Industry-leading hospitality cloud Mews announced $100 million in financing from Vista Credit Partners, the subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners and a strategic credit and financing partner focused on the enterprise software, data, and technology markets.
With cloud adoption acceleration across the global travel and tourism sector, this new funding will expedite Mews’ growth and strengthen its M&A program, further establishing the company as a market leader.
The company’s investment and corporate development arm, Mews Ventures, has bought nine hospitality companies and will continue investing in technology and teams to accelerate technological transformation across the hospitality industry.
In the past year, Mews has demonstrated significant momentum and continued growth. Milestones include:
— A valuation crossing $1 billion
— Expanding its customer base to serve 5,500+ customers in 85 countries, including Strawberry, The Social Hub and Airelles Collection
— Increasing customers in North America by 250% in the last 12 months
— Passing 75,000 hospitality staff platform users worldwide
— 54% growth in gross payment volume to over $8 billion year-to-date
Mews also continued to add innovative product functionalities, from its AI-driven smart search to provide users with a context-rich intelligent assistant to its next-generation Mews Kiosk solution, which has seen hotels cut check-in times by a third.
KEY QUOTES:
“Hospitality at its core is a human industry, and we are relentlessly focused on driving cloud technology which empowers staff to disconnect from their screens and focus on their guests. We have a huge opportunity to support the world’s most revolutionary hospitality brands to accelerate their digital transformation. Receiving financing from an experienced enterprise software investor, like Vista Credit Partners, enables us to expedite our efforts. By investing in both our organic and inorganic growth, we will completely reshape the way hospitality is delivered.”
-Matt Welle, CEO of Mews
“The market is ripe for consolidation. Having successfully acquired nine companies to date, the funds from Vista Credit Partners further progress our position to continue investing in M&A via our investment and corporate development arm, Mews Ventures.”
-Richard Valtr, Founder of Mews
“As an integral property management system for hospitality brands worldwide, the Mews cloud platform helps to automate core operational, business and payments processes while empowering staff to provide the best possible guest experiences. We are pleased to provide Mews with a flexible capital solution specifically tailored to its ambitious growth plans as the team drives transformation across the rapidly digitizing global hospitality sector.”
-Amy Mathews, Managing Director at Vista Credit Partners
