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Blueground raises $180m at $750m valuation
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS / Greece: Short-term furnished apartment rental startup Blueground has raised $180 million in Series C funding, including $140 million in equity funding, from investors headed up by WestCap Group managing partner Laurence Tosi, giving the company a reported valuation of $750 million. Tosi, previously CFO of Airbnb and an investor in Sonder, led the […]
Blueground announces Blueground Pass launch
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Global proptech startup Blueground, which operates in 15 cities around the world, has announced the launch of the new Blueground Pass to support guests living and working from anywhere. The Blueground Pass is a yearly or half-yearly lease with the opportunity to move between apartments, neighbourhoods, and cities across the globe all at the […]
Blueground introduces Nomads flexible working model
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreece: Proptech startup Blueground has introduced Blueground Nomads, a flexible and innovative working model designed to give the power of choice to the employee. Staying true to its vision of making people feel ‘at home’ wherever they choose to live, Blueground now offers its employees the opportunity to feel ‘at home’ wherever they choose to […]
STRz podcast: 2020: The Year of Change? Part Two
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: In Part Two of this podcast special for ShortTermRentalz, we interviewed four business leaders from ethnic minority backgrounds to discuss how diversity and equality within the short-term rental and wider hospitality space will be addressed this year and beyond. The speakers were: Philip Kennard, CEO of Futurestay Nina Taylor, founder and CEO of The […]
STRz podcast: 2020 – The Year of Change? Part One
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: In this podcast special for ShortTermRentalz, we interviewed not one but four speakers from ethnic minority backgrounds, who are all founders or hold senior positions within their companies in the short-term rental industry, to discuss how diversity and equality within the short-term rental and wider hospitality space will be addressed this year and beyond. […]
Stasher and Blueground announce partnership
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK / Greece: Luggage storage startup Stasher and Greek real estate rental group Blueground have announced a partnership, which will see the latter use the former’s network around the world and give professionals, business people and executives an option to leave their luggage in a safe place before checking in. Blueground offers fully-furnished, tech-enabled apartments […]
Blueground debuts in London and Paris
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Extended-stay apartment rental firm Blueground has launched its offerings in London and Paris for the first time. The company’s inventory is spread across different apartment buildings within a city, typically with one or two per property. The minimum stay for its rentals is currently 30 days, however the average stay for travellers stands between […]
Blueground closes $50m Series B round and launches in London
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Flexible short-term rental startup Blueground has closed a $50m Series B round and announced the launch of its London portfolio by the end of the year to expand its global footprint. The Series B round was led jointly by investment firms Prime Ventures and WestCap Investment Partners. The latter’s founding partner, Laurence Tosi, previously […]
Apartment startup Blueground raises $20m in funding round
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Blueground, a startup which provides turnkey flexible rental apartments, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Athens-based VentureFriends. The round was also led with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Dubai’s Jabbar Internet Group and entrepreneur Kevin Ryan. Ryan, who previously founded MongoDB, Gilt Groupe and Zola, will now join Blueground’s board of directors. At a time when remote work and business […]