to join us.
http://muchbetteradventures.com
This is the work-hard, play-harder generation. We are time-poor, experience-hungry, but usually have a nightmare booking our next trip.
So we're here to sort it out. That gives us 3 missions:
1. make it a doddle to discover, compare and book incredible holidays with the best local hosts, whatever you are in to.
2. make it easy for the specialist local hosts, guides and tour operators who share your passion to set up and make a great living doing what they love.
3. pioneer tourism that has positive impact on the places we visit, for a change. (See 1+ 2).
We’re backed by some of Europe’s leading tech and travel investors and entrepreneurs, and are building a team of super talented, passionate and ambitious people to join us.
http://muchbetteradventures.com
Location: Belgium, West Flanders, Poperinge
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +44 20 3966 7597
Total raised: $6.94M
Founded date: 2012
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | London Co-... | lcif.co |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 06.12.2024 | - | $6.38M | - |
| 29.02.2016 | - | $563.14K | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.05.2025 | Penfold's Bold Leap: Transforming Pensions with Fresh Funding | In the bustling heart of London, a digital revolution is underway. Penfold, a startup reshaping the pension landscape, has secured €4.6 million in funding. This investment, led by Gresham House Ventures, marks a significant milestone for th... |
| 22.05.2025 | London-based Penfold raises €4.6 million to further develop its pension app for employees and businesses | British startup Penfold, a digital workplace pension provider, announced today it has raised a €4.6 million investment round to grow its presence across the UK SME and accountancy markets and accelerate the development of its pension app wi... |
| 06.12.2024 | Traveltech Much Better Adventures raises £5M | Gresham House Ventures has invested £5M into adventure travel scale-up Much Better Adventures, an online travel company specialising in active outdoor adventure holidays. The investment will enable MBA to enhance its go-to-market strategy, ... |
| 12.05.2021 | Much Better Adventures raises £1.25m with biggest ever travel crowdfunding campaign | Much Better Adventures, the London-based online travel company, has successfully raised £1.25m in a mix of equity crowdfunding and private investment. The Startups 100-ranked business hit their minimum target of £750,000 on Crowdcube inside... |
| 02.03.2016 | Much Better Adventures secures £400,000 for new activity holidays | London-based travel company Much Better Adventures, a finalist at the Startups Awards 2015, has raised £400,000 funding in a round led by pre-seed and seed fund Seedcamp. Boris Johnson's London Co-investment Fund also participated in the ro... |
| 01.03.2016 | Travel startup Much Better Adventures raises £400K and launches road cycling marketplace | London-based travel tech startup Much Better Adventures has raised £400,000 to expand its ski offering and launch into its second vertical – a specialist marketplace for road cycling holidays. Up to now the young company, which was founded ... |
| 29.02.2016 | Much Better Adventures, The U.K. Travel Startup, Raises £400K And Expands To Cycling | London-based travel startup, Much Better Adventures, which lets you book ‘active holidays’ with independent providers, has raised £400,000 in seed funding to expand its ski offering and launch a second vertical in the form of road cycling h... |
| 09.09.2015 | These are the 20 European tech startups joining the ‘Seedcamp family’ today | Seedcamp, the pan-European startup accelerator turned seed fund, is welcoming 20 new Euro tech startups to its 'family' today, a little over a year after raising $30 million in new funding itself. Update: just heard back from Seedcamp: this... |
| 02.07.2014 | 39 Startup Founders Share Their Favorite Quotes from America’s Founding Fathers | In honor of Independence Day, we reached out to founders and asked them to share with us their favorite quotes from America's own Founding Fathers. Whether relevant to the goals of their respective startups or simply relevant to the everyda... |
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