1001-5000 HQ:San Francisco Founder: Brian Chesky Source: https://www.airbnb.com/ Investors: Airbnb is a community marketplace for people to list, discover and book unique spaces around the world through mobile phones or the internet. Whether an apartment for a night, a castle for a week, or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people to unique travel experiences at any price point, with over 2M listings in 34K cities and 192 countries. With a growing community of users, Airbnb also provides an easy way for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to an audience of millions. ɾThe number of adults using Airbnb in United States was 44.8 Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Y Ventures, CF, Andreessen Horowitz, Ashton Kutcher Jeremy Stoppelman and others Hospitality, Market Place, Sharing Economy, Travel Accommodations, Travel, App, Unicorn ɾ500,000 stays per night Seed $20K Seed-ll $600K SeriesA $7.2M SeriesB $112M SeriesC $200M SeriesD $475M SeriesE $1.5B Private Equity $100M Debt Financing $1B SeriesF 555.462M SeriesF-ll $447.8M Venture Round Unknown ɾUsers can be divided into 54%female and 46% male Experience: ὊI used the service many times when I travel. This experience was always good. First, there is a kitchen, refrigerator, shelf and other necessity. On the other hand, hotels don’t have such a stuff in many cases because the purpose is just make travelers stay. But accommodations in Airbnb are “House”. It means, people lived the house or room but now, they don’t need them so they rent. Therefore, the amenity and utility are just as they lived so there are such a useful stuff. Travelers can cook in the hotel in a sense. ɾ4 million listings in 65,000 cities and 191 countries ɾTop city for active Airbnb listings in Paris
Rising: Employees: 5000+ HQ: San Francisco Founder: Travis Kalanick Source: https://www.uber.com/ Investors: Uber is a mobile application that allows subscribers to get a car service from their smart phones. Users can request a car by telling the company a location, via texting an address or using iPhone or Android apps to set a pickup location on a map. Uber will send the nearest driver for pick up, and text message an estimated arrival time. When the ride is over, Uber will automatically charge the users' credit card on file. Uber takes GPS data from the ride and charges for distance or time depending on speed. Any tolls and surcharges incurred during a ride are then added on top of this calculated fare, as well as a base fare. ὊI am using this App almost everyday. That’s so useful because all we have to do is choosing destination and place where we are waiting. Then, drivers come and pick us up. I can’t live in SF and Bay area without this App. ɾSoftbank is one of the investors Seed $250K Seed-VC-ll $1.5M SeriesA $11M SeriesB&B-ll $37M SeriesC $258M SeriesD $1.2B SeriesE&E-ll&E-lll $2.4B SeriesF&F-ll $1.1B SeriesG&G-ll&G-lll $6.15B Others $3.95B Secondary Market $7B ɾUnicorn company ɾAvailable in 83 countries and over 674 cities Softbank, Baidu, GV, Menlo Ventures, Troy Carter and others Car pool, App, C2C,On-demand,unicorn ɾValuation is $69B
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