Trupe

Travel Recommendations / Local Discovery Marketplacetrupe.com

Trupe is a peer-to-peer mobile marketplace that matches travelers with local residents ("trupers") who share similar interests and curate video-based lists of favorite places. Trupers earn money by creating recommendations; the platform is currently in early release with no disclosed revenue or funding.

Company typePrivate
Founded2022
HeadquartersDublin, Ireland
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2C
OfferingDigital Commerce or Content

Trupe firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Trupe
Legal name: Trupe App Ltd.
Website: https://trupe.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2022
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: Trupe is a peer-to-peer mobile marketplace that matches travelers with local residents ("trupers") who share similar interests and curate video-based lists of favorite places. Trupers earn money by creating recommendations; the platform is currently in early release with no disclosed revenue or funding.
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Trupe industry classification

Industry

Product category: Travel Recommendations / Local Discovery Marketplace
NAICS: Travel Agencies (561510), Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land (48711)
SIC: Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)
akta.pro industry: PRIMARYMPACAKAJ
Local & City Guide Content Aggregators
Media, Entertainment & Sports/Digital Media & Content Platforms (Online Video, Podcasts, Creators)/Digital Content Aggregators & Discovery (Feed/Curated)
SECONDARYTHALAFAK
Destination & Local Services Marketplaces (Transfers, Guides, City Passes)
Travel & Hospitality/Travel Technology & Distribution Services/Online Booking Platforms & Marketplaces (B2C/B2B)
SECONDARYTHAKAAAH
Destination/Activity Booking Marketplaces (Tours & Tickets Aggregators)
Travel & Hospitality/Travel Agencies, Tour Operators & OTAs/Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) & Metasearch

Keywords

Local travel discovery
Peer-to-peer recommendations
City exploration platform
Traveler local matching
Curated city guides

Where Trupe is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Dublin
HQ country: Ireland
HQ region: Europe

Markets served

Trupe business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Digital Commerce or Content
Cost components: Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

Truper Earnings/Marketplace Model: Locals (trupers) earn money by creating lists and guides of their favorite places and hidden gems, helping travelers discover cities. The platform facilitates transactions between trupers offering local knowledge and travelers seeking authentic experiences.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Trupe product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Trupe operates a peer-to-peer mobile and web platform that connects travelers seeking authentic local experiences with locals (called trupers) who curate and share lists and video content about their favorite places and hidden gems in their cities. Trupers earn money by helping travelers discover their city through on-demand recommendations, while travelers use vibe-based matching and location technology to find personalized experiences in new cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Trupe App A peer-to-peer mobile and web platform that connects travelers with local trupers who share their interests, enabling discovery of activities, places, and hidden gems in new cities via matched recommendations and curated lists.
Explore.trupe.com Early Access Portal Web-based early-access signup portal where prospective trupers can register to join the Trupe platform and begin creating curated lists and guides of their favorite places for travelers.

Companies that use Trupe

Customer profile

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Trupe technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Trupe competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

GetYourGuide: Largest tours-and-activities OTA, offering bookable tours and experiences globally; competes with Trupe for the same traveler's 'things to do' budget, but through operators rather than local peer trupers.
Viator: Tripadvisor-owned tours and activities marketplace aggregating thousands of experiences worldwide; overlaps with Trupe's discovery and booking intent but with a broader inventory and established SEO.
Airbnb Experiences: Hosts-led experiences platform where locals run bookable activities for travelers, comparable in concept to Trupe's trupers but integrated into Airbnb's massive accommodation funnel.
Tripadvisor: Dominant user-generated reviews and travel discovery platform; competes for traveler's pre-trip discovery intent, though with broader scope (hotels, restaurants, attractions) than Trupe's local-curation niche.
Yelp: User-generated local business review and discovery platform; overlaps with Trupe's location-based local recommendations but focuses on established businesses rather than peer truper curation.

Direct peers

Showaround: Marketplace where travelers hire locals as personal guides to show them around cities, mirroring Trupe's community-of-locals approach to discovery.
Spotted by Locals: City guide platform featuring hand-written blogs and tips from locals across 80+ cities — a content-first analog to Trupe's truper-curated lists and video recommendations.
Withlocals: Peer-to-peer marketplace connecting travelers with local hosts for private, customized tours and authentic city experiences — directly comparable to Trupe's truper matching model.
Likealocal Guide: Platform connecting travelers with locals for personalized city guides and tours; very close functional analog to Trupe's truper marketplace model in the local-expert discovery space.

Emerging players

Atlas Obscura: Discovery platform for unique, off-the-beaten-path places and experiences worldwide; shares Trupe's 'hidden gem' value proposition but monetizes via content/community rather than a truper marketplace.

Market position

Customer concentration

Trupe financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Trupe leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Trupe funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Trupe M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Trupe

What does Trupe do?

Is Trupe a public or private company?

Trupe is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.

When was Trupe founded?

Trupe was founded in 2022. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Trupe based?

Trupe is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, in the Europe region.

How does Trupe make money?

One revenue line is on record: truper Earnings/Marketplace Model.

Who are Trupe's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are GetYourGuide, Viator, Airbnb Experiences, Tripadvisor and Yelp. Direct peers are Showaround, Spotted by Locals, Withlocals and Likealocal Guide. Atlas Obscura is listed as an emerging player.

Does Trupe have an API?

No public API is recorded for Trupe.

What industry is Trupe in?

Trupe's product category is Travel Recommendations / Local Discovery Marketplace. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPACAKAJ, Local & City Guide Content Aggregators, with a secondary code of THALAFAK, Destination & Local Services Marketplaces (Transfers, Guides, City Passes). Its NAICS code is 561510 and its SIC code is 7900.