About the Client

Voya Travel is Europe’s first business travel platform for both travelers and companies that offers a digital, mobile & customer-centric solution for planning and processing travel bookings instantly. In 2020, Voya Travel was acquired by Volkswagen Financial Services.

Challenge

When Voya Travel’s founders Max and Florian came up with the idea for a digital business travel solution, they knew they needed to develop an MVP fast in order to secure investment. But they lacked the technical knowledge to build one themselves. Finding the right tech team for the project, however, proved extremely difficult, as they did not have the expertise to screen and vet talent themselves. They brought in MVP Match to support.

Our approach

MVP Match helped Voya Travel’s founders define their product roadmap and overall tech stack. Match then assembled an initial managed product team, enabling Voya Travel to kick off its ambitious product development plan within a week. Once the first MVP was released, Match set up Voya Travel’s on-site managed team that eventually assumed full ownership of and responsibility for the product. Additionally, the team helped the company build a scalable microservice software for web and mobile devices.

Results

By acquiring an expert managed team in just one week, Florian and Max were able to launch their first MVP in under two months. They had a scalable solution that was released fast and cost-efficiently, avoiding the initial challenges most startups face. The app turned out to be a huge success. Since the initial launch, Voya Travel’s app has been downloaded more than 1,000,000 times.