# Ted Clements

> Ted Clements is the CEO of WeTravel, a San Francisco-based payments and booking platform for multi-day and group travel operators. He took the top job in January 2023 after co-founder Johannes Koeppel stepped aside to become Chief Product Officer and personally recruited him. Clements built his career at FareHarbor, joining as one of the first mainland US sales reps and rising to COO and acting CEO, helping scale the day-tour software company to 700-plus employees and an acquisition by Booking Holdings. In September 2025 he led WeTravel through a $92 million Series C round from Sapphire Ventures, pushing the company toward its goal of becoming the operating system for the fragmented multi-day travel market.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at WeTravel
- **Organizations:** WeTravel, FareHarbor, Booking Holdings
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Hamilton College
- **Known for:** Helped scale FareHarbor from an early-stage startup to 20,000+ clients and 700+ employees, Part of the leadership team behind FareHarbor's acquisition by Booking Holdings, Rose from sales representative to COO and acting CEO at FareHarbor

## Career timeline

- **2010-2014** — Attended Hamilton College
- **2014** — Joined FareHarbor as one of the first mainland US sales employees
- **2018** — FareHarbor acquired by Booking Holdings; Clements continued in leadership
- **2022** — Serving as COO and acting CEO of FareHarbor after scaling it to 700+ employees and 20,000+ clients
- **2023** — Named CEO of WeTravel in January, recruited by co-founder Johannes Koeppel
- **2025** — Led WeTravel's $92M Series C round led by Sapphire Ventures

## Achievements

- Helped scale FareHarbor from an early-stage startup to 20,000+ clients and 700+ employees
- Part of the leadership team behind FareHarbor's acquisition by Booking Holdings
- Rose from sales representative to COO and acting CEO at FareHarbor
- Led WeTravel's $92 million Series C funding round in September 2025
- Positioned WeTravel as an operating system for the multi-day and group travel market

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — WeTravel closed a $92 million Series C round led by Sapphire Ventures to expand AI-driven itinerary and operations tooling and build a supplier marketplace.

## Links

- Website: https://wetravel.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teddyclements/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/wetravel
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wetravel.to/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/wetravel.to

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Last updated: 2026-07-08