Company · Travel & Hospitality

Emerald Stay

emeraldstay.com ↗ ·Geneva ·Other

Emerald Stay is a Geneva-based operator and manager of premium/luxury vacation rental homes (chalets, villas, apartments) across the Alps, Spanish coast, French Riviera, Morocco, and more recently the US, offering hands-on hospitality and concierge services rather than pure online booking intermediation. It grows via acquisition of local rental operators and is part of the Eterniti group (alongside sister brands Bo House and Verbier Exclusive), backed by Swiss private equity firm Limestone Capital.

Founded

2018

Founders

News

Rounds

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SectorsVacation Rentals, Property Management, Hospitality, Travel Start-up MapTravel & Hospitality › Accommodation & leisure operators

Profile updated 22 Jul 2026

Founders

Laurent Lacourt

Co-Founder & COO

Maxime Friess

Co-Founder & CEO

Global models 5

Sonder Holdings

United States · www.sonder.com ↗

Managed/operated short-term rental apartments and hotel-style units directly (not a marketplace), the same asset-light-operator model as Emerald Stay, though now defunct.

$840MComparable

Vacasa

United States · www.vacasa.com ↗

Consolidated and professionally manages thousands of individually-owned vacation homes on behalf of owners, the same buy-and-build rental management model.

$640MComparable

Blueground

United States · theblueground.com ↗

Leases and furnishes premium apartments for flexible-term stays, mirroring Emerald Stay's direct-operator, hospitality-enhanced rental approach.

$257MComparable

Lyric Hospitality

United States · www.staylyric.com ↗

Operated premium furnished apartments with hotel-grade hospitality inside partner buildings, comparable to Emerald Stay's high-end managed-stay concept.

$160MComparable

Plum Guide

United Kingdom · www.plumguide.com ↗

Curates and manages a vetted portfolio of premium homes for discerning travelers, closely matching Emerald Stay's luxury positioning and quality-first model.

$47MComparable

Investors 1

Limestone Capital

www.limestone-capital.com ↗

Investor United States

Funding rounds

No announced rounds on record.

News & media 3

Published	Article
2026-03-25	Eterniti raises €30m to accelerate global expansion ↗ Short Term Rentalz
2024-07-04	Emerald Stay acquires two PMCs in Saint-Tropez ↗ Short Term Rentalz
2023-10-25	Emerald Stay buys Ski Verbier Exclusive ↗ Short Term Rentalz