Homelike Raises $14 Million for Rental Search: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: A sample apartment to rent via Homelike, a Germany-based marketplace for long-term business apartments, that has announced that it has raised a $14 million funding round led by Spark Capital. Homelike
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The market for long-term serviced apartments is being dragged, thankfully, into the digital era by companies like Homelike. Plus: Funding news for Roomex, FunNow, Vntrip, and Roto Travel.
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.
The total funding publicized this week was more than $197 million.
We reported on Thursday that Evolve Vacation Rental Network, a vacation rental property management tech firm, had raised $80 million in capital. Funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates led the round.
We also reported Thursday that Sonder, a boutique rental startup, has closed an $85 million Series C round of funding. Greenoaks Capital led the round.
>>Homelike, a marketplace for furnished temporary apartments for business travel, has raised a $14 million funding round.
Spark Capital led the round. Cherry Ventures, Lürssen, and Coparion also participated.
The Cologne, Germany-based Homelike, which debuted in 2015, helps corporate clients and employees book stays of 30 nights or more in apartments that have been vetted to ensure that they have standard amenities and central locations.
Homelike, which has about 85 workers, lists more than 45,000 high-quality apartments in 100 ci
