Jatri, a B2B travel commerce platform headquartered in Dhaka, announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Gobi Partners, one of Asia's leading venture capital firms. The investment marks Gobi Partners' first entry into Bangladesh, reflecting both the country's growing technology ecosystem and Jatri's execution strength as a globally scalable platform. The companies didn’t disclose the details of the investment.
With this investment, Jatri says it plans to accelerate product innovation, deepen its MENA travel ecosystem through Saafir, and expand strategic partnerships with leading airlines, hospitality groups, financial institutions, and enterprise travel buyers while advancing its broader mission to simplify, modernise, and connect travel commerce globally.
Future Startup has previously covered Jatri extensively. The company started in 2019 as a bus tracking and digital ticketing platform in Bangladesh. Over the years, it has raised several rounds of investment and evolved into a B2B travel commerce platform with global operations. Today, the company says it transforms how traditional travel buyers and transport operators access, distribute, and finance travel inventory.
Founded to address structural inefficiencies in travel commerce, Jatri says it differentiates itself by tackling some of the industry's most complex challenges, such as fragmented supply, last-minute demand, group scale bookings, and limited access to working capital through a single, unified platform. By integrating global inventory, real-time distribution, and embedded trade finance, the company claims it enables travel agents, travel management companies (TMCs), and corporate buyers to execute high-volume, multi-market bookings at competitive rates, a capability few regional platforms can support at scale.
Today, Jatri says it operates in over 100 cities across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the UK, Europe, and North America, having processed more than 250 million lifetime transactions. The platform is powered by one of the region's most diversified ground mobility networks with access to over 80,000 car drivers, 6,000 buses, and 40 ferry operators, according to the company. The platform reliably supports intercity, cross-border, and multimodal travel, including high-volume, last-minute, and group journeys across both mature and emerging markets.
Gobi's investment reflects a long-term strategic partnership anchored in Jatri's successful expansion beyond its home market. The company says it has established a strong presence across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. This region now accounts for close to 60% of Jatri's total revenue, positioning Jatri among a small group of Bangladesh-founded technology companies that have scaled internationally while serving enterprise and global customers.
Jatri's growth in the region is driven through Saafir, its region-focused travel brand designed to serve the needs of travel agents, corporate buyers, and enterprise clients in MENA. Saafir leverages Jatri's global supply network to deliver last-minute bookings, large group travel, and multi-city fulfilment with speed, pricing, and flexibility that traditional systems struggle to offer during periods of peak demand, according to the company.
The company says it is trusted by over 70 travel companies, including leading travel players such as Almatar, itrip (an affiliate of Fursan Travel), Satguru Travel, Al Faris Travel, Al-Riyadh Travel, dnata, Mannai Travel, and Digital Mobility Solutions Company (DMS) (an affiliate of Saudi Public Transport Company (SAPTCO)). Together, these clients drive over US$10 billion in annual travel sales in the Middle East. These partnerships validate the platform's ability to meet enterprise-grade requirements around scale, reliability, and financial control.
Jatri is also backed by institutional investors such as Q-Auto Mobility, Qatar's largest distributor of Audi and Volkswagen, ALSA (an affiliate of National Express), and Genting Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Genting Group, further underscoring strong institutional validation and long-term confidence in Jatri's cross-border growth strategy.
Commenting on the investment, Aziz Arman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Jatri, said, "We are building the connective layer for a modern travel and mobility ecosystem. Travel has long operated in silos: inventory, distribution, and financing rarely work together. Jatri changes that. Our ability to fulfil last-minute, large-scale travel across global markets at competitive prices is a direct result of our supply depth and platform architecture. Gobi Partners' global network and industry expertise support our mission to scale responsibly and create long-term value across regional and global travel markets."
Thomas G. Tsao, Co-Founder and Chairman of Gobi Partners, added, "We have compared Jatri against other travel and mobility startups in Bangladesh and in the region, and it stands out as a clear winner, combining strong leadership with a deeply scalable platform and clear global market relevance. As our first investment in Bangladesh, Jatri represents what we look for in founders building technology-led infrastructure that operates across borders and creates a durable economic impact."
