Founded in 2011, Knok operates an online community where members arrange home swaps as an alternative to hotels or vacation rentals. The platform supplements its core matching service with bespoke home-swapping insurance, smart search, personalized exchange recommendations, and private messaging to protect user privacy. Knok generates revenue by charging members a subscription fee. The company reports a community of roughly 20,000 users spanning 159 countries and claims that members can save €1,500–€2,500 on a typical 15-day vacation while enjoying more spacious accommodations and local insights. With fresh capital in hand, management plans to accelerate international expansion and further develop the technology behind its recommendation and search features. Prior to the latest raise, the founders had self-funded the business with €250,000.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Mar 2013