Alex Chatzieleftheriou founded Blueground in 2013 after being frustrated with the dearth of short-term furnished apartments in Europe. He had been traveling as a consultant for McKinsey, living almost exclusively in hotel rooms for months. “One time the company had to pay up to €15,000 for a hotel room in Amsterdam. And there wasn’t enough […]
Bob W, a European short-stay apartment rental marketplace, raises $43M
Bob W, a marketplace for premium short-term apartment rentals, has raised €40 million ($ 43 million) in a Series B round of funding. Founded out of Finland in 2018, Bob W touts itself as a “tech-enabled hospitality operator,” with some 3,000 “aparthotels” offered for rent in 17 cities across Europe including Amsterdam, Athens, London, Berlin, […]