<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9584019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="short-term-rental">Short-term rental</keyword> tech company <keyword id="11164648" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="guesty">Guesty</keyword> raised a $50 million Series D led by Apax Digital Fund.</li><li>The company has also acquired two competitors in the last month, Your Porter and MyVR.</li><li>Summer 2021 vacation-home bookings are up 32% from pre-pandemic levels, the startup said.</li></ul><p>Guesty, a firm that makes property management software for short-term rental companies and owners of vacation properties for rent announced on Tuesday that it has raised a $50 million Series D funding round.</p><p>The Tel Aviv-based company has now raised a total of $110 million. It declined to provide a valuation.</p><p>The funding round was led by the Apax Digital Fund, the tech investment arm of English private equity firm Apax Partners, and included investments from the AMI Opportunities fund. Previous investors Viola Growth, Vertex Ventures, Kingfisher Investment Advisors and La Maison Partners also took part in the round.</p><p>The funding comes amid new optimism for the short-term rental industry as signs indicate that increased vaccinations will lead to a resurgence in <keyword id="6354692" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Travel">travel</keyword> this spring and summer. The industry slowed during the early day of the pandemic as travel essentially stopped, and travelers have returned in fits and starts even in recent months.</p><p>Guesty data shows that reservations volume for this summer is up 282% compared with last year - and even up 32% from the pre-COVID summer of 2019, suggesting a clear boom in 2021. Earlier this month, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-needs-millions-of-new-hosts-cnbc-2021-4">Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said that the company needs millions of more hosts</a> in order to meet skyrocketing demand.</p><p>Guesty's software provides end-to-end property management assistance for short-term rental operators, from small-time operators who rent a few properties out on <keyword id="719382" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Airbnb">Airbnb</keyword> to sophisticated large-scale operators who manage properties on behalf of institutional owners. The software handles everything from marketing to accounting across an entire portfolio.</p><p>The company is also announcing today the acquisition of property management software provider Your Porter, which specialized in smaller operators. Earlier this month, the company acquired another software company, MyVR.</p><h2>After a year of restrictions, people will travel again</h2><p>This Series D round - which cements Guesty's place as the short-term rental property management startup that has raised the most funding - is a sign of brighter times ahead for the travel sector. Early in the pandemic, shutdowns led to some operators <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjSg-HKxpzwAhVhQhUIHbE0BloQFjAAegQIBBAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Flyric-exits-final-location-mint-house-software-hospitality-startup-pandemic-2020-11hospitality-startup-pandemic-2020-11">shuttering their portfolios</a>, while others <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/zeus-living-shifts-to-third-party-listings-layoffs-landlords-2020-6">had to make quick pivots</a> in the face of a collapse in demand.</p><p>Some operators with rural properties or those well-suited to long-term quarantine <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/short-term-rentals-lengthen-stays-for-customers-who-want-isolation-2020-4">did well</a>, but urban operators found themselves with a large amount of inventory and almost no bookings. The imbalance of supply and demand was exacerbated by a near moratorium on business travel. </p><p>Guesty President and COO Vered Schwarz said that at first, the company expected sales of its software to halt. Instead, she said Guesty was "pleasantly surprised" that some demand for its product persisted during the slowdown.</p><p>"Something I learned about the industry is its optimism," Schwarz told Insider. "No one said 'This is the end of the world,' instead, they said, 'It was a bad year right now.' But they were thinking about how to prepare for a surge in travel post-COVID."</p><p>Investors seem to have had similar thoughts. Short-term rental companies (and Guesty customers) <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kasa-pitch-deck-raised-30-million-short-term-rental-startup-2020-11">Kasa Living</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/casai-short-term-rental-startup-48-million-a16z-latam-mexico-2020-10">Casai</a>, both raised funding rounds during the pandemic, while Airbnb <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi2-O3EyZzwAhXTtHEKHbzRD4UQFjABegQIAhAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fairbnb-ipo-valuation-tops-three-hotel-chains-combined-opening-day-2020-12-chains-combined-opening-day-2020-12">is trading more than $100 above</a> its trading debut price in December. <keyword id="2899863" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="sonder">Sonder</keyword>, the largest venture-backed short-term rental operator, may also be getting in on the action, with reports that it may be going public in 2021 <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiJ3ervyZzwAhWxUxUIHf7ZBNIQFjAAegQIAxAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fwhy-proptech-and-real-estate-cant-get-enough-of-spacs-2021-3&amp;usg=AOvVaw2QOqAIyswL_MeXa8QjWiBa1-3&amp;usg=AOvVaw2QOqAIyswL_MeXa8QjWiBa">via a SPAC.</a></p>

