Startup · $53.7m raised
Australia’s largest short-term rental property management company
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Hometime raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Asia Principal Capital | Unnamed stage | $1,500,000 |
| OneVentures | Unnamed stage | $6,000,000 |
| Fifth Estate Asset Management | Unnamed stage | $10,000,000 |
| 15 existing backers | Unnamed stage | - |
| Commonwealth Bank | Unnamed stage | - |
| Verona Capital | Unnamed stage | - |
| AS1 Capital | Venture debt · Unnamed stage | - |
| NAB Venture | Unnamed stage | - |
| NAB Ventures | Venture debt · Unnamed stage | - |
| One Ventures | Venture debt | - |
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.
| Company | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host My Home | Acquisition | 2019 | - | Startup Daily (30 Jan 2026), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (29 Jan 2026), Startup Daily (19 Jul 2024), Startup Daily (6 May 2024) |
| bnbpal | Acquisition | 2019 | - | Startup Daily (30 Jan 2026), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (29 Jan 2026), Startup Daily (19 Jul 2024), Startup Daily (6 May 2024) |
| Hey Tom | Acquisition | 2018 | - | Startup Daily (30 Jan 2026), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (29 Jan 2026), Startup Daily (19 Jul 2024), Startup Daily (6 May 2024) |
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.
Also Startup Daily
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.