Rakuten invests $2.8M in ‘Airbnb for business travel’ startup MetroResidences

 Rakuten is getting into the Airbnb for business sector after it invested SG$4 million ($2.8 million) in Singapore-based MetroResidences. MetroResidences was founded in 2014 by James Chua and Lester Kang and it matches corporate employees needing to rent for a month or more with home owners who seek tenants. It is currently active in Singapore, but has plans to expand into Hong Kong and… Read More

from https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/10/rakuten-metroresidences/?ncid=rss