Olga Bortnikova is the CEO and co-founder of YouTravel.me, an international marketplace for small group tours organized by travel experts. Ex-CEO event-management company (5 years experience), Managed 1,000+ events, with a team of 30. 39 countries visited. In 2018, together with two other founders, she launched a TechTravel startup YouTravel.me. Olga believes in a creative economy and aims to create a world with opportunities for every professional traveler to do what they love and make money on it.

YouTravel.Me is an algorithm-powered online marketplace for booking multi-day small group adventure travel organized by travel experts. From yoga retreats to safaris. Launched in Europe in 2018, YouTravel.Me is a global community of over 10,000 happy travelers and 4,100 travel experts offering 15,600 tours in over 130 countries around the world. Recently YouTravel.Me announced the platform’s expansion and launch in the U.S and raised $1M for that.

Previously, YouTravel.me successfully completed several accelerator programs and received grants from Startup Lab, Madeira Startup Retreat, and 500Georgia – 500 Startups, where YouTravel.me was named among Top 5.