| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.11.2025 | The biggest European traveltech deals in H1 2025 | Traveltech is one of the industries that quietly shapes how the European technology ecosystem operates. Behind every itinerary is software that simplifies trips, from policy-compliant bookings and automated approvals to organised expense tr... |
| 04.06.2025 | Holidu lands €46M in funding, acquires French rental company Cybevasion | - |
| 06.05.2025 | The Future of Manufacturing: 3D Spark's Rise in the Digital Age | In the bustling world of manufacturing, change is the only constant. Enter 3D Spark, a Hamburg-based startup that is redefining how businesses approach production. With a recent funding boost of €2 million, the company is poised to revoluti... |
| 06.05.2025 | +++ Personio +++ Neugründungen +++ Verena Hubertz +++ Heatle +++ BAND +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Dienstag, 6. Mai). #STARTUPLAND
SAVE THE DATE: Am 5. November findet unsere zweite STARTUPLAND statt. Es erw... |
| 05.05.2025 | Hilo sammelt 42 Millionen ein – 3D Spark bekommt 2 Millionen – Topcon kauft RetInSight | Im #DealMonitor für den 5. Mai werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Archi... |
| 30.04.2025 | Holidu Buys Finca Mallorca | Holidu, a Munich, Germany-based provider of a software platform for hosts, acquired Finca Mallorca, a Cologne, Germany-based provider of a platform for vacation rentals.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The acquisition will expand ... |
| 15.05.2024 | Munich-based Holidu acquires the Spanish vacation rental portal Clubrural to expand in the tourism sector | - |
| 15.05.2024 | Holidu Acquires Clubrural | Holidu, a Munich, Germany-based vacation rental company, acquired Clubrural, a Madrid, Spain-based provider of a portal for rural vacation rentals in Spain and Portugal.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
With the acquisition, Holidu... |
| 02.05.2024 | EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 67: Johannes Siebers, Co-Founder & CEO of Holidu | - |
| 21.10.2022 | Holidu Raises $102 Million for Vacation Rental Software: Travel Startup Funding This Week | Travel startups announced nearly $163 million in funding over the last two weeks.
>> Holidu, a Munich-based vacation rental software company, has raised a series E oversubscribed round of nearly $102 million, led by previous investor ... |
| 19.10.2022 | Munich-based vacation rental company Holidu secures €100M, eyes expansion | Munich-based Holidu, a vacation rental company, announced on Wednesday that it has closed €100M in a Series E round of funding led by 83North.
Northzone, HV Capital, Vintage Investment Partners, Commonfund Capital, Prime Ventures, EQT Ventu... |
| 19.10.2022 | Holidu pockets $102M to keep growing its vacation rentals business in Europe | Munich-based software and services vacation rental startup, Holidu, has topped up its coffers with an oversubscribed €104 million (~$102 million) Series E funding round of equity and debt, led by existing investor 83North, after seeing its ... |
| 01.12.2021 | See the most — and least — affordable ski resorts in Colorado, according to this price ranking | Between lift tickets and gear purchases, skiing isn’t exactly known for being a budget-friendly sport. And that’s before you factor in lodging should you decide to do a destination slope stay.
Luckily for Coloradans, a couple of the state’s... |
| 15.05.2021 | VCBay Weekly News Roundup – Clubhouse launches on Play Store, Bird plans to go public | Welcome to VCBay Weekly News Roundup. Here are some important developments in the startup space and major funding rounds this week – |
| 13.05.2021 | Holidu raises $45M in Series D after growing profitably amidst the corona crisis | May 2021
Holidu, a leading technology company in the vacation rental industry, announced today that it has secured $45M in capital. The Series D funding round is led by 83North with participation from existing investors; Prime Ventures, EQ... |
| 13.05.2021 | Germany's Holidu lands €37M Series D | Holidu, the provider of a search engine for holiday rentals, has received €37 million in a round led by 83North. The funds will be used to double the size of its tech team and invest in new partnerships to keep expanding supply. Munich-base... |
| 13.05.2021 | Vacation rental startup Holidu raised USD 45 million in Series D funding | Vacation rental startup Holidu has raised USD 45 million in Series D funding, thus raising the total funding to more than USD 120 million, as announced on May 12, 2021. |
| 12.05.2021 | Holidu books $45M after growing its vacation rentals business ~50% YoY during COVID-19 | Vacation rental startup Holidu has tucked $45 million in Series D funding into its suitcase — bringing its total raised since being founded back in 2014 to more than $120M.
