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January 21, 2020

Hotel room-by-the-hour startup ByHours raises €8m: Just don’t mention “love hotels”

Travel startup ByHours is disrupting the hotel industry by allowing weary travellers to book rooms in 3, 6 and 12 hour blocks.


Tim Smith

3 min read

Barcelona-based travel startup ByHours has announced an €8m funding round, led by Mexican investors Angel Ventures and DILA Capital, which will be used to grow operations in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, as well as to expand into the US.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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