According to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission (read here), Airbnb, Inc., the San Francisco-based the world leader in travel rentals, has raised $117m in equity and debt financing.
Earlier this week, reports said that PayPal co-founder and Facebook investor Peter Thiel intended to invest approximately $150m in the company.
Founded in August of 2008 by Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia e Nathan Blecharczyk, Airbnb is a community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations around the world (in more than 26,000 cities and 192 countries), online or from a mobile phone.
It also has offices in London, Paris, Barcelona, Sao Paulo, Copenhagen, Moscow, Hamburg, Berlin, and Milan.
The company is backed by Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock Partners.
It is massively hiring (https://www.airbnb.com/jobs).
FinSMEs
24/10/2012