lacomunity.com is a holiday vacation rental website led by CEO Francesc Sanz Puigdemont. The Barcelona, Spain–based portal lists holiday apartments, villas and unique lodging experiences and enables users to instant book properties. By the end of 2016 the portal will enable users to instant book more than 100,000 properties across 79 countries and 1,490 cities. The company closed a €800K funding round. It intends to use the funds to continue to expand in Europe and globally. Backers were not disclosed in the announcement. LaComunity.com is a holiday rentals club based in Barcelona, Spain, led by CEO and founder Francesc Sanz. The platform features over 50,000 accommodations across France, the Netherlands, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia and works only with professional, licensed properties. The company operates with a team of 15. It raised €350K in this funding round, after having raised €400K earlier in 2015. Backers in the new round included La Caixa via Caixa Capital Risc, public funds and a syndicate of business angels and investment firms (Reus-Tarragona Business Angels, Principal 1ª, Grupo Soifler, RTV Capital, Jaime Carreño and Argos Capital). The company plans to use the proceeds to expand into international markets and add 100,000 new locations worldwide.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Oct 2016