Whimstay is a San Francisco-based platform that connects short-term rental hosts in North America with last-minute guests to fill nights that would otherwise go unrented. The company focuses on booking last-minute stays and complements property managers' overall distribution strategies, according to CEO David Weiss. Whimstay said vacation rentals are vacant roughly half of the time each year, and its bookings are up seven times year to date versus the same period last year, with March its best month yet. The startup recently integrated into Google Vacation Rentals to expand distribution. It plans to use new capital for key hires and to develop new products and features, including improvements to search experience, guest engagement, loyalty and rewards programs, ancillary fintech products, and sales conversion initiatives. The company raised $10 million in equity financing from undisclosed investors.

Total raised

$10M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Apr 2023