With misterb&b, experience a more welcoming world. We are the largest gay travel community in the world with 1 million listings in 200 countries, from private rooms & apartments to LGBTQ-friendly hotels.
misterb&b is not affiliated, endorsed, or otherwise associated with Airbnb
misterb&b is not affiliated, endorsed, or otherwise associated with Airbnb
Location: France, Ile-de-France, Paris
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $8.5M
Founded date: 2014
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | DG Venture... | dgventures... |
| - | SMI Ventur... | smi.ventur... |
| - | 500 Startu... | 500.co |
| - | Ventech | ventechvc.... |
| - | JPKE | jpke.de |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.06.2017 | Series A | $8.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.07.2025 | Some international LGBTQ+ travelers pull back on U.S. trips: ‘Why would I go there?’ | Bookings for queer-friendly housing accommodations in the U.S. on the LGBTQ+ travel platform misterb&b saw a 66% decline among Canadian users and a 32% decline among European users from February to April compared with the same period in... |
| 06.07.2023 | Powerful Video of LGBTQ+ Elders Triumphing at Inclusive "Silver Pride" by misterb&b | LGBTQ+ senior celebrates Silver Pride in Paris Queer elders celebrate Pride from balconies in Paris Silver Pride Progress flag by misterb&b misterb&b, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ travel community, makes Pride parades accessible for L... |
| 05.06.2023 | misterb&b Announces Launch of New In-App LGBTQ+ Travel Social Network Extension ‘Weere’ | Weere profiles allow you to specify your interests, mood, and upcoming trips to connect with like-minded community members. Weere allows you to find and connect with travelers abroad or in your own city. Find community and connection on you... |
| 18.03.2019 | misterb&b hits the equity crowdfunding trail to expand into hotels | Homosexuality is illegal in a third of the counties on this planet; in eight countries it is punishable by death. In the febrile atmosphere of today’s politics, hate-crime incidents in the U.S. increased by 17 percent from 2016 to 2017, acc... |
| 08.06.2017 | misterb&b raises $8.5 million to further grow its Airbnb-like platform for the gay community | misterb&b, a French startup with an Airbnb-like platform with 100,000 hosts in 135 countries, has closed a $8.5 million Series A funding round led by Berlin-based VC Project A and Ventech. With the new fresh capital, misterb&b plans... |
| 07.06.2017 | Misterb&b raises $8.5 million to build the Airbnb for the LGBTQ community | Is there room for smaller, more focused Airbnb competitors? French startup Misterb&b thinks so as the startup just raised $8.5 million from Project A and Ventech to build an apartment renting platform focused on the LGBTQ community. As ... |
| 07.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, June 7 | 500 Hello, it’s Fortune 500 day! The 2017 list is live here. For 63 years, this list has ranked the largest companies in the U.S. by revenue. Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop KKR got rather dramatically knocked... |
| 07.06.2017 | misterb&b Raises $8.5M in Series A Funding | misterb&b, a San Francisco, CA-based gay hotelier, closed an $8.5m Series A funding round. The round was led by Project A and Ventech. In conjunction with the funding, Anton Waitz, General Partner at Project A, and Jean Bourcereau, mana... |
| 04.10.2016 | These Startups Want To Be Airbnb Without Racial Profiling | Stefan Grant and some friends were staying at an Airbnb in Atlanta when police arrived at the door with guns drawn. Neighbors had called the police believing Grant, who is black, was robbing the apartment. The incident led Grant to create N... |
| 01.08.2016 | These New Startups Are Aiming to Fix the Sharing Economy’s Discrimination Problem | Illustration by Kitron Neuschatz Last month, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced that his company was hiring former US attorney general Eric Holder "to help craft a world-class anti-discrimination policy." Holder, as part of the ass... |
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