Airalo raises $220M
- Company
- Airalo
- Round
- Growth
- Amount
- $220M
- Investors
- CVC Capital Partners (lead)
- Announced
- July 10, 2025
What happened
Airalo, the world's largest travel eSIM provider, raised a $220 million round led by CVC Capital Partners at a valuation above $1 billion — making it the industry's first eSIM unicorn. The company serves more than 20 million travelers across 200+ destinations.
Why it matters
Travel eSIM has graduated from a niche add-on into a unicorn-scale category. Airalo's raise validates the eSIM-first, app-only connectivity model that a new generation of digital MVNOs is built on.
Source: CVC Capital Partners
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