Capital Q® Ventures Inc. has entered into a Capital Partnership Agreement with Arvie, taking an equity stake and participating in the outdoor travel technology company’s current growth financing round. The partnership is focused on supporting Arvie’s continued expansion across the outdoor recreation and campground reservation market.
Arvie is an outdoor travel technology and campground reservation platform designed to help campers discover, secure and manage campsite reservations across public lands throughout the United States and Canada.
The platform brings together availability across 36 otherwise unconnected public campground reservation systems, providing access to more than 4,700 campgrounds and 200,000 instantly bookable campsites.
Arvie Simplifies Campground Reservations Across North America
Finding and booking campsites across public lands can require travelers to navigate multiple disconnected government reservation systems.
Arvie was built to simplify that process.
Through a unified camping reservation platform, users can search campground availability across National Parks, State Parks and other public camping destinations. Arvie also monitors campsite cancellations and can automatically rebook newly available campsites for members.
The company says its platform currently offers the largest inventory of bookable public campgrounds of any camping online travel agency (OTA) and is the only OTA offering real-time booking services for campsites within National and State Parks.
Founder and CEO Mark Petersen points to the company’s customer reviews and ability to secure difficult-to-find reservations as an important part of Arvie’s early growth.
“We like to point folks to our hundreds of 5 Star Google reviews to define what makes Arvie so special to outdoor enthusiasts. Our early success was fueled by becoming revered as ‘Your Best Shot to get the Spot,’ for campers trying to snag notoriously difficult to get campsites within National and State Parks,” said Petersen.
“Arvie members now routinely secure reservations universally regarded as ‘near impossible’ — and we’re coming up on the 12,000th one soon! And now, with this new Capital Q® partnership in place, we’re looking to expand both our reach and unique value we can bring to outdoor enthusiasts in the coming years.”
Capital Q® Ventures Partners With Arvie to Support Growth
As part of the Capital Partnership Agreement, Capital Q® Ventures will support Arvie’s growth initiatives and help introduce the company to qualified investors, strategic partners and industry stakeholders as Arvie continues to scale its technology platform and build market awareness.
“Arvie has built a differentiated platform that solves a real challenge for outdoor travelers,” said Diego Rivero, Deal Team Lead at Capital Q® Ventures. “The company has demonstrated strong customer adoption, a compelling technology platform, and a clear market opportunity. We’re excited to support the team as they continue executing on their growth strategy and expanding their reach within the outdoor recreation industry.”
The current financing round is intended to support continued platform development, product and market expansion, customer acquisition and strategic partnership growth.
Expanding Arvie’s Outdoor Travel and Camping Technology Platform
Arvie’s growth strategy extends beyond its campground reservation technology.
Recent company milestones include a strategic traffic partnership with AllStays, a camping and RV trip-planning platform, as well as acceptance onto the AvantLink network, an affiliate and partnership marketing platform serving outdoor recreation brands and publishers.
These relationships are intended to expand Arvie’s reach among campers, RV travelers and other outdoor recreation consumers as the company continues developing its platform.
Technology Designed to Help Campers Find Hard-to-Book Campsites
One of Arvie’s key features addresses a familiar challenge for campers: finding availability at popular campgrounds where reservations can disappear quickly.
In addition to aggregating campground inventory, Arvie’s technology can monitor participating reservation systems for campsite cancellations and attempt to secure newly available reservations for members.
The result is a platform designed not simply to help travelers search for campsites, but to make the process of finding and securing hard-to-book campground reservations more efficient.
As demand for outdoor recreation and digital travel-planning tools evolves, Arvie is working to build a more connected approach to discovering, booking and managing camping trips across North America.
About Arvie
Arvie (MBP Outdoor Ventures USA, Inc.) is an outdoor travel technology company that aggregates more than 4,700 public campgrounds and 200,000 campsites across 36 government reservation systems in North America. Its technology provides real-time access to public campground availability and reservations and monitors campsite cancellations to help members secure newly available campsites.
Learn more at Arvie.
About Capital Q® Ventures
Capital Q® Ventures Inc. is an alternative investment manager specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity and Credit Markets across multiple fund strategies. Capital Q® provides portfolio companies with financial resources, strategic guidance and operational support designed to help emerging companies grow and scale.