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Lavanda outlines Series A round funding plans and industry convergence insights
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Lavanda founder Guy Westlake and CEO Fred Lerche-Lerchenborg speak to ShortTermRentalz about their plans to use their funding from a $5m Series A round and their opinions on the convergence between the travel, hospitality and real estate industries. For more information, visit the Lavanda website here.
Lavanda secures $5m Series A round with Henley Ventures
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Tech platform Lavanda, which enables institutional real estate portfolios to profit legitimately from home-sharing, has secured a $5 million Series A round led by Henley Ventures. Henley Ventures is the venture arm of global private equity real estate investor Henley Investments. The investment will see Henley CIO and MD Europe, Justin Meissel, join Lavanda’s […]
Lavanda platform to counter subletting breaches
Reading Time: 2 minutesBritain: Start-up Lavanda is to launch Europe’s first short-term rental platform for private rental sector tenants to solve tenancy breaches from subletting. Lavanda Residential, a service set up by the London-based property management company, is the result of a strategic partnership agreed with industry experts JLL and global asset manager Aberdeen Standard Investments. Both tenants […]
Entries still open for short-term rental category at Serviced Apartment Awards
Reading Time: 2 minutesLondon: Short-term rental platform providers and operators are being advised to enter a rental category at International Hospitality Media’s annual Serviced Apartment Awards in March. The Serviced Apartment Awards, now in their fourth edition, are the only awards created for and by the serviced apartment, aparthotel, extended stay and short-term rental industry. In addition, the […]
Guy Westlake: unlocking value in society with short-term rentals
Reading Time: 5 minutesSTRz talks to Guy Westlake, the CEO of Lavanda, about the potential of short-term rentals to unlock value in society and shape the future of urban living. • What is your background? “Prior to starting Lavanda, I was head of marketing at Shutl (acquired by eBay in 2013) and the company’s first employee. Shutl is […]