Airbnb

An online marketplace for short-term rentals, where hosts list places to stay, experiences and services that guests can search for and book.

Consumer & mediaOnline travel and short-term rental marketplaceSan Francisco, United States
FoundersSince 2008
Valuation
$31B
Total raised
$3.4B
Last round · Apr 2020
First lien term loan
Founded
2008
Employees
8,200
Quarters in VP50
2

Valuation

$1B$10B20122013201420152016$31B
Airbnb priced rounds
RoundDatePost-money valuationRaisedLed by
Series BJul 24, 2011$1.3B$112MAndreessen Horowitz
Series COct 28, 2013$2.5B$200MFounders Fund
Series DApr 18, 2014$10B$450MDragoneer Investment Group and TPG
Series EJun 2015$26B$1.5BGeneral Atlantic, Hillhouse Capital Group, and Tiger Global Management
Funding roundNov 20, 2015$26B$100MUnknown
Series FSep 22, 2016$31B$1.0BGoogle Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV)
Post-money valuation at each priced round. Log scale.Hover a point for the round

Updated

In VP50

  1. Q4 2023: no place
  2. Q1 2024: no place
  3. Q2 2024: no place
  4. Q3 2024: no place
  5. Q4 2024: no place
  6. Q1 2025: no place
  7. Q2 2025: no place
  8. Q3 2025: no place
  9. Q4 2025: no place
  10. Q1 2026: no place
  11. Q2 2026: no place
  12. Q3 2026: no place
  13. Q4 2026: no place

Place by quarter since Q4 2023. Best place #4, held for two quarters in a row.

Funding rounds

DateRound · leadRaisedValuation
Apr 14, 2020First lien term loan$1.0B—
Apr 6, 2020Second lien term loan with warrants · Silver Lake, Sixth Street Partners$1.0B—
Sep 22, 2016Series F · Google Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV)$1.0B$31B
Nov 20, 2015Funding round$100M$26B
Apr 18, 2014Series D · Dragoneer Investment Group, TPG$450M$10B
Oct 28, 2013Series C · Founders Fund$200M$2.5B
Jul 24, 2011Series B · Andreessen Horowitz$112M$1.3B
Nov 2010Series A · Greylock Partners$7M—
Apr 2009Seed · Sequoia Capital$1M—
2009Funding round · Y Combinator$0M—

Team

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