Jatri, a business to business (B2B) travel commerce platform, has secured a strategic investment from Gobi Partners, one of Asia’s leading venture capital firms.

The investment marks Gobi Partners’ first investment in Bangladesh, underscoring both the country’s emerging technology ecosystem and Jatri’s execution strength as a globally scalable platform, the duo said in a statement on Friday.

With this investment, Jatri plans to accelerate product innovation, deepen its Middle East and North Africa (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.

Headquartered in Dhaka, Jatri transforms how traditional travel buyers and transport operators access, distribute, and finance travel inventory.

Founded to address structural inefficiencies in travel commerce, Jatri 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, Jatri 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 are able to support at scale.

Today, Jatri operates in over 100 cities worldwide across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the United Kingdom, Europe, and North America, having processed more than 250 million lifetime transactions.

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, 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 has established a strong presence across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, a region that now accounts for close to 60 percent of Jatri’s total revenue.

This positions 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.

Today, the company is engaged by over 70 travel companies, including 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 $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.

“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,” said Aziz Arman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Jatri.

Thomas G. Tsao, Co-Founder and Chairman of Gobi Partners, added that they have compared Jatri against other travel and mobility startups in Bangladesh and in the region, and Jatri 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 create durable economic impact,” he added.

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