Placemakr Raises $65 Million for Apartment-Hotel Rental Platform
Photo Credit: Placemakr recently added a building in Houston to its portfolio. Pictured is an apartment from that building. Placemakr / Placemakr
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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.Four travel tech startups have raised nearly $110 million this week.
>>Placemakr, a platform for long-term and short-term apartment rentals, has raised $65 million in funding. Investors included Highland Capital Partners, Harbert Growth Partners, Bernstein Management Corporation, Camber Creek, Gaw Capital USA, and more.
The Placemakr platform enables developers and owners of multi-unit buildings to rent apartments for long-term and short-term use. Placemakr acts as the operator of the properties it rents.
Based in Washington, D.C., Placemakr operates 11 multi-unit branded properties in the U.S., according to its website. That includes two recently added: Placemakr Wedgewood Houston and Whyhotel by Placemakr Columbia. Placemakr recently announced a partnership with Bernstein Management Corporation and Urban Atlantic to acquire an office building on K Street in DC and convert it into a hotel-apartment hybrid property.
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