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Raus secures more than €2m in investment
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGermany: Berlin-based tiny house startup Raus has raised more than €2 million in investment, less than a year after securing a “seven-figure” sum in pre-seed funding. The investment round was led by NFQ Capital, as well as Swoodoo co-founder Wolfgang Heigl. VC Rivus Capital, Speedinvest, Fouderment – an offshoot of Danish fund Heartland A/S, and […]
NUMA raises $45m in growth financing round
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: NUMA Group, a hotel operator and technology developer, has raised $45 million growth capital in a new funding round led by DN Capital.
Lodgea receives seven-figure investment in seed funding
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Munich-based software-as-a-service startup Lodgea has received a “seven-figure” investment in seed funding. The round was led by investors from the Baystartup investor network, including the Müller Medien corporate family and DTM Deutsche Tele Medien GmbH. Lodgea, which works with hotels, hotel chains holiday apartments, tourism organisations, airlines and travel agencies, says that it is intending to […]
AirDNA: European rentals continue their journey to recovery
Reading Time: 2 minutesDenver / Barcelona: The second monthly review of the European short-term rental market published by short-term rental data and analytics provider, AirDNA, shows demand dropping by almost a quarter [24.8 per cent] in September 2021 compared to 2019, although this is 38 per cent up from September 2020. The rapid loss of supply at the start of […]
NUMA Group expands to Italy
Reading Time: 2 minutesMilan / Berlin: Short-term rental technology provider and driver of the “commercial living” asset class, NUMA Group [formerly COSI Group], has announced its expansion into Milan and Berlin. With its international expansion to Italy, NUMA is continuing on its growth path in Europe. Earlier this year, the German company launched in Spain and acquired local property […]
Raus secures “seven-figure” sum in pre-seed funding
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Berlin-based cabin rental startup Raus has announced that it has secured a “seven-figure” sum in pre-seed funding as it prepares to open its first getaways in Germany this year. The round in the startup, founded by childhood friends Dr. Christopher Eilers, Johann Ahlers and Julian Trautwein, was led by Viennese early-stage investor Speedinvest and […]
Airbnb.org aids European flood relief
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEurope: Airbnb.org has activated its emergency response programme in Western Europe to help provide free lodging for those impacted by the flooding across the regions. Airbnb.org, which was founded in December 2020, is an independent non-profit organisation that focuses on providing accommodations to people affected in a time of crisis. The programme allows new and existing hosts on […]
COSI Group unveils NUMA international corporate brand
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGermany: Berlin-based short-term rental tech provider and driver of the commercial living asset class, COSI Group, has unveiled its new international corporate brand – NUMA. The brand strategy was developed with London-based design agency KOTO, which had previously worked with global clients including Airbnb, Uber and Nike. NUMA has also adapted new brand language based around […]
COSI Group acquires Friendly Rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain / Germany: Berlin-based COSI Group, a technology provider in the short-term rental sector and driver of the new ‘commercial living’ asset class, has announced the acquisition of Friendly Rentals, the largest provider for short-term rentals in Barcelona with additional properties in Valencia, Seville, and San Sebastian. In a transaction supported by boutique advisory firm AJL Atelier, COSI Group acquired 100 […]
Holidu appoints Thresh as MD for North America
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany / US: Munich-based holiday rental search engine Holidu is extending its growth into the United States with the appointment of former Booking.com regional director for North America, Stephen Thresh, as its new managing director for North America. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the travel industry especially hard, Holidu has emerged from it by achieving […]