20. Airbnb General:
Tips:
(D)Space/Travel
◻︎Summary
Found: 2008
Tags:
Rising:
Employees: 1001-5000
HQ:San Francisco
Founder: Brian Chesky
Source: https://www.airbnb.com/
Investors:
Airbnb is a community marketplace for people to list, discover and
book unique spaces around the world through mobile phones or
the internet. Whether an apartment for a night, a castle for a week,
or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people to unique travel experiences
at any price point, with over 2M listings in 34K cities and 192 countries.
With a growing community of users, Airbnb also provides an easy way
for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to an audience
of millions.
・The number of adults using Airbnb in United States was 44.8
Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital,
Y Ventures, CF, Andreessen Horowitz,
Ashton Kutcher Jeremy Stoppelman
and others
Hospitality, Market Place,
Sharing Economy, Travel Accommodations,
Travel, App, Unicorn
・500,000 stays per night
Seed $20K
Seed-ll $600K
SeriesA $7.2M
SeriesB $112M
SeriesC $200M
SeriesD $475M
SeriesE $1.5B
Private Equity $100M
Debt Financing $1B
SeriesF 555.462M
SeriesF-ll $447.8M
Venture Round Unknown
・Users can be divided into 54%female and 46% male
Experience:
▷I used the service many times when I travel.
This experience was always good. First, there is a kitchen,
refrigerator, shelf and other necessity. On the other hand,
hotels don’t have such a stuff in many cases because the purpose is
just make travelers stay. But accommodations in Airbnb are
“House”. It means, people lived the house or room but now,
they don’t need them so they rent. Therefore, the amenity and
utility are just as they lived so there are such a useful stuff.
Travelers can cook in the hotel in a sense.
・4 million listings in 65,000 cities and 191 countries
・Top city for active Airbnb listings in Paris
21. UBER General:
Experience:
Tips:
(A)Transportation/Car pool
◻︎Summary
Found: 2009
Tags:
Rising:
Employees: 5000+
HQ: San Francisco
Founder: Travis Kalanick
Source: https://www.uber.com/
Investors:
Uber is a mobile application that allows subscribers
to get a car service from their smart phones. Users
can request a car by telling the company a location,
via texting an address or using iPhone or Android apps
to set a pickup location on a map. Uber will send the
nearest driver for pick up, and text message an estimated
arrival time. When the ride is over, Uber will automatically
charge the users' credit card on file. Uber takes GPS data
from the ride and charges for distance or time depending on
speed. Any tolls and surcharges incurred during a ride are then
added on top of this calculated fare, as well as a base fare.
▷I am using this App almost everyday.
That’s so useful because all we have to do is
choosing destination and place where
we are waiting. Then, drivers come and pick us up.
I can’t live in SF and Bay area without this App.
・Softbank is one of the investors
Seed $250K
Seed-VC-ll $1.5M
SeriesA $11M
SeriesB&B-ll $37M
SeriesC $258M
SeriesD $1.2B
SeriesE&E-ll&E-lll $2.4B
SeriesF&F-ll $1.1B
SeriesG&G-ll&G-lll $6.15B
Others $3.95B
Secondary Market $7B
・Unicorn company
・Available in 83 countries and over 674 cities
Softbank, Baidu, GV,
Menlo Ventures, Troy Carter
and others
Car pool, App, C2C,On-demand,unicorn
・Valuation is $69B
