Pre-Seed · Raising $100,000

Fund the trip.
Share the
journey.

Tripsy is the first platform where travelers crowdfund their dream adventures, then share the real itinerary so the next person can follow — earning affiliate revenue on every booking.

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$700B
Travel affiliate market
3
Revenue streams
Live
Product built
Travel
Live Campaign
Iceland
Iceland Ring Road
"For my grandfather, who never stopped pointing at the sky."
$1,245 raised of $1,500
The Problem

Travel dreams die
in the planning
phase

The travel industry is a $9 trillion market, yet nobody has solved the gap between wanting to go somewhere and actually going. Three problems keep people stuck.

💸
Cost kills the dream
65% of people who want to travel cite budget as the primary barrier. There is no platform that lets your community help you get there.
🗺️
Planning is scattered
Travelers juggle 10+ tabs, Google Docs, and group chats to plan. No single place to build, share, and discover real-world itineraries.
🔗
Travel content doesn't convert
Billions of dollars of travel inspiration lives on TikTok and Instagram, but there's no direct path from "I want to go there" to an actual booking.
The Solution

One platform. The full journey.

01 · Dream
Create your campaign
Write your story. Set a goal. Let your community — and strangers — fund your adventure.
02 · Fund
Community backs you
Contributors get early access to the itinerary, their name on the post, and a postcard from the road.
03 · Go
AI plans the trip
Once funded, Claude AI generates a full day-by-day itinerary with Expedia affiliate links on every stop.
04 · Share
Publish your story
Come back, share the real itinerary + your editorial story. Others save it and book — earning you affiliate commissions forever.
The flywheel
that compounds
Every trip funded creates a permanent, bookable itinerary. Every itinerary generates affiliate income indefinitely. The more adventures happen, the more the library grows — and the more Tripsy earns passively.
Platform fee on contributions5%
Expedia affiliate commission3–6%
Avg. hotel booking value$1,200
Est. revenue per booked itinerary$48–$72
Market Opportunity

A massive market with
no clear owner

$9T
Global travel market
The total travel and tourism industry — growing at 8% annually post-pandemic.
$700B
Online travel affiliate
Hotels, flights, and experiences booked through affiliate links. Tripsy's primary passive revenue engine.
$1.5B
Crowdfunding for experiences
A fast-growing category with no dedicated travel platform. GoFundMe doesn't serve this user.
Competitive Landscape
TripAdvisor
Reviews only. No planning, no funding, no story.
GoFundMe
Charity-first. No travel product, no itinerary output.
Google Travel
Search-first. No community, no story, no funding.
Tripsy ✦
Fund → Plan → Go → Share → Earn. Full loop.
Business Model

Three revenue streams.
All compounding.

Stream 01 · Primary
Platform Fee
5% of every contribution made through Tripsy. Instant revenue from day one — no product shipped, no inventory held.
Example: 100 campaigns × $600 avg = $60k raised → $3,000/mo platform fees
Stream 02 · Passive
Affiliate Commissions
Every itinerary published on Tripsy earns 3–6% commission when users book hotels, flights, and experiences via Expedia affiliate links. This revenue compounds forever.
Example: 1,000 itineraries × 2 bookings/mo × $48 avg = $96,000/mo
Stream 03 · Recurring
Tripsy Plus
Free for contributors and readers. Creators who want to run unlimited campaigns and get priority placement pay $4.99/month.
Example: 2,000 Plus members × $4.99 = $9,980/mo recurring
Stream 04 · Future
Sponsored Dreams
Travel brands (Marriott, Airbnb, REI) pay to sponsor specific campaign categories — "Marriott presents: the best beach adventures." Native, non-intrusive, high CPM.
Projected: Year 2 addition — $5k–$20k per sponsored campaign
Projected Monthly Revenue — Year 1 Milestones
$2k
Month 3
$8k
Month 6
$22k
Month 9
$55k
Month 12
Platform fees + Affiliate
Includes Plus subscription
Traction & Proof

Built, not pitched.

⚡
Live Product
Full-stack web app deployed on Cloudflare Pages. Feed, campaign pages, contribute flow, and AI itinerary generator all functional.
Deployed
🤖
AI Integration
Claude (Anthropic) powers the itinerary generator and editorial story writer. Generates full day-by-day travel plans from a single prompt in seconds.
Integrated
💳
Payments Infrastructure
Stripe integration built. Contribution flow, fee calculation, and payout logic all designed and ready for activation.
Ready
🔗
Affiliate Links
Expedia deep links built into every itinerary. Awaiting affiliate program approval — standard 1–2 business day turnaround.
Ready to activate
📱
App Store Ready
iOS app wrapped via Capacitor.js. Submission-ready pending final QA. Native feel on mobile with full web parity.
Submission ready
🌐
Cloudflare Infrastructure
Pages deployment, Workers API proxy (protecting Claude API key), and custom domain all configured. Zero-config CDN globally.
Live
Live Demo

Don't take our word
for it. Try it.

Feed
Screen 1
Home Feed
Dreams tab shows live campaigns with progress bars and contributor walls. Adventures tab shows completed trips with saved itineraries.
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Campaign
Screen 2
Campaign Page
Full campaign with personal story, progress, contributor wall, reward tiers, and 3-step contribute + payment flow.
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AI Planner
Screen 3
AI Trip Planner
Live AI itinerary generator. Type any destination and get a full day-by-day plan with Expedia booking links — powered by Claude.
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The Ask

$100,000 pre-seed
on a YC SAFE note

Raise Amount
$100,000
Min. check: $5,000
Valuation Cap
$1.5M
Post-money SAFE
Discount
20%
At next priced round
Pro-Rata Rights
Included
Follow-on in seed
Use of Funds · 6–8 Month Runway
Development (contract)24% · $24k
Founder Salary21% · $21k
Marketing & Growth9% · $9k
Legal & Entity5% · $5k
Infrastructure & APIs3% · $3k
Buffer / Reserve38% · $38k
Illustrative Exit Scenarios
Check Size Ownership $5M Exit $20M Exit
$25,000 ~1.67% $83,500 $334,000
$15,000 ~1.0% $50,000 $200,000
$10,000 ~0.67% $33,500 $134,000
$5,000 ~0.33% $16,500 $66,000
Illustrative only. Not a guarantee of returns. Based on 10% investor pool at SAFE conversion.
Seed Milestones — What $100k Buys
→App Store launch + 500 active users
→$3,000 MRR from Plus subscriptions
→50+ funded campaigns processed
→Expedia affiliate live + first commissions
→15%+ month-over-month user growth
The Founder
M
Myrfe Cabansay
CEO & Founder · Pourter / Tripsy
Myrfe is a multi-vertical founder and operator running Pourter (boutique strategic connections and event production), Pourt LLC (Texas beverage distribution), and Pourter Ventures (early-stage fund with portfolio companies including Tripsy, KARDIA Labs, Orah HöS, and Space K). She brings a rare combination of event production expertise, investor network depth, and operational execution to Tripsy — giving the platform an unfair advantage in go-to-market and community building from day one.
Austin, TX
Event Production
Venture
Distribution
Community Building
YC SAFE Structure
Ready to invest?

The adventure industry
needs a home base.

We're raising $100,000 on a $1.5M cap SAFE. Minimum check $5,000. Three revenue streams, a live product, and a founder with the network to make this move fast.

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