Civitatis

www.civitatis.com ↗ ·Madrid ·Other

Civitatis is a Madrid-based online marketplace for booking guided tours, excursions, day trips and activities, and is the leading curated tours-and-activities platform for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking travellers. Founded in 2008 and bootstrapped profitably for its first 14 years, it now offers 97,000+ activities in 4,270+ destinations across some 160 countries and has served over 30 million customers, with roughly 360 employees. Growth investor Vitruvian Partners took a stake in April 2022 (~€100M deal) and increased it with a further ~$50M in June 2024; founder Alberto Gutiérrez handed the CEO role to Andrés Spitzer effective 1 January 2026 and remains on the board. It is a late-stage, cash-flow-positive scaleup backed by growth equity rather than a classic VC-series company.

Founded

2008

Founders

Total funds raised

€100M

SectorsTravel & Hospitality, Marketplace & E-commerce, Consumer, Tours & Activities Start-up MapTravel & Hospitality › Tours, activities & experiences

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Founders

Alberto Gutiérrez Pascual

Founder and Board Member (CEO 2008–2025)

Global models 5

GetYourGuide

Germany · www.getyourguide.com ↗

Global online marketplace for booking tours, excursions and activities that takes a commission from local operators, the same model as Civitatis.

$1BComparable

Klook

Hong Kong · www.klook.com ↗

Commission-based marketplace for tours, activities and attractions, focused on Asian travellers, much as Civitatis focuses on Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking ones.

$720MComparable

KKday

Taiwan · www.kkday.com ↗

Curated marketplace for guided tours, day trips and local experiences sold to travellers on commission, like Civitatis.

$200MComparable

Tiqets

Netherlands · www.tiqets.com ↗

Online marketplace for museum, attraction and activity tickets that earns a commission on each booking, close to Civitatis's model.

$100MComparable

Headout

United States · www.headout.com ↗

Online marketplace for last-minute tours, experiences and attraction tickets in major cities, taking a commission from operators as Civitatis does.

$60MComparable

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Buendía

Oviedo

No stage disclosed · €8M

Notes: Most funded first

Investors 1

Vitruvian Partners

www.vitruvianpartners.com ↗

Led round 2022 United Kingdom

Funding rounds 1

·1 not counted

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2022-04-07	No stage disclosed	approximately €100M	Vitruvian Partners

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Not counted in totals

2024-06-26 Buyout $50M Vitruvian Partners

News 12

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Published	Article
2026-10-23	Seaya arranca el megafondo con los primeros €600M. Más gestoras se rearman. Las tripas del pacto Factorial-General Catalyst ↗ Ecotechers 2026-10-23
2026-09-28	Dealflow #528: Trebellar raised $18M. Clarity AI merges. Indexa hits €6B in AUM. ↗ Dealflow.es Newsletter 2026-09-28
2026-07-10	CEO Spotlight: Andrés Spitzer of Civitatis ↗ PhocusWire 2026-07-10
2026-06-15	Civitatis y Despegar sellan una alianza global para distribuir actividades ↗ Ladevi Chile 2026-06-15
2026-03-16	AI's potential to drive digitalization in tours and activities ↗ PhocusWire 2026-03-16
2025-12-22	Civitatis Announces New CEO as Founder Steps Back ↗ Arival 2025-12-22
2025-11	Inside Latin America's digital shift in tours, activities and experiences ↗ PhocusWire 2025-11
2025-02-05	CEO Spotlight: Alberto Gutierrez of Civitatis ↗ NewsBreak (PhocusWire syndication) 2025-02-05
2025-01-27	Latinoamérica.- Civitatis espera aumentar sus ventas un 40% en 2025 ↗ NotiUruguay (Europa Press) 2025-01-27
2024-11-24	Latin American 'superApp' Rappi launches tours and activities with Civitatis ↗ Travolution 2024-11-24
2024-06-26	Civitatis Attracts an Additional $50M ↗ Arival 2024-06-26
2023-12-12	Civitatis Finds Niche in Selling Activities to Spanish-Speaking Travelers ↗ Skift 2023-12-12