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Cocoonr secures €1 million to accelerate growth
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Rennes-based short-term rental property management agency Cocoonr, which specialises in renting out apartments, houses, villas and chalets across France, has raised €1 million in funding, through a partnership with crowdfunding portal GwenneG, Georges Sampeur, co-CEO at B&B Hôtels GmbH, and a number of unnamed private investors. It is the company’s third significant raise since launching […]
Conjure launches furniture rental platform and raises $9m in seed funding
Reading Time: 4 minutesUS: Furniture rental service Conjure, curated by designer artisans formerly operating as Mobley, has announced its official launch out of stealth, as well as $9 million in seed funding led by Pillar VC [led by Russ Willcox, former co-founder of E-Ink], RiverPark Ventures [founded by Andy Appelbaum, co-founder of Seamless], and CoVenture. After testing the concept and […]
Industry pioneer and Autohost co-founder, Anton Zilberberg, passes away
Reading Time: 3 minutesCanada: Anton Zilberberg, the CEO and co-founder of intelligent guest screening and registration company, Autohost.ai, has passed away. According to close friend, and co-founder and CEO of Rent Responsibly, David Krauss, Zilberberg died of “natural yet unknown causes” while camping with his family on Sunday 6 September. He leaves behind his wife, Ela, and two […]
Dormoa raises £285k in first funding round
Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: Vacation rental listing channel Dormoa has raised £285,000 in a funding round after pivoting due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The startup’s first-ever funding round began in January 2020 when it raised £250,000 in investment, including reaching 35 per cent of its target within just 30 days. However, the round was disrupted in February when […]
Breezeway closes $8m Series A funding round
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Boston-based property operations and services platform, Breezeway, has announced it has secured $8 million in Series A funding to help property managers cross those jobs off their list. The funding round was led by private investment firm Schooner Capital, also based in Boston, with existing investors Tamarisc Ventures, Krillion Ventures and Launch Capital all participating in […]
Sunak announces VAT cut for hospitality industry
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed a six-month cut in VAT for the hospitality and tourism sectors, which equates to a $4 billion boost for the industry. Announced in the Chancellor’s mini-Budget speech, Sunak has pledged to get pubs and restaurants “bustling again” as he unveiled measures to kickstart the economy. A cut VAT on […]
Zeus Living cuts half of its remaining staff
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb backed corporate housing start-up Zeus living has announced a second round of layoffs, releasing an addition 76 staff members. This follows news of the company’s most recent funding round, where it’s valuation dropped by half. The company was one of many to make immediate redundancy decisions in late March, laying off 80 in […]
RECHARGE 2020 interviews: Jacob Wedderburn-Day and Jack Fenwick, Stasher
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: ShortTermRentalz caught up with Stasher CEO and co-founder, Jacob Wedderburn-Day, and business development manager, Jack Fenwick, at IHM RECHARGE 2020 in Barcelona to discuss the startup’s recent landmark $2.5 million funding round, their key takeaways from RECHARGE and their thoughts ahead of the inaugural Shortyz Awards on 11 March 2020. For more information, visit […]
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 […]
Storage startup LuggageHero raises $1.45m in funding
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Booking storage space startup LuggageHero has raised $1.45 million in its latest funding round. The funding round was headed by venture capital enterprise Nordic Eye who invested $1.15 million in the luggage-storage startup. Innovation Fund Denmark and Danish Growth Fund were the two other major investors in the round. The startup’s business model works […]