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Second Home

68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL, United Kingdom

Overview

Second Home operates trendy workspaces aimed at tech startups. The company is based in London and offers curated coworking environments. It plans to use new capital to continue expansion across the UK, into Portugal and into the US. Second Home raised £20 million (approximately €22 million) in the latest funding. New investors in this round include Michael Birch, Yuri Milner and the Sainsbury family. The company was co-founded by Sam Aldenton and Rohan Silva and had previously raised around €10 million from Index Ventures, Tencent chairman Martin Lau, Robin Klein, Christian Hernandez, Fabrice Grinda and others. Second Home operates design-forward co-working spaces and membership clubs that bring together fashion, designers, startups, investors and creative professionals. The company was founded by Rohan Silva and Sam Aldenton and emphasizes eclectic, highly designed communal work and event spaces. Second Home Lisbon will feature a 100m-long communal work table, private AV-equipped meeting rooms, a 400-person events space, and a late-night bar with a bookshop. Members can move between the London and Lisbon locations without paying extra for membership. The company is expanding its London site by adding three new floors and plans to open in Los Angeles early next year. Second Home announced a new £7.5 million ($10.7M) funding round as it pursues these geographic expansions.

Total raised
$35M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Oct 2016

Industries

  • Coworking
  • Recreation
  • Social Entrepreneurship
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Oct 2016

    $24M

  2. Equity

    Jan 2016

    $11M

Team

  • Rohan Silva

    Co-founder &CEO

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  • Samuel Aldenton

    Co-Founder

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  • Josh Rivers

    Director of Membership and Experience

  • Mita Patel

    Senior Member & Community Manager