Guesty, which makes software for managers of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals, raises $50 million as travel starts to take off again

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Roman Pedan founded short-term rental platform Kasa Living in 2016.</li><li>He traveled the country for five months and stayed at Kasa properties while working remotely.</li></ul><p><em>This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Roman Pedan, founder of short-term rental company <a href="https://kasa.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kasa Living</a>, about his decision to spend five months working remotely while living in Kasa properties across some of the 45 US cities the company has a presence in. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.</em></p><p>Previously, my longest stint fully living in Kasa properties was a few months in 2021 when I was between moves. This is now the longest — it started in late October 2022 and it'll end probably in June or July.</p><p>This time is different because I'm traveling with my significant other when I didn't in the past.</p><p>It's been exciting to explore the cities with somebody and also to see that this adventure is possible not only by an individual but also with two people who are working full-time.</p><h2>I need a good amount of time in each city to enjoy traveling</h2><p>We found that if you're in a city for too little time you don't really get a sense and feel for the area that you're in. You don't spend time investing in your space, unpacking your stuff and putting it on the shelves, and actually experiencing the city outside of the main tourist attractions. </p><p>Three weeks is what we've been trying to do. Three to six weeks is the sweet spot.</p><p>In every location I thought I would do a certain thing that the location is known for. I had the idea that I was going to ski a bunch in Salt Lake City, and then go to the water all the time in LA. </p><div type="image" title="Downtown Salt Lake City" height="3000" width="3999" msid="98414390" hostid="261" sizebytes="1394544"></div><p>I went on a hike with someone from the Mormon Church when I was in Salt Lake City and I really got to know their lifestyle. During that period I actually didn't drink caffeine or alcohol. That's one portion of the lifestyle of the church, not the entirety by any stretch, but it was nice to feel the integration into the community.</p><p>But most of the time you're working. In some ways, you're in a different place but doing the same thing — you free up at night after work and it's already dark.</p><p>One thing I've tried to do to make sure I'm getting the most out of things is make a list of the people that I know in any given location. It's easy to forget that people from different walks of life, whether it's high school or college, spread out in different cities. They won't know you're there, so you need to make an intentional effort to reach out to them and find time to reconnect.</p><h2>Working conditions for more than one person felt cramped at times</h2><p>Having a really good work setup wherever I am is really important to ensure productivity. I have two monitors here and a wireless mouse and keyboard that I bring with me — but packing a monitor is not the most ideal thing.</p><p>This trip made me think we should offer an ability for guests to have a work setup in any location, if they would like, as an add-on. </p><p>Also, my partner and I found it challenging to work from the same space. Sometimes one of us was working in the walk-in closet while the other one was working in the kitchen area. Neither was ideal. </p><p>It's something that is more and more important and I don't think Kasa's been as consistent in providing a dedicated place to work that has outlets and a good, comfortable chair. </p><p>Even small things like lighting at the bed that allows you to read and easy-to-access outlets that allow you to plug in your phone are things that may be quite obvious, but we're going to add them to more Kasa properties.</p><p>Ultimately, I want to live and experience our products through the eyes of our guests so we can make it better. Seeing that there are more people who are choosing to live this way or choosing Kasa for similar purposes makes this a more useful trip than in the past.</p>

I'm a 34-year-old CEO who worked remotely from different cities for 5 months. I learned that a walk-in closet doesn't make a great office and I need at least 3 weeks to get to know a new place.

