Short term rental investment
GuestReady’s Crowdfunding Success: €2 million raised
GuestReady‘s recent crowdfunding campaign in November 2023 marked a significant milestone in the European short-term rental market. On Seedrs, an ...
Hostaway Secures $175 Million Funding, Intensifying Competition with Guesty
Hostaway recently secured $175 million in funding, marking the largest amount ever raised by a vacation rental tech company. This ...
Vacation rental consultancy AJL Atelier and M&A specialist Raincatcher partner up to target the US market
Vacation rental and business consultancy AJL Atelier and business brokerage and mergers and acquisitions firm Raincatcher have announced their partnership. ...
Fractional ownership of luxury vacation homes: Pacaso, Ember, Here, Kocomo, Prello, Altacasa & August
Several companies such as Pacaso, Ember, and Kocomo are now offering fractional ownership of luxury vacation homes. What does this ...
Start Airbnb investing now – insights from James Svetec behind Airbnb For Dummies
Whether you’re new to Airbnb investing or you want to take your business to the next level, James Svetec is ...
AirDNA and Transparent acquired: Hotels, Real Estate, OTAs and STR investors hungry for Vacation Rental Data
Vacation rental data is hot, not just for professionals from the short-term rental industry. Over the last two weeks, two ...
Vacasa (VCSA) 2021 results: High costs of supply growth and tech investment, but positive EBITDA expected in 2023
The story of Vacasa, Inc. (VCSA) is one of spending a lot of money on building a tech platform and ...
Evolve Vacation Rental Network raises $100 million, on the heels of Vacasa
Evolve Vacation Rental Network recently raised $100 million of capital with Durable Capital Partners LP leading the charge. This comes ...
Vacation rental company funding trends 2021 & 2022
In which type of property management companies and vacation rental tech startups did the money flow in 2021 and early ...
Investment: Why are scaling property managers and listing sites turning to crowdfunding?
We recently covered crowdfunding campaigns by property management company GuestReady and luxury vacation rental listing site Plum Guide. Crowdfunding is ...
Plum Guide seeks $1.4m from crowdfunding investors, at $146m valuation
Plum Guide (plumguide.com), one of the leading luxury vacation rental distribution channels, has just launched a crowdfunding campaign. The London-based ...
GuestReady raises €1.5+M in second Seedrs crowdfunding campaign
GuestReady, a European property management company, has already raised more than €1.5M ($1.8M) on the equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, a ...
VTrips CEO Steve Milo on prioritising profitability in property management acquisitions
Investment activity in the short-term rental industry continues to gather momentum, and recently VTrips has been at the center of ...
Q2 2021 Airbnb earnings: A unique moment in time when it closed in on giant OTAs like Booking?
Last week, Airbnb released its commercial and financial results for the second quarter (Q2) of 2021. We’ll look at the ...
Vacasa SPAC presentation Slides: Deep-dive on their acquisition strategy (160+ property management companies and counting)
Vacasa, the leading property management company in North America, representing 30,000 properties, is to go public in Q4 2021 through ...
Investment money and deal-making also flourishing in Europe
While the overall vacation rental market data are not as rosy in Europe as in the US for this summer, ...
Top 10 slides from Sonder’s 2021 investor presentation, as company prepares to go public at a $2.2 billion value
How about a sneak peek at Sonder’s 2021 investor slide deck? Sonder basically takes over well-located apartment developments and hotels to ...
Vacation rental industry M&A (mergers and acquisitions) activity on the rise in 2021
Investors are still pouring money into the vacation and short-term rental industry in 2021. While many property management and tech ...
2020 Airbnb earnings reveal keys to its success: A strong brand and a tech platform that attract exclusive individual hosts
How would you explain Airbnb’s resilience in 2020, relative to its competitors? For instance, while Airbnb’s revenues dropped by 22% ...
Discover unknown giants: Awaze, Travel + Leisure, OYO Vacation Homes, and HHD Group
The European holiday rental industry counts major actors that get less exposure than their US vacation rental counterparts, such as ...
