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Airbnb clone 9flats acquires iStopOver

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

The Berlin-based Airbnb clone 9flats today announced the acquisition of iStopOver, which is based in Toronto (Canada). This purchase will probably enable 9flats to double its total offering of apartments/homes to about 100,000 after completion of the transaction. The concrete terms of … Continue reading →

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9flats: T-Venture leads multi million € investment

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

9flats, one of the leading European providers of private short-term rentals, just announced that it has completed a major investment round led by T-Venture, the Venture Capital arm of Deutsche Telekom AG. Conrcrete financial details of this deal were not … Continue reading →

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Airbnb clone 9flats now offers a host protection plan

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Probably as a reaction to the latest problems at Airbnb, 9flats.com, one of Europe’s largest platforms for private accommodation rentals, has now decided to offer their hosts worldwide protection for their properties. From this Thursday, German hosts are enabled to … Continue reading →

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Airbnb clone 9flats added some new languages

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

9flats, one of the German Airbnb clones, has just added some new languages to its platform. The social marketplace for “space”, which was founded by the former Qype-creator Stephan Uhrenbacher, now speaks also Turkish, Polish and Dutch. Together with the previous … Continue reading →

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Updates about 9flats and its major financing round

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Last Tuesday Stephan Uhrenbacher, the co-founder of 9flats, announced a “major” investment round via twitter. Now we have some more details: The German Airbnb-clone secured an investment of $10 million from Redpoint Ventures and eVenture Capital Partners. The fresh capital … Continue reading →

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9flats and wimdu: The German clones of airbnb

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Just 6 weeks ago Stephan Uhrenbacher, the founder of Qype, officially launched his new startup called 9flats – wich is basically a clone of the US-based airbnb. The idea behind this copied business model is a trusted community marketplace for … Continue reading →

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