Airbnb開展租賃業(yè)務

As Airbnb absorbs more and more of the demand for housing, it’s exploring how to monetize opportunities beyond vacation rentals.

隨著Airbnb滿足了越來越多的住房需求，它現(xiàn)在也正在探索將業(yè)務范圍擴大到度假租賃之外。

A marketplace for longer-term corporate housing could be a huge business, but rather than build that itself, Airbnb is making a strategic investment in one of the market leaders called Zeus Living, which will list its homes on the Airbnb site.

更長期的公司用房市場會是一筆大買賣，但Airbnb不是自己建樓，而是對市場領導者Zeus Living進行戰(zhàn)略投資，Zeus Living會將房子掛到Airbnb的網站上。

In just four years of redecorating landlords’ homes and renting them to relocated workers for 30-day stays (or longer), Zeus Living has grown to a $100 million revenue run rate.

Zeus Living將房東的房子重新裝修，租給拆遷工人30天(或更長時間)，僅僅四年收入就達到了1億美元。

It boosted revenue 300% in 2019, and now has 250 employees and more than 2,000 homes under management.

2019年收入增加了300%，現(xiàn)有員工250人，管理住房2,000多套。

Zeus makes money by charging landlords one free month of usage, and marking up the rent charged to customers.

Zeus的營銷方式是從房東那里獲取一個月免費使用權，然后再向租戶收取租金。

It could rent out a $4,000 per month home for $5,000 plus take the extra month to earn $16,000 in a year.

它可以把每月4000美元的房子以5000美元的價格租出去，再加上額外的一個月，一年就能賺16000美元。

Zeus CEO and co-founder Kulveer Taggar tells me, “I fundamentally believe that a lot of human potential is bound by location. At Zeus, we’re deeply committed to making it easier for people to live where opportunity takes them.” It’s already hosted 27,000 residents for a total of 650,000 nights.

Zeus首席執(zhí)行官兼聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人庫爾弗·塔格對我說：“我完全相信很多人的潛能受到了地理位置的限制。在Zeus，我們致力于讓人們更容易地生活在有機會的地方。”該公司已有27,000名租戶，共租住650,000晚。

Strong margins, swift momentum and that megatrend of more mobile workforces have earned Zeus Living a new $55 million Series B round it’s announcing on TechCrunch today.

高額的利潤、迅猛的勢頭以及流動勞動力增多的趨勢使Zeus Living在B輪融資中又獲得了5500萬美元，該公司今天在TechCrunch(美國科技類博客)上公布了融資結果。

The funding comes from Airbnb, Comcast, CEAS Investments and Alumni Ventures Group, plus existing investors Alumni Ventures Group, Initialized Capital, NFX and Spike Ventures. The funding comes at a $205 million post-money valuation.

投資公司有Airbnb、康卡斯特、CEAS投資公司和Alumni Ventures Group，以及現(xiàn)有投資者Alumni Ventures Group、Initialized Capital、NFX和Spike Ventures。投資后估值為2.05億美元。