Startup · $17.1m raised
Sydney short-term rental management platform helping real estate agencies manage short-term rental properties
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round MadeComfy raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| BridgeLane | Unnamed stage | - |
| Commencer Capital | Unnamed stage | - |
| Investec | Unnamed stage | - |
| MC Fiduciary | Unnamed stage | - |
The transaction that ended MadeComfy's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oyo | Acquisition | 3 Aug 2025 | $50m+ | community.verified.realestate, Startup Daily, vrinsider.com, bwdisrupt.com, SmartCompany |
| Belvilla | Acquisition | 21 Jul 2025 | - | Crunchbase News, tradeunlisted.com, planify.in, businessreviewlive.com, economictimes.indiatimes.com, newswire.nokomis.in |
Companies MadeComfy acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Sabrina Schwaighofer | co-CEO · Founder | vrinsider.com, SmartCompany |
| Sabrina Bethunin | co-CEO · Founder | bwdisrupt.com, tradeunlisted.com, businessreviewlive.com, economictimes.indiatimes.com, newswire.nokomis.in |
| Quirin Schwaighofer | co-CEO · Founder | Startup Daily, vrinsider.com, bwdisrupt.com, SmartCompany (4 Aug 2025), tradeunlisted.com, businessreviewlive.com, economictimes.indiatimes.com, SmartCompany (5 May 2023), newswire.nokomis.in |
Stories naming MadeComfy. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Travel giant Oyo's purchase of local rental manager MadeComfy tops $50 million; founders remain as co-CEOs, and the piece recalls earlier raises and rival sector deals.
Also Startup Daily·bwdisrupt.com·vrinsider.com·community.verified.realestate
Roundup of travel-sector dealmaking: KKR invests in Etraveli at a reported $3.1 billion valuation, Airalo, TravelPerk and Klook raise big rounds, and SevenRooms and MadeComfy are acquired.
Oyo's Belvilla has acquired Australian short-term rental manager MadeComfy in a cash-and-stock deal, with share components valuing Oyo near $5 billion; the piece also recalls Oyo's earlier acquisitions of @Leisure Group and G6 Hospitality.
Also businessreviewlive.com·newswire.nokomis.in·tradeunlisted.com·community.verified.realestate·planify.in·Crunchbase News
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 reporting four Australian startups together raising $69.5 million: Eucalyptus $50 million, MadeComfy $10 million, Safewill $5.5 million Series A, and rebranded InvestorHub $4 million.
Three ex-Investec executives launch Stride Equity, a crowdfunding platform where vetted startups get crowd raises plus co-investment from the Stride Lead fund; the founders previously backed firms including Vocus and Airtasker.