Location: 19 Rausch St, Suite C, San Francisco, California 94103, United States

Founded in: 2008
Stage: Profitable
Number of employees: 1-5
Profitable year: already profitable
Short URL: vator.co/airbnb

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Airbnb

Travel like a human.
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California, United States United States

http://www.airbnb.com

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Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "FWD.us loses two backers in Elon Musk and David Sacks"

Controversial ads praising supporters of the Keystone Pipeline may have contributed – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Google Ventures takes on MG Siegler as newest partner"

Siegler is a tech journalist turned founder of CrunchFund – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Zuckerberg forms new PAC to tackle immigration reform"

Fwd.us, backed by Mayer, Schmidt, Musk and others, will also take on education and research – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Twitter launches redesigned resource to help businesses"

Site features marketing tips, glossary, and ideas on how to promote on Twitter – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Twitter SVP joins Braintree board of directors"

Chris Fry will bring experience building developer platform and consumer apps – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "The top 10 Los Angeles startups to watch"

Many of L.A.'s hottest startups are tied to celebrities like Justin Timberlake and Kim Kardashian – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "VMware CTO Stephen Herrod joining General Catalyst"

Herrod will stay on as an advisor to VMware – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Social media predictions for 2013"

Will Google+ finally rise? Will Twitter go public? What will the next big thing be? – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Wildfire exec Tom Rikert joining Andreessen Horowitz"

Rikert will be part of the deal and research team, and will focus on enterprise companies – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "The companies investors wish they hadn't passed up"

At Vator Splash NY, the panel discusses successful companies that they regretfully passed over – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb launches Neighborhood Guides and Local Lounges"

Two new services designed to make renters feel less like tourists – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb confirms $117M round B"

Round previously said to have closed at $112M last year – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Peter Thiel to put $150 million into Airbnb?"

Funds would more than double Airbnb's total raised; valuation would be $2.5 billion – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb: 26% of all traffic now comes from mobile"

Airbnb says more than half of all mobile traffic is coming from iOS devices – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "CouchSurfing finds another $15M in the cushions "

With 5M users, CouchSurfing continues to thrive in a similar space with AirBnb, Triptrotting, Tripl – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb creates wish list feature for travel discovery"

Users can now create lists of travel desires and share them much like Pinterest boards – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb hits 10 million guest nights booked"

Europe leads the vacation rental service trend as competitor Onefinestay gets new injection of funds – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "JustAnswer rebrands as Pearl, raises $25M"

Charles Schwab invests in Quora competitor, which is on track to generate $100M in 2012 – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Andreessen Horowitz makes bold donation to philanthropy"

Partners pledge to donate half their lifetime earnings to charity – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb buys up UK rival, Crashpadder, ahead of Olympics"

UK site gives Airbnb a leg up to serve the demand in rooms in London – Read more

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Company description

Airbnb.com is the “Ebay of space.” The online marketplace allows anyone from private residents to commercial properties to rent out their extra space. The reputation-based site allows for user reviews, verification, and online transactions, for which Airbnb takes a commission. As of June, 2009, the San Francisco-based company has listings in over 1062 cities in 76 countries.

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We take an average of 10% commission on all reservations.

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Posted: August 03, 2009
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Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "FWD.us loses two backers in Elon Musk and David Sacks"

Controversial ads praising supporters of the Keystone Pipeline may have contributed – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Google Ventures takes on MG Siegler as newest partner"

Siegler is a tech journalist turned founder of CrunchFund – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Zuckerberg forms new PAC to tackle immigration reform"

Fwd.us, backed by Mayer, Schmidt, Musk and others, will also take on education and research – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Twitter launches redesigned resource to help businesses"

Site features marketing tips, glossary, and ideas on how to promote on Twitter – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Twitter SVP joins Braintree board of directors"

Chris Fry will bring experience building developer platform and consumer apps – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "The top 10 Los Angeles startups to watch"

Many of L.A.'s hottest startups are tied to celebrities like Justin Timberlake and Kim Kardashian – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "VMware CTO Stephen Herrod joining General Catalyst"

Herrod will stay on as an advisor to VMware – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Social media predictions for 2013"

Will Google+ finally rise? Will Twitter go public? What will the next big thing be? – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Wildfire exec Tom Rikert joining Andreessen Horowitz"

Rikert will be part of the deal and research team, and will focus on enterprise companies – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "The companies investors wish they hadn't passed up"

At Vator Splash NY, the panel discusses successful companies that they regretfully passed over – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb launches Neighborhood Guides and Local Lounges"

Two new services designed to make renters feel less like tourists – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb confirms $117M round B"

Round previously said to have closed at $112M last year – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Peter Thiel to put $150 million into Airbnb?"