<p>Almost the weekend!</p><p>The timeline for a coronavirus vaccine is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/moncef-slaoui-100-million-americans-vaccinated-by-march-2021-2020-12">speeding up considerably</a>, with a new outline for the US government's Operation Warp Speed released on Wednesday.</p><p>Meanwhile, financial dealmaking remains at a fever pitch. Macquarie Group's asset management arm <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/waddell-reed-fin-ma-macquarie-group/update-1-australias-macquarie-group-to-buy-waddell-reed-financial-for-1-7-bln-idUSL4N2II4B6">announced plans</a> to acquire Waddell &amp; Reed Financial for $1.7 billion.</p><p>JPMorgan Asset Management also made a move, <a href="https://seekingalpha.com/news/3641154-j-p-morgan-asset-management-agrees-to-acquire-55ip?mail_subject=jpm-j-p-morgan-asset-management-agrees-to-acquire-55ip&amp;utm_campaign=rta-stock-news&amp;utm_content=link-3&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=seeking_alphace=seeking_alpha">announcing a deal for 55ip</a>, a financial tech company that works with advisors on strategies around handling taxes, for an undisclosed amount. </p><p>Last chance to sign up for our webinar <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/webinar-private-equity-recruiting-carlyle-apollo-bain-2020-11">'How to land a job in private equity'</a> which is today at 1 p.m. ET. It features <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/webinar-private-equity-recruiting-carlyle-apollo-bain-2020-11">speakers from Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group, Apollo, and Odyssey Search Partners.</a></p><p><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/insider-finance">If you're not yet a subscriber, you can sign up here to get your daily dose of the stories dominating banking, business, and big deals.</a></p><p>Like the newsletter? Hate the newsletter? 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In short, one chart in the startup's filing has some experts raising concerns. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/doordash-ipo-filing-returning-customer-growth-stickiness-financials-valuation-profitability-2020-12">Get the full rundown on what the issue is here</a>. </p><h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fintech-amount-raises-81-million-goldman-sachs-startup-gs-growth-2020-12">A startup that's taking a SaaS approach to selling digital-banking tech just nabbed $81 million from Goldman Sachs</a></h2><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fintech-amount-raises-81-million-goldman-sachs-startup-gs-growth-2020-12"><div type="image" title="Adam Hughes" height="2156" width="2875" msid="79548053" hostid="261"></div></a></p><p>If you can't beat them, join them. Carter Johnson with a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fintech-amount-raises-81-million-goldman-sachs-startup-gs-growth-2020-12">nice look at Amount</a>, a fintech that partners with traditional banks looking to speed up their <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fintech-amount-raises-81-million-goldman-sachs-startup-gs-growth-2020-12">digital transformations</a>. Read more about the $81 million Series C the startup raised. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fintech-amount-raises-81-million-goldman-sachs-startup-gs-growth-2020-12">Check out the story here</a>. </p><h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kasa-pitch-deck-raised-30-million-short-term-rental-startup-2020-11">See the 26-page pitch deck Kasa Living used to raise $30 million while other short-term rental startups were folding</a></h2><h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kasa-pitch-deck-raised-30-million-short-term-rental-startup-2020-11"><div type="image" title="rental property" height="800" width="1066" msid="79548057" hostid="261"></div></a></h2><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kasa-pitch-deck-raised-30-million-short-term-rental-startup-2020-11">Pitch-deck alert</a>! Nice one from Alex Nicoll looking at <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kasa-pitch-deck-raised-30-million-short-term-rental-startup-2020-11">Kasa Living</a>, a short-term rental company. Check out the pitch deck it used to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kasa-pitch-deck-raised-30-million-short-term-rental-startup-2020-11">raise money</a> during a very tough year for real estate. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kasa-pitch-deck-raised-30-million-short-term-rental-startup-2020-11">Read the deck here</a>. </p><p><strong style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px;">Odd lots:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boies-schiller-nicholas-gravante-leaving-partners-restructuring-cadwalader-wickersham-2020-12">David Boies just outlined a leadership shuffle at his elite litigation firm after a top lawyer overseeing a big restructuring jumped ship (BI)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-02/while-opec-fights-mexico-wins-over-2-billion-with-oil-hedge?sref=5xrDvJna">While OPEC+ Fights, Mexico Wins Over $2 Billion With Oil Hedge (Bloomberg)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5982b289-fdbe-499d-9421-e0982e2a716f">S</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5982b289-fdbe-499d-9421-e0982e2a716f">oftBank abandons its 'Nasdaq whale' bets (FT)</a></p><p><a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/12/02/erika-girardi-sued-for-allegedly-concealing-money-in-divorce/">Erika Girardi sued for allegedly embezzling money in divorce (NY Post)</a></p><p><a href="https://seekingalpha.com/news/3641154-j-p-morgan-asset-management-agrees-to-acquire-55ip?mail_subject=jpm-j-p-morgan-asset-management-agrees-to-acquire-55ip&amp;utm_campaign=rta-stock-news&amp;utm_content=link-3&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=seeking_alphace=seeking_alpha">J.P. Morgan Asset Management agrees to acquire 55ip (Seeking Alpha)</a></p>

