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Blueground raises $180m at $750m valuation

Blueground

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 […]

Airbnb seeks ownership rule change to give hosts equity in its business

Equity rule change

Reading Time: 2 minutesUnited States: Airbnb has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to reconsider its security ownership rules as it wants to give its hosts equity in its business. The specific regulation that Airbnb is seeking to change is the SEC’s Rule 701, which governs ownership of equity in companies to bring in a new […]