The latest funding round is led by 83North with participation from ... |
| 12.05.2021 | German traveltech company Holidu raises €37.1M after growing profitable last year, despite the pandemic | The Covid-19 pandemic has severely impacted the global travel and tourism industry. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, the pandemic caused a 22 per cent fall in international tourist arrivals during the first quarte... |
| 12.05.2021 | Holidu Raises $45 Million for Vacation Rental Search and Services | There’s only one question you need to ask of a startup to determine its fate. Did it have a good pandemic? Holidu and its tech services brand Bookiply certainly did, thanks to their focus on the vacation rental sector.
— Sean O'Neill |
| 12.05.2021 | German traveltech company Holidu raises €37 million to continue expansion | Holidu, a leading technology scaleup in the holiday rental industry, today announced that it has secured €37 million, in capital. Last year we interviewed Johannes Siebers, co-founder of Holidu, about their fast-growing traveltech company a... |
| 02.11.2020 | World Vegan Day: Happy Cow Data Reveals UK’s Most Vegan-Friendly Cities | Holiday rental search engine Holidu has analysed data from Happy Cow to find out which UK cities are the most vegan-friendly. Founded in 1999, Happy Cow is an app and website aimed at helping people find plant-based eateries in cities acros... |
| 25.09.2020 | Holidu Raises More Than $5 Million for Rental Search: Travel Startup Funding This Week | Holidu has been winning the pandemic. It has become profitable thanks to a surge of interest in vacation rentals and holiday homes.
— Sean O'Neill |
| 18.09.2020 | Former Booking.com CEO invests €4 million in Holidu, one of the fastest-growing traveltechs | Holidu, one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide, today announced that former Booking.com CEO Kees Koolen has invested more than €4 million into the company from his personal fund as part of a €5 million extension to the €... |
| 18.09.2020 | Former Booking.com CEO puts €4 million into Munich-based travel tech startup Holidu | Holidu, a Munich-based travel tech company, today announced a €5 million extension to its €40 million Series C round from last year. Notably, €4 million of that extension comes the personal fund of former Booking.com CEO and Uber advisor Ke... |
| 18.09.2020 | Holidu Raises Over $4M from Kees Koolen | Holidu, a Munich, Germany-based travel tech company, received an investment of more than €4m former Booking.com CEO Kees Koolen.
Koolen has invested into the company from his personal fund as part of a €5m extension to the €40m Series C rou... |
| 18.09.2020 | Former Booking.com CEO Kees Koolen invests in German tech startup Holidu as the vacation rental company turns profitable | Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide. The Munich, Germany-based tech startup aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technolo... |
| 18.09.2020 | Munich-based Holidu turns profitable amid pandemic; raises funding from former Booking.com CEO Kees Koolen | The COVD-19 pandemic has severely impacted the global travel and tourism industry. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a 22% fall in international tourist arrivals during the ... |
| 18.09.2019 | Holidu raises €40m Series C financing led by Prime Ventures | Holidu, a leading tech company in the vacation rental industry, has closed a €40m Series C funding round. The round was led by Prime Ventures, with participation from Coparion and MairDuMont Ventures. All existing investors, including EQT V... |
| 18.09.2019 | This Munich-based startup’s search engine help you plan your holidays a lot easier | Based out of Munich, Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide that aims to make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Recently, the search engine company has raised a €40 million funding in Series C ro... |
| 17.09.2019 | Holidu raises €40M Series C for its holiday rentals search engine | Holidu, the Munich-headquartered holiday rentals search engine that is now active in 21 country markets, has raised €40 million in Series C funding.
