Rentals United Raises $4 Million for Distribution Tech: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: Shown here are members of the Rentals United startup. James Burrows, CEO, is in the middle. Co-founder Vanessa de Souza Lage is to the left of him. Rentals United, which provides a tech platform for vacation rental property managers, has raised $4.25 million. Rentals United
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This week’s startup funding announcements reveal broader industry investment themes, such as the need for marketing tools for the owners of short-term rentals and for talent recruitment technology to help fill labor gaps in the tourism industry.
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 $109 million in funding.
Earlier this week, we reported that Selina had raised $100 million in fresh financing.
Access Industries led the Series C round. Grupo Wiese and existing investors Colony Latam Partners also participated.
Selina, based in Tel Aviv, runs a network of 46 properties in a dozen Latin American countries and Portugal. It offers private and shared accommodation with coworking facilities, cafes, wellness, and local experiences.
>>Rentals United, which provides a tech platform for vacation rental property managers, has raised $4.25 million.
Stella EOC, a boutique investment bank, invested via its venture capital arm. Howzat Partners, a venture capital investment firm with a specialty in travel, also invested.
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