Hostaway - About the company
Hostaway is a series B company based in Helsinki (Finland), founded in 2015 by Marcus Räder. It operates as a Cloud-based vacation rental management software. Hostaway has raised $543M in funding from investors like General Atlantic, Vendep Capital and Inventive Ventures, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 353 active competitors, including 27 funded and 19 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Guesty, Lodgify and Hospitable.
Company Details
Cloud-based vacation rental management software. The software consists of a property management system, channel manager to enable clients to manage listings on online distribution channels, and a booking engine with integrated payment gateways to enable users to take real-time bookings directly on the website.
- Website
- www.hostaway.com/
- Social
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
Helsinki, Finland
Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$543M in 7 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Dec 17, 2024
Investors
Ranked
3rd among 353 active competitors
Employee Count
386 as on Aug 31, 2026
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Hostaway's funding and investors
Hostaway has raised a total funding of $543M over 7 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 2016. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Dec 17, 2024 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Hostaway has 7 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Hostaway:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Dec 17, 2024 | 8768060 | Series B | 9750813 | 1054026 | 2745330 | 2904414 |
May 03, 2023 | 5348305 | Series A | 7720124 | 4320297 | 3127696 | 7159689 |
Nov 19, 2018 | 2143204 | Seed | 2399615 | 9016995 |
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Hostaway's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Hostaway is Marcus Räder.
Here are the details of Hostaway's key team members:
- Marcus Räder: Founder & CEO of Hostaway.
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Hostaway's employee count trend
Hostaway has 386 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Hostaway's employee count trend over the years:
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Hostaway's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Hostaway include Guesty, Lodgify and Hospitable. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Hostaway, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Cloud-based vacation rental management software | $409M | 77/100 | ||
2nd | Cloud-based end-to-end software solutions for the vacation rental management | $37.3M | 72/100 | ||
3rd | Cloud-based vacation rental management software | $543M | 66/100 | ||
4th |  Hospitable 2016, Tallinn (Estonia), Seed | Cloud based vacation rental management solutions | $2.12M | - | 61/100 |
5th | Provider of cloud-based property management systems and hotel operation solutions | $12.1M | 60/100 | ||
6th | Lavanda 2014, London (United Kingdom), Series B | SaaS-driven property management platform for vacation rental properties | $12.3M | 60/100 | |
7th |  Pass the Keys 2015, London (United Kingdom), Seed | Tech-first property management agency | $2.31M | 58/100 | |
8th | GuestReady 2016, London (United Kingdom), Series A | SaaS-driven vacation rental management service provider | $19.5M | 55/100 | |
9th | Dealership management solutions for automotive dealerships | - | 55/100 | ||
10th |  Matsuri technologies 2016, Shinjuku (Japan), Series D | Developer of software for managing vacation rental property operational workflows | $24.7M | 55/100 |
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Hostaway's Investments and acquisitions
Hostaway has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Hostaway
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News related to Hostaway
Filter this listMedia has covered Hostaway for a total of 5 events in the last 1 year, 3 of them have been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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Hostaway Appoints Three Executives to Drive Global Growth and AI IntegrationTravolution•Jul 20, 2026•Hostaway
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Hostaway Launches AI CoHost to Transform Vacation Rental Managers into Smarter, Faster and Scalable BusinessesTravel And Tour World•Jun 24, 2026•Hostaway
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Hostaway secures world-first status as STR software unicorn with new $1 billion valuationTravolution•Oct 23, 2025•Hostaway
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General Atlantic’s $365 Million Investment in HostawayGlobal Legal Chronicle•Jan 15, 2025•General Atlantic, Hostaway
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Hostaway Secures $365 Million to Expand Short-Term Rental PlatformPYMNTS.com•Dec 17, 2024•Hostaway, General Atlantic, PSG, William Blair and 2 others
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