Shortyz 2020 winner interviews: Minut

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon: ShortTermRentalz caught up with Minut business development manager Caroline Lemarchand after her company won the award for Best home automation solution or product at the inaugural Shortyz Awards in March 2020. For more information, visit the Minut website here and the Shortyz event website here.
Minut partners with Airbnb for noise detection trials in Edinburgh

Reading Time: 2 minutesScotland: Home security technology firm Minut has partnered with Airbnb by trialling its noise detection system in Edinburgh properties rented out over the short-term rental platform. The three-month trial, which coincides with the start of the peak Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations, has the purpose of reassuring neighbours that visitors staying in short-term rental accommodation locally […]
Minut closes $8 million Series A funding round

Reading Time: 2 minutesSweden: Home security technology firm Minut has closed an $8 million Series A funding round, following its production of a camera-less home device that it claims offers better protection to guests’ privacy than its market rivals. The round has been led by KPN Ventures, with international energy services company Centrica also participating. Existing backers Karma Ventures, […]
Minut’s Buster Bark on the future of smart home security devices in rentals

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSweden: Buster Bark, head of business development at Minut, speaks to ShortTermRentalz at Serviced Apartment Summit Europe [SAS EU] 2019 about the future of smart home security devices in short-term rentals. For more information, visit the Minut website here.