URL: uniplaces.com
Legal Name: Uniplaces Limited
Primary Location: Lisbon, Portugal Map
Legal Name: Uniplaces Limited
Industry/Sector: Internet Software & Services
Subindustry: Internet
Related Tags: Internet, Technology, Marketplace, B2C, Internet Software & Services,
Software & Services
Employees: 200
Year Founded: 2011
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| Internal job site | https://careers.uniplaces.com |
| Image | Name | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariano Kostelec | Co-Founder | Mariano is a young and ambitious entrepreneur and global citizen, having lived in 10 different countries so far. He studied at King's College London and worked for Goldman Sachs in their London office before joining Groupon to lead their expansion in Japan and China. After returning to Europe, he co-founded Uniplaces.com - the global brand for student accommodation and raised $24m in funding in 2015. He is now the CCO of Uniplaces and is in charge of operations, marketing and international expan | |
| Miguel Manso | Senior Developer | ||
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Rob McClatchey | Non-Executive Director | Robert McClatchey joined Barclays Capital in 1992 from KPMG where he had qualified as a chartered accountant in 1990. He spent 16 years in Private Equity and was Managing Director of Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management and a founding member of the Barclays Infrastructure Funds business before leaving in 2013 to concentrate on supporting business start-ups and voluntary work. Of the 190 or so infrastructure investments made by the Barclays Infrastructure Funds since 1996, he led over 50 o |
| Cyril Jessua | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Ben Grech | Co-Founder & Non-Executive Chairman | ||
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Miguel Santo Amaro | Co-Founder | Miguel Santo Amaro is the Co-Founder of Uniplaces – the trusted, global brand for student accommodation. Uniplaces is currently present in +30 cities in 8 countries in Europe and has helped thousands of students from over 130 countries booking their accommodation completely online, generating over US$8 million in bookings. Uniplaces has raised, so far, US$5 million and is preparing the next round of funding to scale globally. Miguel is also a Global Shaper from the World Economic Forum and gr |
| Data Point | Information |
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| Funding Type | Funding Raised | Announced On | Funding Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| grant | $ 40,000 | April 10 2012 | |
| seed | $ 252,544 | July 01 2012 | |
| seed | $ 1.15 million | November 11 2013 | |
| seed | $ 3.55 million | October 08 2014 | |
| venture | $ 24 million | November 03 2015 | A |
| Logo | Investor Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Mc Clatchey | Robert McClatchey joined Barclays Capital in 1992 from KPMG where he had qualified as a chartered accountant in 1990. He spent 16 years in Private Equity and was Managing Director of Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management and a founding member of the Barclays Infrastructure Funds business before leaving in 2013 to concentrate on supporting business start-ups and voluntary work. Of the 190 or so infrastructure investments made by the Barclays |
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