Tailwind
Tailwind

Flight Revenue Intelligence

The fee lives in the price gap.

Seed Round · €400K · March 2026 · Confidential

The Problem
0B

in premium fare differentials left on the table every year

Fares drop after booking

8-25%

Average post-booking price drop on premium routes

Zero

Tools that monitor, execute the switch, AND handle the refund

72h

Average window between price drop and departure cutoff

How It Works

Five steps. Sixty seconds.

01

Book

Customer books a premium fare through Tailwind or adds an existing PNR.

02

Monitor

Our polling engine checks fares up to 8x/day, intensifying near departure.

03

Detect

Price drop found. Net benefit calculated after fees and fare rules.

04

Switch

New booking secured BEFORE old one cancelled. Zero gap. Under 60 seconds.

05

Earn

Tailwind keeps 20% of gross saving. Customer keeps 80%. Airline keeps the seat.

Unit Economics

The numbers work at every scale.

€450
Avg gross diff
per switch
€90
Tailwind fee (20%)
per switch
€360
Customer net
per switch
€144
Fee per switch
blended
~97%
Gross margin
software only
12%
Switch rate
of monitored
€17,280 revenue per 1,000 monitored bookings
Revenue Projections

Conservative growth model

£2,000/mo
M1-3
£7,260/mo
M4-6
£27,600/mo
M7-12
£124,800/mo
Y2
£437,500/mo
Y3

Breakeven target: month 18

The Product

Three surfaces. One engine.

Acquisition

Marketing Site

SEO-optimised landing pages for each route, carrier, and fare class. Drives organic acquisition.

Conversion

Consumer Booking

Search, compare, book, and monitor. 7-step flow completed in under 60 seconds.

Retention

Booking Engine

Automated fare polling, switch execution, refund processing. Staff ops dashboard for manual overrides.

7-step flow · <60 sec · Staff ops tool

Market

Massive TAM. Focused entry.

€280B TAMGlobal premium air travel~5%Volatility window€14BServiceable
Competitive Moat

Four layers of defence.

01

Data Flywheel

Every monitored booking feeds our pricing model. More bookings = better predictions = higher switch rates = more bookings.

02

Zero-Friction Entry

No subscription. No upfront cost. Fee only on realised savings. Removes every barrier to adoption.

03

Staff Travel Moat

Aviation employee standby/ZED fares create a captive, high-frequency user base that no competitor serves.

04

Carrier Neutrality

58 carriers across all three alliances plus independents. No airline bias. Passengers trust the recommendation.

For Airlines

Zero acquisition cost. 72 hours to go live.

Tailwind fills seats that would otherwise fly empty or get discounted. Airlines gain incremental revenue with no integration fee.

01

API Key Exchange

NDC or GDS feed credentials shared securely.

02

Fare Cache Sync

Tailwind indexes fare classes and rules within 24h.

03

Test Bookings

Sandbox rebook cycle validated end-to-end.

04

Go Live

Production traffic routed. Dashboard access granted.

Risk Register

Eyes open. Mitigations ready.

StatusRiskMitigation
Airline policy change (non-refundable fares)Focus on flexible J/C fares; diversify across 58 carriers
Duffel API dependencyDirect NDC integrations in parallel; multi-GDS fallback
Low switch rate (<8%)Back-tested at 12%; floor scenario modelled at 6%
Regulatory (package travel directive)Legal opinion obtained; agent model exempt
Competitor entry (Google/Hopper)Execution speed + staff moat + data flywheel
Customer acquisition costZero-fee entry; viral loop via savings share
The Ask

Seed round. Clear path.

€400K
Seed Round
Pre-money: €1.6M
18 mo
Runway
To breakeven
Q2 2026
Target Close
First cheques in

Use of Funds

Engineering (2 FTE)40%
Carrier integrations20%
Marketing & acquisition20%
Legal & compliance10%
Ops buffer10%
Tailwind

Flight Revenue Intelligence

The fee lives in the price gap.

ops@tailwind.comLisbon, PortugalMarch 2026