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funding.The round was led by Prime Ventures, with participation from coparion and MairDuMont Ventures
Existing investors, including EQT Ventures, Venture Stars, Senovo and business angel Chris Hitchen, also followed on.Founded in 2014 by
siblings Johannes and Michael Siebers after they say they had a frustrating experience trying to book a vacation rental for a surfing trip
recognition technology, Holidu compares the prices of more than 15 million rental properties across 600 different websites, including
Airbnb, Booking.com and HomeAway
creating multilingual descriptions and sourcing professional photography
market leader in several European leisure destinations
growth, last year Holidu acquired its Spanish competitor Hundredrooms
The startup now claims 10 million visitors per month and says it will use the Series C funding for product development (both the Holidu
website and the Bookiply software)
It also will grow its Holidu partners and sign up more property owners to Bookiply
To achieve this, the company says it plans to open multiple regional offices.
