AvantStay Raises $5 Million for Short-Term Rentals: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: Shown here is an AvantStay rental property in Rancho, California. The short-term rental company specializing in six-guest-plus group bookings has received $5 million in funding. AvantStay
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This week's travel startup funding announcements included bets on the popular themes of vacation rentals, co-living, corporate and business travel, and expense management.
Travel Startup Funding This Week
Each week we round up travel startups that have recently received or announced funding. Please email Travel Tech Reporter Justin Dawes at [email protected] if you have funding news.
This week travel startups announced more than $13 million in funding.
>>AvantStay, a short-term rental company specializing in six-guest-plus group bookings, has received $5 million in funding — adding to a previous $1 million in seed funding that it has raised.
Bullpen Capital led the round. F-Prime Capital, Zeno Ventures, and Convivialité Ventures also participated.
The company, founded in 2017 in West Hollywood, offers more than 80 luxury properties across seven U.S. markets, including San Diego, Tahoe, Coachella Valley, and Temecula.
AvantStay, which has more than 35 full-time employees relies on tech automation to communicate with guests, manage maintenance and cleaning, and deliver exceptional customer service.
"We make sure the kitchen is cook-ready, in addition to having on-demand chefs availab
