At LYRIC™ we’re on a mission to design and operate accommodations for the modern business traveler. The way we do that is by designing space and technology which empower a more creative and connected world.
Through key real estate partnerships that include 20 of the NMHC “Top 50” developers, our premium and purposeful boutique suites are reimagining the future of living for the modern business traveler. We’re growing a network of spaces - set within inspired buildings in the most exciting neighborhoods in the country - that combines the productivity of a workspace, the inspiration of an artistic studio, and the amenities of a luxury hotel. Designed, installed and managed entirely in-house, we’ve created a dynamic housing solution built for the future of real estate. Whether you stay one or 200 nights, our focus is on flexibility, purpose, and community to help you unlock possible.
Through key real estate partnerships that include 20 of the NMHC “Top 50” developers, our premium and purposeful boutique suites are reimagining the future of living for the modern business traveler. We’re growing a network of spaces - set within inspired buildings in the most exciting neighborhoods in the country - that combines the productivity of a workspace, the inspiration of an artistic studio, and the amenities of a luxury hotel. Designed, installed and managed entirely in-house, we’ve created a dynamic housing solution built for the future of real estate. Whether you stay one or 200 nights, our focus is on flexibility, purpose, and community to help you unlock possible.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +1 844-746-1324
Total raised: $175.5M
Founded date: 2014
Founders name: Andrew Kitchell
Founders Related Locations: United States, California, San Francisco
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| 06.07.2021 | New Enterp... | nea.com |
| 08.11.2020 | RAINFALL V... | rainfall.c... |
| - | NFX | nfx.com |
| - | SineWave V... | sinewave.v... |
| - | AXA Ventur... | axavp.com |
| - | SignalFire | signalfire... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 18.04.2019 | Series B | $160M | - |
| 21.02.2018 | Series A | $15.5M | New Enterp... |
Persons 2
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Andrew | Kitchell | CEO &a... | linkedin.c... | - | - | United Sta... |
| - | Wil | Everts | Head Of En... | linkedin.c... | - | - | United Sta... |
Mentions in press and media 18
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| 25.04.2025 | Apptegy's Strategic Move: A New Era for K-12 Communication with AlwaysOn Acquisition | In the fast-paced world of education technology, communication is the lifeblood of school districts. Apptegy, a Little Rock-based company, has made a bold move by acquiring AlwaysOn, a startup renowned for its AI-powered K-12 chatbot. This ... |
| 24.04.2025 | Apptegy Acquires AlwaysOn | Apptegy, a Little Rock, AR-based provider of communication and brand management solutions for school districts, acquired AlwaysOn, an AI-powered K-12 chatbot solution provider. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. With the acquisition ... |
| 27.03.2025 | Reporter’s Notebook: 3 Early-Stage AI Investors On How They’re Backing Startups With No Moats The AI shakeup | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Earlier this month I was in Las Vegas for HumanX, a new AI industry conference, alongside about 3,000 other attendees. I also moderated a panel on-stage with early-stage investors from three VC firms... |
| 24.06.2024 | Trustwise: Gen AI Performance And Risk Management Company Raises $4 Million In Seed Funding | Trustwise, a generative AI (Gen AI) application performance and risk management, announced its official launch, the release of its Optimize:ai product, and $4 million in seed financing. The round was led by Hitachi Ventures with participati... |
| 20.04.2022 | Wheelhouse spins out of Lyric with $16M for the flex rental market | In mid-2020, short-term rental startup Lyric Hospitality shuttered most of its locations in what was widely viewed as another pandemic casualty. But the San Francisco company — which was out to help folks who struggled to decide between sta... |
| 03.02.2020 | Startup The Guild Targets Business Travelers; Raises $25M In Series B | Austin-based startup The Guild raised $25 million in their latest round of funding. |
| 06.01.2020 | The Guild, which turns apartments into short-term rentals, has nabbed $25 million in Series B funding | The Guild, a nearly four-year-old, Austin, Texas-based startup that turns apartments into comfortable short-term accommodations for business and other travelers, has landed $25 million in Series B funding from some of its earlier investors,... |
| 14.11.2019 | Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 1 of 2) | The multi-trillion dollar global real estate market is getting flipped on its head. Business model innovation, data accessibility and the proliferation of mobile, SaaS and other cloud-native software have already given rise to a cohort of t... |
| 27.09.2019 | Airbnb Arbitrage: How Professional Hosts Are Filling The Unicorn’s Call For Quality Rentals | A Sonder living room.Sonder |
| 09.09.2019 | Pascal H. Widmer from Alpana Ventures about the trends of early stage investments in Switzerland | Pascal H. Widmer from Alpana Ventures about the trends of early stage investments in Switzerland 09.09.2019 16:00, Guillaume Tinsel linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube --> Since end 2015, Alpana supported 40 startups in various f... |
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