Proptech startup GuestReady raises CHF 6M

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18.06.2019
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GuestReady Group, a globally leading short-term rental management company, has raised an additional CHF 6M in funding, bringing the total funds raised to almost CHF 10M. Among the investors are Roman Abramovich-backed Impulse VC and Cornelius Boersch, one of Europe’s most successful Business Angels and founder of Swiss venture capital firm Mountan partners. 

Airbnb, Co-Living, Housing-As-A-Service, and “PropTech” have been in vogue among savvy tech investors over the past 3 years. During this period, Switzerland-headquartered GuestReady Group has managed to firmly establish itself among the globally leading companies in this industry, managing more than 2,000 properties using its in-house developed property management software solution.

The Swiss-based GuestReady Group, which includes GuestReady, BnbLord, and Oporto City Flats, operates in 14 cities around the world. The group has made the news with a series of acquisitions, most recently BnbLord, the leading Airbnb-management company in France and Portugal.

GuestReady provides services that turn vacant residential properties into thriving listings on short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb and Booking.com, online and offline. The company helps property owners to stay compliant with local housing regulations and to deliver services that exceed guest’s expectations. The set of services goes beyond housekeeping and guest check-in, GuestReady also helps property owners to ensure their asset stays in shape, is well maintained, and continuously delivers the maximum return on their investment.

Well-known investors
The round was co-led by Abramovich-backed Impulse VC and Dubai-based VentureSouq. GuestReady previously raised seed capital from
Swiss Founders Fund, Senn & Partner, FortyOne, Fortimo, and other Swiss and German business angels.

Among the new investors are the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Dr. Cornelius (Conny) Boersch, one of Europe’s most successful Business Angels and founder of Swiss venture capital firm Mountain Partners. “Tech-enabled services for the property industry are a super hot trend right now. GuestReady is poised to disrupt this market as one of the fastest growing companies in the segment of short-term rental management. I look forward to supporting GuestReady in its mission to unlock the full potential of residential real estate” says Conny Boersch.

The additional funding will be used for the further development of the property management system, to fuel growth initiatives and to capitalise on available M&A opportunities. GuestReady will continue to invest in its local markets to strengthen its leading position and to further scale and increase product effectiveness.

Experienced team
The three co-founders have previously launched and scaled a number of global companies. Christian Mischler (Chairman) and Alexander Limpert (CEO) both worked at Rocket Internet in Asia in the past; Patrick Degen (CFO) has co-founded a handful of ventures in Switzerland and Germany. “We can build on our experience in scaling operationally complex companies and apply previous learnings in our journey with GuestReady. We have highly capable teams in our local markets that bring the necessary local expertise into the mix so that we can move faster and stay more capital efficient than others in our industry” explains Christian Mischler.

(Press release)

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