Sailwiz

sailwiz.com ↗ ·Madrid ·Pre-seed

Sailwiz is a Madrid-based online marketplace for shared sailing trips. It connects boat captains who organise sea voyages with travellers who want to sail without owning or chartering a boat, and it serves everyone from complete beginners to experienced sailors. Travellers book individual berths on trips ranging from day outings to multi-week passages, and the platform earns a commission on each booking. The company lists around 675 boats in 50 countries and has close to 47,000 registered users. It passed €1 million in cumulative sales in 2021. Sailwiz was founded in 2017 as a master's programme project. It raised a €155,000 seed round from its founders and private investors and also took a €50,000 loan guaranteed by Spain's Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO).

Founded

2017

Founders

Total funds raised

€155K

Rounds

Last round

May 2020

SectorsTravel & Hospitality, Marketplace & E-commerce, Nautical tourism, Sharing economy Start-up MapTravel & Hospitality › Consumer travel & accommodation booking

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Founders

Emilia del Carmen Marina Sieira

Co-Founder & CFO

Luis Enrique Linares Soto

Co-Founder

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Álvaro García de Polavieja

Co-Founder & CEO

Global models 5

Boatsetter

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Peer-to-peer boat rental and captained-trip marketplace that takes a commission on each booking between boat owners or captains and renters.

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Click&Boat

France · www.clickandboat.com ↗

Online marketplace linking boat owners and skippers with holidaymakers, earning a booking commission on sailing trips and charters.

$25MComparable

Zizoo

Germany · www.zizoo.com ↗

Online booking marketplace for sailing and yacht holidays that takes a commission on trips booked with charter operators and skippers.

$13MComparable

GetMyBoat

United States · www.getmyboat.com ↗

Commission-based marketplace for booking boat rentals and captained water experiences from owners and captains around the world.

$10MComparable

Nautal

Spain · www.nautal.com ↗

Barcelona-based marketplace for boat rentals and skippered sailing trips that earns a commission on bookings between owners and travellers.

$6MComparable

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Funding rounds 1

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2020-05-21	Pre-seed (estimated)	€155K	Lead not disclosed +1 more

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Published	Article
2025-01-30	So you go on a boating vacation, learn sailing and have fun without breaking the bank ↗ Giornale della Vela 2025-01-30
2024-06-17	Sailwiz, la startup de vacaciones compartidas en velero, crece un 70% y entra en beneficios ↗ Periodista Digital 2024-06-17