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Frontdesk introduces Flex platform
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental startup Frontdesk has introduced Frontdesk Flex, a new suite of solutions aiming to change how multifamily real estate owners and managers engage in the market. The company is launching the platform on 16 November. Flex aims to be the most powerful short-term rental management platform on the market, providing a wide range of […]
STRz podcast 6: Frontdesk’s Jesse DePinto on the master lease model viability
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Frontdesk co-founder and chief product officer, Jesse DePinto, joins the latest episode of the new ShortTermRentalz podcast to discuss his company’s recent $6.8m funding round, the viability of the master lease model post-Covid-19 and the accelerated need for standardisation across the short-term rental industry.
Frontdesk secures $6.8 million Series A funding round
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Tech-enabled short-term apartment rental startup Frontdesk, which aims to transform the way people experience travel, has announced it has completed a $6.8 million Series A raise in a combination of debt and equity. The financing comes on the heels of the company’s $2.75 million bridge round, raised in summer 2019. Frontdesk co-founder and chief executive […]
Frontdesk raises $2.75m in latest funding round
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Milwaukee-based short-term rental provider Frontdesk has announced that it has raised $2.75 million in its latest funding round in order to grow its business. Participants in the funding round included Milwaukee’s La Macchia Holdings, Silicon Valley’s Sand Hill Angels and Chicago’s Motivate Ventures, in addition to existing seed round investors. Last year, the startup […]
Frontdesk partners with TransUnion’s screening business
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Milwaukee-based company Frontdesk has partnered with TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions to help perform FCRA-compliant background screenings for each stay, regardless of length. Frontdesk CEO Kyle Weatherly said: “We’re extremely proud of this partnership, as it propels Frontdesk even further ahead as we bridge the gap between short-term and long-term stays. TransUnion’s powerful platform often […]
FrontDesk expands US corporate rental model
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Milwaukee startup and next generation hotel management system FrontDesk is expanding its corporate rental model across 15 cities in the United States. FrontDesk co-founder and chief growth officer, Jesse DePinto, told BizTimes: “We are the boots on the ground that are actually meeting the guests, cleaning the units, furnishing the units, taking customer phone […]
NoiseAware teams up with management system FrontDesk
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Noise monitoring service NoiseAware has partnered with next generation hotel management system FrontDesk to offer securely-managed short-term stays in neighbourhoods across the United States. FrontDesk says that it is aiming to offer guests a “seamless experience with consistent quality, responsive hosts and unrivalled security”. The partnership with NoiseAware will see each FrontDesk suite being […]
Frontdesk receives investment from Milwaukee Bucks’ co-owner
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnited States: Milwaukee corporate housing management startup Frontdesk has received an investment of $250,000 from Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry. The sum will go towards the $1 million+ seed-plus funding round that Frontdesk is currently raising. According to Frontdesk co-founder, Jesse DePinto, the round is now oversubscribed. He said: “We are considering going to the […]