Hipcamp

Alyssa Ravasio has served as CEO since founding the company in 2013; she built the initial platform after attending Dev Bootcamp. Co-founder Eric Bach joined the same year, but day-to-day operating roles beyond the founders have not been publicly detailed (per firm website).

Hipcamp earns a commission on bookings made through its platform. It also offers a consumer-facing subscription and has recently added a Weather Guarantee feature that compensates campers displaced by severe weather — likely structured as either an included amenity or an upsell, though the company has not published unit economics.

Hipcamp aggregates both public campgrounds and private land. Private hosts protect open space by earning income from camping and glamping stays, which the Land Trust Alliance has flagged as a vital conservation incentive. The firm’s own materials emphasize that over 60 percent of the United States is privately owned and that the platform creates an economic reason to keep that land undeveloped.

The platform operates in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Within the US, it covers all 50 states plus Puerto Rico, with discovery features organized around national parks, trending campgrounds, and city-level demand — from Moab to Big Sur to the Adirondacks.

Hipcamp has raised venture funding rounds historically, but this profile does not surface a family-office controlling stake. No Altss entity mapping links it to a single-family office, nor does the firm disclose a dominant wealth origin backing its operations.

Hipcamp embeds stewardship messaging — especially its "Leave it Better" principle — directly into the marketplace rather than through a separate foundation. The company encourages hosts to use revenue for land conservation but has not registered a legally distinct philanthropic vehicle.

The platform lists host-reviewed properties and recently launched a Weather Guarantee, which suggests Hipcamp structures basic risk-sharing with campers. Specific host insurance or quality-rating mechanisms have not been detailed publicly, though the company emphasizes responsible, nature-loving camping communities as a self-policing layer.