Does your high-impact tourism company need financing to grow?
If so, we EXO Foundation and our partner are here to help. The Reset Tourism Fund invests catalytic capital into sustainable and community-enhancing tourism businesses.
We believe the future of tourism gives ALL travelers life-enhancing experiences, helps host communities thrive, and ensures that the natural and cultural resources that make travel special will be respected, restored, and regenerated.
We believe that tourism is a powerful and underutilized tool for fighting poverty, empowering underestimated entrepreneurs, and combating climate change.
If you believe this too and are building your tourism business with these beliefs in mind, then we’d love to hear from you.
Criteria for Investment
Your business must directly connect with the tourism industry.
Examples include:
- Hotel, B&B, or other lodging
- Tour guide, host, or facilitator
- Restaurant or catering in which tourists are a primary customer
- Museum, activity, other event space that caters to tourists
- Tourist-based transportation
- B2B – Serves businesses within the tourism industry
Your business should represent the future of tourism by ensuring that it is community-enhancing and environmentally-sustainable. We favor businesses that adhere to the Future of Tourism Guiding Principles and/or B Corporation principles.
Investment Details
Investments may take the form of debt, equity, and revenue-based financing and will range from $5,000-$100,000. Opportunities from all geographic regions and countries will be considered.
What the investee receives
- Flexible, affordable, and unsecured capital to grow their business.
- Technical assistance and mentorship from UnTours Foundation, fund partners, and advisors to both grow the business and increase its positive impact.
- Access to an expansive network of other funders, potential collaborators/partners, and advisors through the UnTours Foundation, fund partners, and UF advisors.
What our fund receives
- A sustainable return on our investment that allows us to continue to grow our impact.
- An ability to recycle catalytic capital into new investments.
- Tangible progress in our mission to support world-changing businesses led by dynamic and diverse entrepreneurs.
Have questions about potential investment? Contact Charlotte Piffard at
Case Study
Financing Thailand’s First Electric Traditional Longtail Boat
Positiv Group received USD 20,000 from the Reset Tourism Fund to develop an electric traditional longtail boat for community-based tourism in Uthai Thani, Thailand.
The initiative replaces a conventional fuel-powered engine with an electric propulsion system, reducing operational emissions by an estimated 96%. It demonstrates how clean technology can preserve a familiar local form of transport while creating a quieter, lower-carbon experience for visitors and riverside communities.
The financing is helping Positiv Group move its pilot toward practical tourism operations in collaboration with EXO Travel. The initiative focuses on travellers who value regenerative tourism, community resilience and climate-conscious experiences.
If successful, the model could be expanded to other destinations across Thailand and Southeast Asia.
“Working together with EXO Foundation has been an important step in helping us further develop a low-carbon tourism mobility solution through electric boat innovation and community-based tourism collaboration.”
— Silaparn, Positiv Group
Financing: USD 20,000
Location: Uthai Thani, Thailand
Focus: Electric water transport
Estimated emissions reduction: 96%