Dealmaking on a hot streak — Fintech-as-a-service — DoorDash's IPO paperwork looks off

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="7034821" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="PropTech" source="Orion">Proptech</keyword> was never hotter than 2021, where it raised a record of $30 billion.</li><li><strong>VC</strong> investment fell by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/proptech-venture-investment-fell-nearly-40-this-year-2022-12">38% in 2022</a>, but the technological transformation <strong>of</strong> <keyword id="6354553" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="real-estate" source="Orion">real estate</keyword> continues.</li></ul><p>Real estate's technological transformation was well underway before the pandemic drove it into hyperspeed. Early innovators like Zillow showed that there was a place for real estate on the internet, while investments from firms like SoftBank showed that big money was paying attention.</p><p>But when COVID reshuffled the deck, and interest rates were at record lows, the sector exploded with interest, and record investment. Now, interest rates are rising, and some of proptech's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/proptech-battered-by-tech-and-housing-market-busts-2022-11">stars</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/proptech-real-estate-startups-let-down-investors-customers-employees-2023-1">have</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/compass-ceo-robert-reffkin-manage-out-low-performers-leaked-memo-2022-12">sunk</a>, layoffs have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/real-estate-tech-layoffs-25-companies-that-have-laid-people-off-2022-7">abounded</a>, and investment was down 38% in 2022. </p><p>But startups and <keyword id="6357097" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Venture-Capital" source="Orion">venture capital</keyword> continue to drive <keyword id="10585589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="real-estate-tech" source="Orion">real estate tech</keyword>'s ambitions forward, backing companies that 3D-print carbon-neutral homes, bring home-buying transactions entirely online, and that make it easier than ever to become a landlord of all — <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/real-estate-investing-fractional-ownership-second-home-landlord-investment-property-2022-6">or part</a> — of a property.</p><p>Insider has collected 32 <keyword id="11953110" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pitch-decks" source="Orion">pitch decks</keyword> that successful firms have used to raise funding from VCs and private-equity firms.</p><p>Check out the full collection below. </p><h2>Residential real estate</h2><div type="image" title="Doorvest Co Founder Image" height="777" width="1037" msid="83667554" hostid="261"></div><p>The residential real-estate market surged into the beginning of 2022, with low interest rates driving record-high home price appreciation. Renting got a lot more expensive, too, with and everyone started <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/investors-spent-record-apartment-buildings-2021-2022-1">flocking to invest in apartment buildings</a>. Then, as the Fed began to pump the brakes, housing has cooled, cutting valuations for any company focused on the residential space.</p><p>However, this sector has been a major focus for proptech companies such as those that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/doorvest-pitch-deck-propech-funding-retail-real-estate-investing-2021-11">help investors purchase and manage homes from afar</a>, tools for<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apartment-leasing-company-doorkee-pitch-deck-fundraise-2020-9?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp"> residential brokers</a> and<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apartment-leasing-company-doorkee-pitch-deck-fundraise-2020-9?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp"> leasing agents</a>, and<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-digital-closing-endpoint-startup-first-american-title-2020-11?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp"> digital closing companies</a> that digitize paper-heavy real estate transactions.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/doorvest-pitch-deck-propech-funding-retail-real-estate-investing-2021-11">Individual real-estate investors now have a way to compete with the big guys. Here's the 12-page deck one startup used to raise $39 million to make that happen.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/june-homes-used-pitch-deck-to-raise-money-from-softbank-2021-9">See the pitch deck a real-estate startup used to raise $27 million from SoftBank to build the world's largest housing company — without owning any homes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/divvy-series-a-investor-deck-2019-2?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp">Here's the investor deck that helped the real-estate startup Divvy raise a $30 million series A led by Andreessen Horowitz</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/online-mortgage-broker-morty-pitch-deck-raise-series-b-2022-2">The online mortgage broker Morty used this pitch deck to raise a $25 million Series B and enable more homebuyers to skip the traditional mortgage process</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-digital-closing-endpoint-startup-first-american-title-2020-11?