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New backer also participated in the financing, which brings San Francisco-based Zumper鈥檚 total funding since its 2012 inception to more than $150 million. and led the company鈥檚 $46 million in September 2018 (at which time the company had a pre-money valuation of $200 million, according to 小蓝视频色情网页版). The company has a long list of high-profile investors including , and .

, CEO and co-founder of Zumper, declined to disclose the company鈥檚 current valuation, saying only it is 鈥渁 significant step up from our 2018 valuation.鈥�

Zumper鈥檚 self-described mission is to make renting an apartment 鈥渁s easy as booking a hotel.鈥� The startup claims to be the largest privately held rental marketplace (in terms of users) in the United States. Last year, 67 million people used Zumper to find, list, or rent properties in the U.S. and Canada. Georgiades expects that number to climb to 80 million this year, saying he company helps advertise more than 1 million listings a month.

鈥楢irbnb for one-year leasing鈥�

The residential real estate market space is a crowded one for sure, and Zumper competes with the likes of publicly traded .

For Georgiades, Zumper differentiates itself in that it helps people in all steps of the process, making it a true 鈥渆nd-to-end鈥� marketplace.

For example, Zumper offers renters the ability to find, apply for and then book an apartment. They can also digitally pay their rent to their landlord. It also helps small landlords and multifamily properties with things like finding tenants, marketing and collecting rent.

The company makes money in two ways: Landlords pay to be at the top of its feed for more exposure, in a classic lead-generation model; and also pay Zumper to close leases. For example, if a landlord uses its tools to conduct a transaction, it pays Zumper a fee per transaction.

Georgiades declined to disclose revenue figures but said the company saw its 鈥減retty sizeable鈥� revenue rise by 100 percent year over year last year.

鈥淲e鈥檙e not going from a small number to a small number,鈥� he told 小蓝视频色情网页版 News.

Meanwhile, the company doubled its headcount to 200 compared to about 100 a year ago. Zumper鈥檚 employees are spread across offices in San Francisco, Scottsdale, New York, Chicago and Providence, Rhode Island.

Looking ahead, the company will use the new capital to grow its sales and engineering teams and invest in scaling its transactional tools. Currently, 90 percent of its audience finds Zumper organically, according to the company.

鈥淯ltimately, we want to be the Airbnb for one-year leasing,鈥� Georgiades said.

For , co-founder and managing partner of e.ventures, Zumper鈥檚 progress so far has been 鈥渟triking.鈥�

Yesterday, we wrote about a similar offering in the United Kingdom. London-based it had raised about $13 million. Goodlord鈥檚 SaaS (software as a service) platform aims to make the rental process smoother and more efficient for landlords, leasing agents and renters alike. It handles a wide range of services from contracts to references to payments.

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