Funds would more than double Airbnb's total raised; valuation would be $2.5 billion – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb: 26% of all traffic now comes from mobile"

Airbnb says more than half of all mobile traffic is coming from iOS devices – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "CouchSurfing finds another $15M in the cushions "

With 5M users, CouchSurfing continues to thrive in a similar space with AirBnb, Triptrotting, Tripl – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb creates wish list feature for travel discovery"

Users can now create lists of travel desires and share them much like Pinterest boards – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb hits 10 million guest nights booked"

Europe leads the vacation rental service trend as competitor Onefinestay gets new injection of funds – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "JustAnswer rebrands as Pearl, raises $25M"

Charles Schwab invests in Quora competitor, which is on track to generate $100M in 2012 – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Andreessen Horowitz makes bold donation to philanthropy"

Partners pledge to donate half their lifetime earnings to charity – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb buys up UK rival, Crashpadder, ahead of Olympics"

UK site gives Airbnb a leg up to serve the demand in rooms in London – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Triptrotting snags $1M to match locals with travelers"

A young company marries dating algorithms with travel hosting services to enrich globe trotting – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Andreessen Horowitz secures $1.5B fund"

Young Menlo Park venture firm now oversees $2.7 billion in funding – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Today's Entrepreneur: Brian Chesky"

No. 1 mistake: Not having the willingness to get their hands dirty and do the hard, unglamorous work – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Top 10 Lessons Learned videos on VatorNews in 2011"

Airbnb's marketing genius; Bootstrapping to VC-backed; ChaCha's network effect; Premature scaling – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Luxury vacation service Inspirato raises $17.5M"

The company takes a unique approach to luxury vacation rentals and gets support from Kleiner Perkins – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "AirBnB now offering monthly rentals"

Now users can rent out or reserve sublets for monthly rates rather than daily rates – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb speeds ahead with $50,000 Host Guarantee"

Plus address verification, full name visibility, a 24/7 hotline and more, Airbnb is responding – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "AirbnB apologizes, implements new safety measures"

Along with new security features, the company is also offering a $50K guarantee – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "How Airbnb's marketing genius started the flywheel"

CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky on listening to users, making Airbnb integrated into the news – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb customer service fail: the story of EJ"

Host comes back to ransacked, vandalized apartment, Airbnb drops the ball in offering support – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "What you need to know - 07/25/11"

Airbnb raises $112 million from Andreessen, others; RIM laying off 2,000 employees – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb announces $112 million round"

Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, and General Catalyst invest in the eBay for rentals – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Airbnb's humble beginnings "

From CEO Brian Chesky's apartment to 25,000-square-foot office space in San Francisco – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Tripping raising $1 million for cultural Airbnb"

More like a CouchSurfing.com, new travel site helps travelers and hosts exchange culture – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Clara Shih on how Hearsay differs from competitors"

In the fast-growing social marketing space, how is Hearsay stacking up against its competitors? – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Executive brief: eBay buys Zong"

Want to know more about Zong, the startup that was snapped up for $240 million? – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Zynga Series A returns are massive"

Secondary sales give 114X cash on cash - IPO much more for Reid Hoffman – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Pixazza teams up with Hearst"

The partnership will bring Pixazza's interactive ad technology to Hearst's digital magazine images – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Today's Entrepreneur: Sri Kanajan"

No. 1 Mistake: Thinking they understand better than anyone else. – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "AdMeld could bloom Google's display arsenal "

Display advertising to be a $200 billion industry, says Google VP of display advertising Neal Mohan – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "What you need to know - 03/04/11"

General Atlantic might be buying 0.1% of Facebook at $65 billion valuation – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "What you need to know - 03/01/11"

Apple is set to launch Joint Venture, a Genius Bar for businesses; Eventist launched a new calendar – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "What you need to know - 03/01/11"

Apple is set to launch Joint Venture, a Genius Bar for businesses; Eventist launched a new calendar – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "What you need to know - 03/01/11"

Apple is set to launch Joint Venture, a Genius Bar for businesses; Eventist launched a new calendar – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "CityVille hits 22 million users in two weeks"

Zynga's newest game is also the company's fastest growing game ever – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Amplify finalists"

An overview of the finalists who will be pitching at the Amplify business pitch competition – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Amplify finalists"

An overview of the finalists who will be pitching at the Amplify business pitch competition – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "Amplify finalists"

An overview of the finalists who will be pitching at the Amplify business pitch competition – Read more

Airbnb was featured in a VatorNews article: "ConnectEDU raises $7M in Series D funding"

The online college/career platform for students is backed by Allen & Company – Read more