Pangea acquires Overlap in first step of ambitious vision to consolidate travel technology

NEW YORK, NY – 24 November 2025 – Pangea, the travel technology and social platform designed to help people live better, more fulfilled and connected lives through travel, announced its acquisition of Overlap, the leading app for frequent travelers to see when and where their paths cross with friends worldwide.

This marks the first step in Pangea’s bold plan to unify a fragmented travel technology landscape, which has long been filled with niche tools that force users to juggle multiple platforms for a subpar and disjointed experience.

Pangea’s approach is fundamentally different: instead of building another stand-alone app and adding to the problem, it is committed to unifying scattered travel products and communities into one AI enabled platform.

“The memories we create traveling are shaped by people as much as places,” said Matt Gray, Founder and CEO of Pangea. “Yet most products focus on bookings and logistics instead of connecting people and creating memories. We’ve built a platform to ensure people are always in the right place, at the right time, with the right people, sharing amazing experiences, together. The ‘why’ behind travel, instead of the ‘how’” continued Gray, who has spent the last 12 years living, working and traveling in 111 countries across all seven continents.   “Overlap has shared this vision since its inception, and I’m thrilled to welcome Sharon, Jason & Nick along with the entire Overlap community to Pangea as we kick off our consolidation journey.”

As part of the acquisition, Sharon Rosenberg, Founder of Overlap, will join Pangea as Head of Design, leading UI/UX strategy to ensure the experience stays focused on real human connection.  Co-founders Nick Zaverdinos and Jason Hu will also remain involved in an advisory capacity, adding decades of technical leadership to accelerate Pangea’s growth.

“Overlap was built on the belief that the best part of travel is the people you share it with,” said Rosenberg.  “Joining Pangea means scaling that vision globally, while also giving our amazing community of early adopters a single, stronger home” continued Rosenberg, who is also an avid traveler, spending the last 8 years working remotely from 70+ Countries.  “I’m beyond excited to lead design at a company that shares our vision and passion for connecting travelers, sharing experiences and creating memories."

Consolidation works best when led by a team who are consummate users of the apps, as they best understand what works well, what falls short, and how to weave the pieces together.

The Pangea team brings a unique mix of travel obsession, product vision and consolidation experience: Founder Matt Gray and several key advisors previously worked at ION Group, where they were involved in the acquisition and integration of dozens of products across more than 25 acquisitions during ION’s multi-billion-dollar consolidation in Fintech.

Alex Triplett, former Global Corporate Development Head of ION Group and co-head/CFO of ION Corporates, former COO/CFO of Appfire, and Chairman of Pangea’s Board, commented:

“I’ve seen first-hand how consolidation can transform fragmented industries and create category leaders.  We did this at ION in Fintech, we did this at Appfire in enterprise collaboration and productivity technology, and now Pangea will do the same in travel technology using a tried-and-true playbook.  Matt’s vision and first-hand experience as an exceptional consumer in this niche has given him a clear, unique and ambitious vision to transform the space.  Overlap is the first piece in Pangea’s pursuit to become the category-defining platform.”

This first acquisition is only the beginning. With 250+ niche travel products ripe for integration, Pangea is executing a long-term thesis: that reducing digital fragmentation leads to richer, real-world experiences by providing travelers a cohesive platform that finally puts people at the center.

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