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp">Here's the presentation digital closing startup Endpoint used to nab $40 million from its parent company, title giant First American</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/localize-pitch-deck-real-estate-listings-search-website-app-fundraising-2021-8">A real-estate listings startup trying to rival Zillow used this pitch deck to raise $25 million for its super-powered home search website</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-flyhomes-raises-150-million-wild-housing-market-2021-6">Flyhomes turns home buyers into cash buyers in a wild housing market. Check out the pitch deck it used to raise $150 million in fresh funding.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/immo-property-tech-startup-raises-75-million-to-scale-investments-2022-4">Real-estate startup Immo scoops up single-family homes from sellers then turns them into rental investments. Check out the 26-slide pitch deck it used to raise $75 million.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-ownwell-used-to-raise-seed-round-2022-5">Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck that property-tech startup Ownwell used to raise a $5.75 million seed round from investors like First Round Capital</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/playhouse-pitch-deck-tiktok-real-estate-seed-millions-2022-4">Here's the pitch deck that Playhouse used to raise $2.8 million to become a 'TikTok for real estate'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiko-raises-65-million-buy-properties-sellers-pitch-deck-2021-7">This property startup buys homes directly from sellers in as little as a week. Check out the 19-page pitch deck it used to raise $65 million.</a></li></ul><h2><strong>Commercial real estate </strong></h2><div type="image" title="Nick Gayeski, cofounder and CEO of Clockwork Analytics" height="533" width="711" msid="83667555" hostid="261"></div><p>The pandemic laid bare the necessity of a technological transformation of commercial real estate. Remote work has changed professional workers' relationship to the office forever. E-commerce adoption has skyrocketed, but consumers also were starved for in-person interactions and increased their time at restaurants. Data of all sorts became increasingly more important in order to keep a competitive advantage over other struggling commercial landlords, and processes that used to take place on email or even in pen and paper are now taking place on dedicated pieces of software.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/startup-northspyre-real-estate-developers-rely-less-on-spreadsheets-projects-2022-3">As building costs rise, this startup says real-estate developers can save millions by ditching spreadsheets. Here's the 12-slide pitch deck it used to raise $25 million.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wynd-pitch-deck-air-purification-marriott-2022-4">See the pitch deck the air-purification startup Wynd used to raise $10 million to help Marriott guests breathe easier</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/social-distancing-tech-proptech-startup-vergesense-9-million-2020-5?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp">VergeSense, an office-sensor startup that tracks employees' movements, just nabbed $9 million. From social distancing scores to real-time occupancy alerts, here's its pitch deck.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/clockworks-analytics-pitch-deck-proptech-startup-pandemic-fundraising-2021-3?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp">See the pitch deck a startup that monitors building ventilation used to raise $8 million during the pandemic</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fintor-pitch-deck-proptech-startup-used-to-raise-9-million-2022-10">An exclusive look at the 19-slide pitch deck a real-estate-investing startup aimed at millennials and Gen Zers used to raise a total of $9 million</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/insurtech-honeycomb-series-a-pitch-deck-multifamily-insurance-real-estate-2022-1">Here's the 10-page Series A pitch deck used by Honeycomb, a startup that wants to revolutionize the $26 billion market for multifamily property insurance</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-keyway-proptech-startup-pitch-deck-technology-2021-11">Check out the 9-slide pitch deck this ex-Googler used to raise $15 million for SME property tech startup Keyway</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-boiler-doubles-as-power-plant-2022-11">This entrepreneur is giving landlords and homeowners a chance to buy their own personal power plants. See the pitch deck he used to raise millions.</a></li></ul><h2><keyword id="11171401" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="construction-tech" source="Orion">Construction tech</keyword></h2><div type="image" title="Mosaic cofounder and CEO Salman Ahmad" height="902" width="1200" msid="83667557" hostid="261"></div><p>The pandemic boosted traditional <keyword id="34617" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="construction" source="Orion">construction</keyword> companies' interest in the high-tech corner of the sector. Startups that make digital tools to manage worksites from afar suddenly became indispensable, while the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-there-are-so-few-homes-for-sale-high-prices-2021-3?