Founder · Investor · Strategist

24 years building businesses.One ecosystem to run them all.

From hospitality empires and real estate development to government affairs and behavioral science — Travis Roque Soto channels two decades of operational experience into Aqurion Holdings, a rapidly expanding technology ecosystem redefining how businesses operate in the digital age.

Mill Valley, California/Troy, Michigan/Greenville, Delaware/Los Rosales, Colombia/San Sebastián, Spain
Travis Roque Soto

Travis Roque Soto

Global & Regional Director, Strategic Enterprise SaaS
Project Manager · Oracle Merchant Services

The Journey

About Travis

A serial entrepreneur and technology executive with a portfolio that spans hospitality, real estate, government affairs, and organizational psychology — and a career-long pattern of identifying market gaps and building systems that scale.

Travis Roque Soto is a serial entrepreneur, business strategist, and technology executive with over 24 years of experience building and operating companies across hospitality, real estate, government affairs, and organizational psychology. Known for his ability to identify market gaps and build systems that scale, he has founded, co-founded, and advised a diverse portfolio of ventures spanning multiple industries and continents.

His career began in hospitality, where he spent more than a decade building bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues across multiple markets — earning a reputation for high-volume, operationally efficient concepts that delivered strong financial performance and loyal customer bases.

Alongside hospitality, Travis built a parallel career in real estate development — acquiring, repositioning, and developing commercial and mixed-use properties. His ability to identify undervalued assets and execute development strategies that created tangible community and commercial value became a defining characteristic of his approach to business.

He also dedicated years to government affairs and public policy, working at the intersection of business and civic leadership — navigating regulatory environments, building relationships with elected officials, and advocating for policies that supported economic development and entrepreneurship.

Throughout, a deep interest in human behavior and organizational dynamics shaped how he led teams, designed systems, and built cultures capable of sustaining high performance. Today, that cross-industry experience converges into his most ambitious project yet: the Aqurion Holdings ecosystem.

The Vision

The vision behind Aqurion

Aqurion Holdings was born from a simple observation: the businesses Travis worked with throughout his career were all fighting the same battle — managing too many disconnected tools, losing time to manual processes, and making decisions without the data visibility they needed to grow with confidence.

After years of watching businesses struggle with fragmented technology, he began developing a unified business operating system. One platform ecosystem. Every industry. Built the right way.

What started as a vision has, over the past several years, become one of the most ambitious technology ecosystems in the small and mid-sized business market — overseeing a growing portfolio of platforms, divisions, and partnerships across software, AI infrastructure, marketing, financial tools, ecommerce, and international expansion.

Aqurion

Aqurion Holdings

By the numbers

56+

Industry-specific applications

12

Industry verticals

8

Active divisions

USA + LATAM

Operations across two continents

Strategic partnership with Oracle Merchant Services

2023 — 2026

A new chapter of growth

After years of building the infrastructure, the technology, and the team, the ecosystem is now expanding on multiple fronts simultaneously — and the momentum is accelerating.

Oracle Merchant Services Partnership

A deep strategic partnership integrating world-class payment infrastructure directly into the Aqurion platform — giving businesses real-time revenue visibility across every sales channel.

Aqurion South America

Latin American expansion, launching from Bogotá, Colombia — building the partnerships and infrastructure to bring the full ecosystem to one of the world's fastest-growing economic regions.

Aqurion AI

Predictive analytics, intelligent automation, and machine learning rolling across the entire ecosystem — bringing enterprise-grade intelligence to businesses long priced out of it.

Marketing & Sales

Fully operational divisions delivering next-generation marketing automation, campaign analytics, AI-assisted content strategy, and a purpose-built CRM platform.

Aqurion Directory

AqurionPages.com — an intelligent business discovery platform combining verified profiles, advanced categorization, and deep ecosystem integration.

Aqurion Travel & Development

AqurionTravel.com brings booking and engagement to leisure partnerships. AqurionDev.com provides the full-service development capability behind every platform.

