GuestToGuest Gets $35 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: Selfie by a home-swap enthusiast. GuestToGuest looks to succeed where Couchsurfing has struggled. Ashley Schwartau
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Let's hope that GuestToGuest's bet on home-swapping ends better than General Catalyst's $15 million investment in Couchsurfing did. Plus, two startups — Hostmaker and Travis — raised money.
Each week we create a roundup of travel startups that have received or announced funding that week. The total amount raised this week was more than $62.5 million.
Earlier this week we noted that TurnKey, a vacation rental management company based in Austin, has raised $21 million in a Series C investment round. The company provides marketing and professional management services to property owners in 40 U.S. markets.
But that wasn't the only big news in Startup Land.
Free lodging may be just a house swap away, but several online marketplaces have been looking for profits by charging fees to play matchmaker between homeowners. GuestToGuest raised $35 million this week in an investment led by MAIF, a French mutual insurance company. GuestToGuest also bought one of its lea
