Startup · $59.7m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Hometime raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| 15 existing backers | Unnamed stage | - |
| AS1 Capital | Unnamed stage · Venture debt · Unnamed stage | - |
| Asia Principal Capital | Seed | $1,500,000 |
| CBA | Unnamed stage | - |
| Fifth Estate Asset Management | Unnamed stage | $10,000,000 |
| NAB Ventures | Unnamed stage · Venture debt · Unnamed stage | - |
| OneVentures | Unnamed stage · Venture debt · Venture debt | $6,000,000 |
| Verona Capital | Unnamed stage | - |
Every published round Hometime took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Hometime has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
Fund closes reported for Hometime, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Hometime has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Hometime did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Hometime is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Hometime acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Hometime. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Short-term rental manager Hometime has hired Alison Walsh, previously CMO at Chatime Australia and a 17-year Guzman y Gomez veteran, as its chief marketing officer, reporting to co-founder and CEO Billy Crock.
Roundup of six Australian funding deals: AutoGrab, Applied EV, Checkbox, Hometime, Factory and On the House, with amounts, investors, and Hometime's past acquisitions and raise history detailed.
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Sydney short-stay property manager Hometime has secured $19 million in fresh equity and debt, led by Verona Capital with Commonwealth Bank refinancing; the piece also recounts earlier raises and three rival acquisitions.
Hometime, a Sydney platform managing Airbnb properties, has banked $10m from Fifth Estate Asset Management to fund acquisitions, adding two directors; earlier raises and rival takeovers are also recalled.
Weekly roundup of seven trans-Tasman raises totalling $27.4 million, headlined by Xefco's $10.5 million round, plus Hometime board appointments and Matrak's China expansion.
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Tidal Ventures profiles team member Kieran O’Neill, who moved from KPMG and London banking through co-founding Hometime into the firm’s seed investing team in 2022.
Property management service Hometime raised $6.7 million led by NAB Ventures and AS1 Capital, after $6 million in May, and acquired rental managers Host My Home and Bnbpal to consolidate its Australian position.
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NAB will lend startups $2 billion over five years as venture debt gains ground: Leap Capital closed a $50 million fund, OneVentures opened a $45 million debt vehicle, and backed Hometime with $6 million.
Sydney startup Hometime secured a $6 million debt and equity deal from OneVentures, the inaugural investment of its new $100 million venture credit fund run with Israel's Viola.
Profile of Hometime, a Sydney property manager for short-term rentals, covering its rapid growth, market expansion, past seed funding, several acquisitions, and plans for another raise.
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