{"id":118681,"date":"2020-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/airbnb-secures-1-billion-investment-for-operational-expansion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:14:08","slug":"airbnb-secures-1-billion-investment-for-operational-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/airbnb-secures-1-billion-investment-for-operational-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbnb secures $1 billion investment for operational expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The American company Airbnb, operator of the eponymous accommodation booking platform, has attracted a $1 billion investment from Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners, funds that will be used to finance current activities and expand operations, including through investments in long-term home rentals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Airbnb facilitates short-term accommodation rentals, connecting tourists with property owners.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At the same time, the company announced that it will focus on the long-term housing rental segment, with students and relocated employees being specifically targeted. Airbnb did not provide details regarding the structure of the attracted investment, nor did it indicate the company&#8217;s valuation after the new funding round.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Who are the investors in this Airbnb funding round?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The $1 billion investment was provided by Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the purpose of the new $1 billion investment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The funds will be used to support current operations and expand into the long-term rental market for students and professionals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Airbnb&#8217;s current valuation after this investment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Airbnb has not disclosed the company&#8217;s updated valuation following this specific funding round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American company Airbnb, operator of the eponymous accommodation booking platform, has attracted a $1 billion investment from Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners, funds that will be used to finance current activities and expand operations, including through investments in long-term home rentals. Airbnb facilitates short-term accommodation rentals, connecting tourists with property owners. At the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":68050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118681"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}