Airbnb

About

Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the internet.

San Francisco,California,United States
5001 - 10000
http://airbnb.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Private Equity（PE）
Last Funding Money Raised: $1B
Industries: Hospitality,Marketplace,Mobile Apps,Travel,Travel Accommodations
Founded date: Aug 11, 2008
Number Of Employee: 5001 - 10000
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: nasdaq:ABNB
Legal Name: Airbnb, Inc.
Also Known As: AirBed & Breakfast

Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the internet.

The company connects travelers seeking authentic experiences with hosts offering unique, inspiring spaces. Whether the available space is a castle for a night, a sailboat for a week, or an apartment for a month, Airbnb is the easiest way for people to showcase these distinctive spaces to an audience of millions. By facilitating bookings and financial transactions, Airbnb makes the process of listing or booking a space effortless and efficient.

With 4,500,000 listings in over 65,000 cities in 191 countries, the company offers the widest variety of unique spaces for everyone, at any price point around the globe.

The company was co-founded in August 2008 by Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, and is currently headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

32

$9.91B

Airbnb has raised a total of $9.91B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 10, 2020 from a IPO round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Dec 10, 2020	IPO	$3.48B	—	—	—	Detail
Dec 1, 2020	Funding Round	—	1	—	—	Detail
Jun 3, 2020	Secondary Market	—	3	—	—	Detail
Apr 14, 2020	Debt Financing	$1B	7	—	—	Detail
Apr 6, 2020	Private Equity（PE）	$1B	2	Silver Lake Sixth Street Partners	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

16

11

Airbnb has made 16 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 6, 2021, when Trala raised $6.90M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Dec 6, 2021 Trala	Series Unknown	$6.90M	E-Learning	—
Mar 22, 2021 ID.me	Series C	$100M	Cloud Data Services	—
Dec 9, 2019 Zeus Living	Series B	$55M	Home Decor	Yes
Oct 29, 2019 Tiqets	Series C	$60M	Media and Entertainment	Yes
Sep 10, 2019 Atlas Obscura	Series B	$20M	Digital Media	Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

18

83

Airbnb is funded by 83 investors. Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Silver Lake	Yes	Private Equity（PE）
Sixth Street Partners	Yes	Private Equity（PE）
CapitalG	Yes	Series Unknown
TCV	Yes	Series Unknown
JP Morgan Chase	Yes	Debt Financing
General Atlantic	Yes	Series E
Hillhouse Capital Group	Yes	Series E
Tiger Global Management	Yes	Series E
TPG	Yes	Series D
Founders Fund	Yes	Series C

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

191

Airbnb has 191 current employee profiles, including Board member Alfred Lin

Board member

Advisor

Executive

Employee

Executive

Exits

Airbnb has had 2 exits. Airbnb most notable exits include The Wing , Resy, American Express Global Dining Network

Date	Company Name	Exit Type	Industry
Feb 11, 2021	The Wing	M&A	Collaboration	Detail
May 15, 2019	Resy, American Express Global Dining Network	M&A	Apps	Detail

Acquisition

Airbnb has acquired 25 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Accoleo on Jun 1, 2011. They acquired Accoleo for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Jun 1, 2011 Accoleo	E-Commerce	acquisition	—	Detail
Mar 20, 2012 Crashpadder	Hotel	acquisition	—	Detail
Jul 1, 2012 NabeWise	Communities	—	—	Detail
Jul 24, 2012 DailyBooth	Industrial Engineering	acquisition	—	Detail
Oct 3, 2012 Fondu	Location Based Services	—	—	Detail