BByHours
ByHours is a Barcelona-based travel-tech platform pioneering "microstays," letting travelers book hotel rooms in blocks of 3, 6, 12 or 24 hours instead of full nights, across 3,000+ hotels in 600+ destinations worldwide. Founded in 2012, it has raised roughly €26M+ (over €18M plus an €8M Series B in 2020) from Spanish, Mexican and international investors, and also offers ByHours Direct, a white-label SaaS letting hotels sell hourly bookings on their own sites.
SectorsTravel Tech, Hospitality, Hotel Booking, Microstays
Start-up MapTravel & Hospitality › Consumer travel & accommodation booking
Founders
C
Christian Rodríguez
Co-founder
G
Guillermo Gaspart
Founder & CEO
Global models 5
DDayuse
France · www.dayuse.com ↗
Direct global comparable: a day-use/hourly hotel booking marketplace letting guests book rooms during the day at discounted rates, the best-funded player in this niche.
$17.4MComparable
DDayBreakHotels
Italy · www.daybreakhotels.com ↗
Same day-use hotel booking marketplace model as ByHours, operating across Europe and Latin America.
$6.98MComparable
R
Recharge (later Globe)
United States
Book hotel rooms by the minute/hour on demand, the closest US analogue to ByHours' microstay concept.
$10MComparable
HHotelsByDay
United States · hotelsbyday.com ↗
Marketplace for booking hotel day rooms by the hour, same core model as ByHours.
$550KComparable
D
Daycation
United States
App for booking hotel amenities and day rooms by the hour, a smaller-scale version of ByHours' model.
$110KComparable
In the same niche 11 others
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Notes: Most funded first
Investors 15
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HHOWZAT Partners
www.howzatpartners.com
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Cabiedes & Partners
www.cabiedesandpartners.com
CCriteria Capital Risc
www.caixacapitalrisc.es
AAd4Ventures
www.mediaset.es
AAxon Partners Group
axonpartnersgroup.com
DDILA Capital
dilacapital.com
EEncomenda Capital Partners
encomenda.com
H
HR Ventures
A
Angel Ventures
I
Investiere
VVelocity Ventures
F
Fons Enginyers
L
Labogar
RRedalpine Ventures
R
Roland Zeller
Funding rounds 7
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-20 | Series B (estimated) | — | Velocity Ventures |
| 2020-01-21 | Series B (estimated) | €8M |
Angel Ventures
+2 more
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| 2017-12-11 | Series A (estimated) | €3M |
Investiere
+3 more
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| 2016-08-22 | Series A (estimated) | €1.5M |
Howzat Partners, HR Ventures
+1 more
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| 2014-04-28 | Series A | €2.6M |
Lead not disclosed
+5 more
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| 2013-07-17 | Seed | €550K |
Caixa Capital Risc
+1 more
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| 2013-01-18 | Pre-seed (estimated) | €300K | Cabiedes & Partners |
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