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Batch, sometimes referred to as Bach, is a Nashville, Tennessee-based technology company that provides a mobile application for planning group travel and events, with a primary focus on bachelorette and bachelor parties. The platform enables users to build collaborative itineraries, discover and book local experiences, communicate with attendees, and split trip expenses. The company has facilitated more than 500,000 parties and serves a growing customer base of over 2 million users across popular travel destinations. Batch generates revenue through marketplace commissions from local vendors and secured $9 million in Series A funding backed by notable investors including GGV Capital, Corazon Capital, and Female Founders Fund. Following its initial success in the bachelorette market, the organization expanded its platform capabilities in 2023 to accommodate broader group travel logistics. Batch was founded in 2019 by Jesse Sachs.
Bach has raised $21.0M across 3 funding rounds.
Bach has raised $21.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Bach has raised $21.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Bach's investors include Sonia Nagar, Corazon Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Freestyle Capital, Kleiner Perkins, NFX, PICO Venture Partners, The Community Fund, Vertex Ventures Israel, David Kalt, James Beshara, Michael Birch.
Bach is a technology company building a leading group travel platform specializing in bachelor and bachelorette experiences, simplifying planning for accommodations, activities, nightlife, payments, and logistics.[1][3] It serves groups planning trips—primarily bachelorette parties but expanding to birthdays, girls' trips, and more—by offering a marketplace of local experiences like private chefs, goat yoga, ATV excursions, party buses, and yacht charters in major U.S. destinations such as Scottsdale, Nashville, and Las Vegas, with plans for 30 cities by early 2023.[1][3] The platform solves pain points in group travel coordination while providing data analytics for industry trends and tools for local businesses to boost operations, marketing, and sales; it has raised $17M total funding, including a $9M Series A in 2023 led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital, nearing 500,000 parties planned and 2M users.[1][3]
Bach emerged from stealth in 2019 as The BACH LLC, a New York-based startup flipping the bachelor and bachelorette party planning experience with a seamless app live in four U.S. cities.[1] Co-founder and CEO Mike Petrakis leads the company, which started focused on bachelorette trips but quickly gained traction, approaching 500,000 parties and 2M users by 2023 while doubling bookable experiences from 800 to over 1,600 in six months.[3] Key milestones include a $9M Series A funding round in March 2023 to fuel hires, web marketplace launch, and expansion beyond bachelorettes to broader group travel like birthdays and spring breaks.[3]
(Note: A separate Norwegian entity, Bach Technology founded by Dagfinn Bach around digital music tech like MusicDNA and MP3-related innovations, is unrelated based on distinct focus and locations.[2])
Bach rides the group travel tech boom, capitalizing on post-pandemic demand for experiential, destination-based celebrations amid rising popularity of bachelorette weekends in party hubs like Nashville and Vegas.[1][3] Timing aligns with travel app maturation—leveraging mobile-first booking like Airbnb but specialized for groups—while market forces like experiential spending growth and local vendor digitization favor its marketplace model.[3] It influences the ecosystem by aggregating data insights for trends and empowering small businesses, potentially disrupting fragmented group planning tools and paving the way for "fun weekend" platforms.[1][3]
Bach is poised to dominate group travel planning by launching its web marketplace and scaling experiences to 3,000, using fresh funding for hires and pivoting from bachelorettes to any "fun group getaway."[3] Trends like AI-driven personalization, international expansion, and integration with payments/logistics will shape its path, evolving it into a go-to platform amid surging social travel. As the streamlined bachelor-bachelorette leader, Bach's momentum positions it to redefine group adventures at scale.[1][3]
Bach has raised $21.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $9.0M Series A in March 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2023 | $9M Series A | Sonia Nagar | Corazon Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Freestyle Capital, Kleiner Perkins, NFX, PICO Venture Partners, The Community Fund, Vertex Ventures Israel, David Kalt, James Beshara, Michael Birch, Wendell Brooks, Oversubscribed Ventures | Announced |
| Apr 1, 2022 | $8M Seed | Corazon Capital | Freestyle Capital, Kleiner Perkins, NFX, PICO Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures Israel, David Kalt, Michael Birch, Wendell Brooks, Chief Zaruk, KEN Levitan, Mark Lawrence, Rich Paul, Simon Tikhman, Erin Foster, Purple Arch Ventures | Announced |
| Jun 23, 2021 | $4M Seed | — | — | Announced |
