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November 26, 2019

Europe’s answer to Airbnb is all about local community

Leavy.co, which announced a $14m funding round on Tuesday, was conceived as a way to broaden the reach of the short-term online apartment rentals popularised by Airbnb. 


Leavy founder, Aziza Chaouachi

French entrepreneur Aziza Chaouachi was a broke student studying to be a lawyer when she first tried to rent her Paris flat for the weekend. She says there was no place for her on Airbnb.

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