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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Stayz raised.
Companies Stayz acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Stayz. 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.
Canva has bought AI agent platform Simtheory and marketing software Ortto from the Sharkey brothers, who also founded Stayz — its fourth and fifth purchases this year, prices undisclosed.
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.
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Luxury pod-hotel venture Wander has landed angel backing from Airbnb's former Australian chief inside an ongoing Birchal crowdfunding campaign that has drawn nearly $600,000 in pledges for regional expansion.
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Melbourne accommodation booking platform Riparide raised $4 million from Macdoch Ventures and Upswell Ventures to fund its first international expansion, starting with Auckland, New Zealand.
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