We are pleased to announce that Mike Coletta has joined Travel Startups Incubator (TSI) as Managing Director. Mike will be opening up a New York City office for TSI, helping us on-board investors to our investor network, working with our startups and organizing our first travel startups event.
In his 14 year career, Mike has spent time as a travel entrepreneur, consultant, analyst, marketer, and organizer, building hands-on expertise in travel technology and a large network in the startup community. His most recent role was Program Manager at Dreamit, a Forbes-ranked top 10 startup accelerator. He is the founder of award-winning travel startups Fantrotter and EuropeUpClose, the Organizer of innovation-focused Meetup group Travel 2.0, and a Board Member with Travel+SocialGood. He was selected as one of 35 members in the Phocuswright class of 2013 “Young Leaders under 35”. Mike graduated from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst with a BBA in Finance and minor in Psychology. He has traveled to close to 40 countries.
Nicole Zito, Managing Partner of TSI says, “Mike is very passionate about startups, travel technology and well connected in New York City. As we start to build out Travel Startups Incubator into a global investment company for travel technology startups we will be counting on Mike to bring his notorious work ethic and creativity to help TSI advance to the next level.”