The round was led by Prime Ventures, with participation from coparion and MairDuMont Ventur... |
| 17.09.2019 | Munich-based Holidu raises €40 million in Series C funding for its holiday rental platform | Munich-based Holidu is global price comparison platform for holiday rentals, where people to find, compare, and book vacation rentals around the world.
Founded in 2014, the startup announced today that it has raised a €40 million Series C f... |
| 17.09.2019 | Holidu raises €40 million to expand new service for vacation rental owners | Munich-based Holidu announced €40 million of Series C funding to expand its signature software-and-service products for the vacation rental market. The round was led by Prime Ventures, with support from coparion and MairDuMont Ventures. All... |
| 17.09.2019 | Holidu raises €40m to simplify holiday renting | Holidu, a Munich-based startup that compares the prices of listings across sites like AirBnb and Booking.com, has raised €40m, joining an increasingly crowded space of startups raising money to help make sense of digital holiday admin.
The ... |
| 18.08.2018 | 10 европейских стартапов, наводящих шорох в трэвел-индустрии | В преддверии конференции Travel Tech Conference Russia, на которой проходит конкурс стартапов, я решил опубликовать перевод статьи с сайта EU Startups о 10 «горячих» стартапах в трэвел-индустрии.
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| 09.01.2016 | Holidu Closes €5M Series A Funding Round | Holidu, a Munich, Germany-based search engine for holiday rentals, raised €5m in Series A funding.
The round was led by EQT ventures with participation from Venture Stars, Senovo, Chris Hitchen and other angel investors.
The company will us... |
| 07.01.2016 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 07.01.2016 | Vacation Rentals Search Engine Holidu Raises €5M Series A | It was only last July that HomeToGo, a European ‘metasearch’ engine for holiday rentals, raised €6 million in Series A funding. And now competitor Holidu has gotten in on the fundraising action.
The Munich-based company has closed a €5 mill... |
| 07.01.2016 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Toast raises $30 million for Android-powered point-of-sale system to challenge Square
Toast announced that it has raised a $... |
| 07.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 7, 2016 | Guardant Health raised $100M; Founders Fund invested $52M in NuBank; Sisense received $50M funding
IQuity Labs, a Nashville, TN-basedbiotechnology company specializing in diagnostic tests for autoimmune disease and related conditions, secur... |
| 07.01.2016 | Munich-based Holidu secures € 5 Million in Series A financing to simplify the search for vacation rentals | Well, the following news makes me a little bit proud – since I picked Holidu back in 2014 to be part of the pitch competition of our first EU-Startups Conference.
Today, Holidu, the search engine for vacation rentals, has announced the clos... |
| 10.09.2014 | Holidu, vacation rental search site, secures a new round of funding | Holidu, one of the largest vacation rental search sites in the world, announced yesterday that it has secured a ‘high 6-figure’ financing that will now be used to spur further growth and expansion.
Launched in May 2014 and based in Munich, ... |
| - | Out of 118 countries, these are the top 5 for road trips in 2022 | The highly transmissible omicron Covid-19 variant has some travelers thinking twice about air travel again.
While travel bookings are surging this year, some people are sticking with one of the biggest trends to have emerged from the pandem... |
| - | Holidu | “Holidu is a search engine for vacation rentals. Search and compare more than 15 million vacation homes and save up to 55% on identical accommodations.” |
| - | Holidu | “Huge selection of high-quality vacation rentals, vacation homes, villas ✔ Book verified accommodation at the best price with confidence ✔ Holiday accommodation with pool, sea view, child-friendly, pet-friendly ✔ Specialist for the most bea... |
