London-based pocket concierge GuestU has raised $1.1m from Portugal Ventures.
The company offers a whitelabel solution for hotels and other hospitality businesses to create a customised app for them to engage with and upsell additional experiences to their customers.
GuestU launched this year and the startup is originally from Portugal but moved its HQ to London.
The company already has more than 200 businesses signed up, including The Taj in London, the Queens Gate Hotel and Feels Like Home apartment rentals.
Euclides Major, founder of GuestU, said: “Our recent funding will further grow the business, bringing our service to more hospitality businesses across Europe. Our goal is to become the number one supplier of mobile technology and pocket concierge services to the hospitality trade in Europe and USA, and I am confident that our easy, quick and sophisticated platform combined with our strong team will get us there and beyond.”
Portugal Ventures was founded in 2012 as a result of the merger of the three state-backed VC and private equity firms in Portugal.