The Jabbar Internet Group-backed apartment rental service secured $50m in a series B round that brought its total funding to $78m as it prepares to enter the UK market.
Author: Thierry Heles
Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
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