Oracle Merchant ServicesStrategic partnership with Oracle Merchant Services

Portfolio

Ventures & companies

Each platform is purpose-built for its industry while remaining fully integrated with the broader ecosystem.

Aqurion Holdings

Founder & Principal Shareholder

The strategic parent company overseeing the Aqurion technology ecosystem — a unified business operating system built to serve industries across the digital economy.

Aqurion.net

Aqurion AI

Founder

AI infrastructure powering intelligent automation, predictive analytics, and machine learning across 56+ industry-specific platforms.

Aqurion.AI

Aqurion Development

Founder

Full-service software development for web, mobile, and enterprise environments — the team behind every Aqurion platform.

AqurionDev.com

Aqurion Marketing

Founder

A next-generation marketing platform delivering advanced analytics, intelligent campaign automation, and AI-assisted strategy.

AqurionMarketing.com

Aqurion Sales

Founder

An AI-powered CRM, outbound calling, chat, and sales management platform built to help teams generate, manage, and close pipeline.

AqurionSales.com

Aqurion Financial

Founder

Modern financial tools for SMBs — financing, cash flow management, and intelligent reporting, powered by the Oracle Merchant Services partnership.

AqurionFi.com

Aqurion Directory

Founder

A next-generation business discovery platform connecting customers with verified, categorized profiles through intelligent search.

AqurionPages.com

Aqurion Stores

Founder

An advanced ecommerce platform giving businesses complete control over storefronts — from products and payments to fulfillment and analytics.

AqurionMarketplace.com

Aqurion Travel

Founder

Travel and leisure technology for partnerships — transparent, discounted booking management built on the Aqurion platform.

AqurionTravel.com

Aqurion South America

Founder

Expanding the Aqurion ecosystem across Latin America, with initial operations launching from Bogotá, Colombia.

AqurionSA.com

Timeline

Building the vision

A 24-year arc from hospitality and real estate to a unified technology ecosystem.

  1. Early 2000s

    Hospitality & Nightlife Ventures

    Travis enters the hospitality industry, founding and operating bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues — building a track record for high-volume, operationally efficient concepts across multiple markets.

  2. Mid 2000s — 2010s

    Real Estate Development

    Acquires and develops commercial and mixed-use real estate. Urban redevelopment, hospitality-adjacent properties, and strategic investments build a diverse portfolio.

  3. 2010s

    Community Affairs & Public Policy

    Years of civic work — building relationships with public officials, navigating regulatory environments, and advocating for policies that support economic development.

  4. Ongoing

    Industrial & Organizational Psychology

    A through-line across the career: a deep interest in human behavior, team dynamics, and organizational performance shapes how Travis leads companies and designs systems.

  5. 2019 — 2020

    Aqurion: The Concept

    Drawing on two decades of operational experience, Travis identifies a critical gap in the SMB technology market and begins development of the Aqurion concept.

  6. 2021

    Foundation Building

    Aqurion Holdings is formally established. Core development infrastructure is built. Strategic partner relationships begin to form.

  7. 2022

    Platform Development Accelerates

    The development team expands. Platform architecture is refined. Early applications across hospitality, retail, and professional services reach operational status.

  8. 2023

    Ecosystem Expansion

    The portfolio grows to span 12 industry verticals. Aqurion Marketing, Sales, and Development divisions launch publicly. Oracle Merchant Services integration goes live.

  9. 2024

    56+ Applications & International Vision

    The application portfolio reaches 56+ platforms. Aqurion South America is established with Bogotá as the Latin American headquarters.

  10. 2025

    AI Integration & Rapid Scaling

    Aqurion AI launches across all platform divisions. Aqurion Financial, Directory, and Travel go operational. The Oracle partnership deepens across the full ecosystem.

  11. 2026

    Full Ecosystem in Motion

    Aqurion enters its most active growth phase yet. South American operations are activating, AI capabilities are expanding, and the 888-AQUR-10-N national phone infrastructure launches.

Get in touch

Let's connect

Whether you're exploring a partnership, considering an investment, interested in bringing Aqurion to your market, or simply want to connect with a fellow entrepreneur — Travis is always open to meaningful conversations.