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp">current housing shortage</a> brought even more attention to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mosaic-pitch-deck-raised-14-million-from-a16z-construction-tech-2020-9?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp">companies that are developing ways to build homes faster and more cheaply</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-cove-tool-proptech-construction-architecture-design-software-startup-2020-11?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp">A construction-tech startup that's developed a faster way to model a building's energy efficiency used this 13-page pitch deck to nab $5.7 million</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openspace-pitchdeck-15-million-raise-menlo-jll-construction-tech-2020-7">OpenSpace, a startup that wants to be the telemedicine of construction, used this 24-page pitch deck to nab $15 million from investors including Menlo Ventures</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-raise-funding-startup-proptech-gearflow-construction-parts-2021-7">Read the 19-page pitch deck an online construction-parts marketplace trying to compete with Amazon used to raise millions</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/briq-pitch-deck-startup-funding-construction-proptech-tiger-global-2021-8">See the pitch deck that lured investing powerhouse Tiger Global to lead a $30 million round for a startup trying to revolutionize construction spending</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mosaic-pitch-deck-raised-14-million-from-a16z-construction-tech-2020-9?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp">Here's the 21-slide pitch deck construction-tech startup Mosaic used to lay out its vision for the future of homebuilding and nab $14 million from backers including Andreessen Horowitz</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/startup-northspyre-real-estate-developers-rely-less-on-spreadsheets-projects-2022-3">As building costs rise, this startup says real-estate developers can save millions by ditching spreadsheets. Here's the 12-slide pitch deck it used to raise $25 million.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-property-startup-plentific-raises-100-million-series-c-round-2021-8">Plentific helps big landlords source contractors for repairs. We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck it used to raise $100 million for expansion and acquisitions.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wreno-property-tech-5-million-seed-round-pitch-deck-2022-8">Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck the proptech platform Wreno used to raise a $5 million seed round</a></li></ul><h2><strong>Short-term rentals and hospitality</strong></h2><div type="image" title="Roman Pedan, Kasa Founder and CEO" height="3733" width="4978" msid="83667561" hostid="261"></div><p>The short-term rental market saw an explosion in the early days of the pandemic, as those looking for a place to wait out quarantine in comfort competed with those looking for a safer family vacation, driving up occupancy. Suddenly, <keyword id="35175" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="investing" source="Orion">investing</keyword> in vacation-rental properties that could be listed on Airbnb or Vrbo became extremely attractive, and regular people could take advantage of the cheap capital to do so.</p><p>Things have since swung in the other direction, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/people-worried-about-airbnb-bust-short-term-rentals-2022-11">with supply outpacing demand</a>, making some say the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-hosts-should-lower-their-expectations-occupancy-bookings-airdna-2022-7">gold rush is over</a>. However, short-term rental is here to stay, with companies that help people buy, manage, and invest properties finding plenty of customers — and investors. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/casai-short-term-rental-startup-48-million-a16z-latam-mexico-2020-10?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp">A Latin American short-term rental startup just raised $48 million in a Series A led by a16z. Here's the deck it uses to pitch institutional landlords it looks to partner with.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kasa-pitch-deck-raised-30-million-short-term-rental-startup-2020-11?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp">See the 26-page pitch deck Kasa Living used to raise $30 million while other short-term rental startups were folding</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/koala-pitch-deck-timeshare-marketplace-fundraise-booking-rentals-2020-9?r=proptech-pitch-decks-lp">Here's the pitch deck that Koala, a startup bringing an Airbnb-style marketplace to the wonky timeshare industry, used to raise $3.4 million</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/vacation-rental-startup-here-raised-5-million-pitch-deck-2022-7">See the pitch deck a startup used to raise $5 million to help people invest in shares of vacation homes for as little as $100</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-raised-26-million-celebrities-classpass-luxury-hotels-2022-12">Regular people can pay for a day pass to swim in pools at Ritz-Carlton hotels. Here's the pitch deck ResortPass used to raise $26 million from investors like The Points Guy, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jessica Alba.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-startup-buy-sell-manage-short-term-rentals-airbnbs-2022-12">See the pitch deck a startup used to raise $4 million to buy, sell, and manage short-term-rental properties</a></li></ul>

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