Berlin startup Campanda, which delivers an online reserving web site for Leisure Autos (which is motorhomes, caravans and campervans, to you and me), has raised €10 million in Collection B funding.
Top the round is Michelin Journey Companion, the subsidiary of tyre maker Michelin. Preceding backers also participated, including Accel, idinvest, Le Peigné, Ringier Electronic Ventures, b-to-v Companions, and Atlantic Labs.
Launched in 2013, Campanda promises to be the main online reserving platform for RVs. It enables vacation makers to rent autos from industrial suppliers and private RV proprietors, the latter supplying it a slight sharing economic climate bent.
Features consist of the skill to assess price, location and automobile facilities, as properly as e book your preferred motorhome, campervan or caravan/trailer. The market is launched in forty four international locations and 6 languages.
Campanda says it programs to use the new funds to grow the current workforce of forty five staff, to enter new geographical markets, and to increase the offer-side which at present sits at 26,258 autos.
“It fills us with delight that, with Michelin, we have identified a even further renowned investor for Campanda,” says Chris Möller, founder and CEO of Campanda in a assertion. “Just like our current traders, Michelin shares our comprehending of vacation in the 21st century: to approach and e book online when also sustainably harnessing current rental resources.”