FREe-CARRIAGES offers a modern, environmentally friendly, cruelty-free, and innovative alternative called the electric horseless carriage (“e-carriage”) to replace the inhumane and hazardous horse-drawn carriages. The UnTours Foundation’s investment allowed for the purchase of the electric carriage, which will be the first e-carriage to ever appear on the streets of a large US city. FREe-CARRIAGES’ Origin
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Purple Elephant Ventures is a Nairobi-based venture studio creating multiple start-ups each year at the nexus of tourism, climate, and tech. More of the story coming soon!
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Opportunity Main Street is creating an entrepreneur hub focused on building community wealth in Baltimore, Maryland. Untours Foundation joined several other investors to provide financing for Opportunity Main Street to purchase a historic, mixed-use building in downtown Baltimore. The plan is to convert the upper floors to Airbnb-style, short-term rentals and turn the lower floors
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Playa Viva is a Regenerative Boutique Hotel located in Juluchuca Mexico near Zihuatanejo dedicated to regenerating the ecosystem and bringing back the abundance of this place. Playa Viva meets its mission with a unique style and luxury experience. The Untours Foundation’s investment was part of a larger $2.5M investment to build seven new rooms and
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GoPark Safaris is a Kenya-based tour operator focused on providing high-quality, once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences for their clients. The safari company used a loan from Untours Foundation to refinance several high-interest loans for their first three hybrid engine vehicles. The cheaper and more flexible loan from Untours Foundation will accelerate their transition to a more climate-friendly
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Transformational Travel Council us unlocking travel’s potential to transform individuals, communities, and societies from the inside out. As the global experts in transformational travel, Transformational Travel Council convenes a community of purpose-driven, forward-looking travel professionals to connect, share, learn, and unlock the power of travel to positively transform how we live our lives, how we
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ROAR is a technology company dedicated to cultivating safer workplaces. In 2015, a seed investment from the UnTours Foundation helped ROAR to build a prototype of their latest product – ROAR Panic Button Solution. This signature enhanced workplace panic button solution protects employees with one press of a wearable button. In 2021, another UnTours Foundation
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The GREEN Program offers short-term, experiential educational trips that allow university students to learn about some of our world’s most interesting and pressing issues first hand. This Philadelphia-based organization offers college students the chance to travel to destinations like Iceland, Peru, Japan, and Nepal for 10-day in-depth educational trips and receive college credit. Travelers learn
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