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
Recent funding
Equity
Oct 2016
$24M
Equity
Jan 2016
$11M