Le Collectionist Raises $63 Million for Luxury Vacation Rentals
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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 jd@skift.com if you have funding news.Three travel tech startups raised $87.2 million this week.
>>Le Collectionist, a “luxury” short-term rental platform for full houses, has raised $63 million (€60 million) of growth funding.
It was led by Highland Europe, with participation from OLMA, XAnge, Famille C, Swiss banks Pictet and Lombard Odier, Kostogri, and Red River West, as well as angel investors Fabrice Grinda, Nathalie Le Roy, and Xavier Romatet.
The Paris-based company’s portfolio includes 1,800 properties in 30 destinations, including the French Riviera, the Balearic Islands, Portugal, Italy, the Alps, the Caribbean, Morocco, South Africa, Costa Rica, and more.
Only 3 percent of homeowners that apply each year are allowed to list their homes on the platform, the company said.
Le Collectionist has made several company acquisitions to expand its property portfolio and local activity offe
