Mews

What they do

As hospitality is entering a new era where property management systems are no longer just passive software but intelligent profit-drivers, Mews is leading the shift with its cloud-based, AI-enabled platform. Mews helps hoteliers run their operations end-to-end, from pricing and payments to housekeeping staffing and event management. In short, Mews handles operational complexity so hoteliers can focus on providing remarkable guest experiences.

With over 1,000 integrations, the platform offers a tightly integrated ecosystem of services to hoteliers, including:

• Operation management system saving time for hotel staff in their daily work
• Revenue management solution, empowering hoteliers to make smarter, real-time pricing decisions and get better revenue predictability
• Space management tool, which helps monetize underused spaces
• Payment processing service, including a cross-border payments feature

Mews continues to successfully expand up-market, with significant traction amongst mid-market customers. As a result, the company reaches 15,000 customers worldwide and has achieved significant market penetration in a historically fragmented market.

Why Kinnevik invested in Mews

Mews is an example of a successful vertical software business, with the potential to become a one-stop shop for all business needs in the hotel industry, resulting in increased client retention and revenue expansion. Mews’ mission-critical nature as the operating system for hotels results in very low churn. Additionally, as they continue to develop their product suite, the company can build an ecosystem of services where they can ”land and expand”, increasing its addressable market over time.

The EUR 264m capital raise in January 2026 establishes Mews as the leading hospitality tech provider for hotels of all sizes. The funding will expand Mews’ investments in AI and accelerate its payments and broader fintech infrastructure. It will also support the rapid expansion within its existing customer base and across its primary geographies in North America and Europe.

Kinnevik first partnered with Mews, its founder Richard Valtr, and its CEO Matthijs Welle, in 2022 and has continued to invest as the company has delivered on its multi-product strategy. Kinnevik’s EUR 20m participation in Mews’ Series D financing adds to the EUR 36m invested during 2025.

With the new fundraise, the roll-out of the company’s expanded capabilities, and its fast-paced geographical expansion, we are seeing a step-change in Mews’ growth journey. To continue to create value, Mews focuses on:

• Continuing the expansion in the US and Continental Europe
• Accelerating platform innovation through AI-powered revenue management capabilities
• Driving further strategic acquisitions

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