In January 2026, the Amsterdam-based hospitality cloud leader Mews secured a $300 million Series D funding round. The investment was led by EQT Growth, with participation from Atomico, HarbourVest Partners, and existing backers including Battery Ventures and Kinnevik, valuing the company at $2.5 billion.
The company is led by CEO Matt Welle and Founder Richard Valtr. Mews is transforming the hospitality tech stack from a fragmented collection of legacy tools into a unified, AI-driven operating system that automates everything from the front desk and payments to guest engagement and revenue management.
The hospitality sector has long been burdened by “human-heavy” administrative tasks and disconnected workflows. Mews addresses this by embedding Agentic AI throughout its platform to handle complex operations autonomously. This shift toward an autonomous workforce mirrors the transition seen in contract intelligence agents, where AI replaces repetitive manual triage with high-fidelity logic.
The new capital will be used to accelerate the development of its AI infrastructure and expand the “Mews Payments” fintech layer across North America and Europe. By enforcing high-precision operational logic, Mews provides a level of system reliability similar to AI-native secure code layers, ensuring that autonomous guest services meet the rigorous standards of global hotel brands.
Market Signal
- The “Self-Driving” Hospitality Moment: Mews’ $300M round validates that the industry is moving past simple SaaS into the era of “Agentic Hospitality.” Investors are backing platforms that can solve the chronic labor shortage by automating the “Back-of-House,” a trend also seen in AI observability platforms managing complex digital infrastructure.
- Valuation as a Growth Proxy: A $2.5 billion valuation—a 2x increase since its last round—reflects Mews’ 55% surge in gross profit. By owning both the operating system (PMS) and the transaction layer (Payments), Mews has built a vertical moat that is increasingly difficult for legacy competitors to breach.
- Fintech Integration as Alpha: The scaling of Mews Payments proves that the most successful AI agents in 2026 will be those that control the flow of money. Integrating financial transactions directly into the operational logic allows for a level of frictionless commerce that defines the next generation
