🦄 Unicorner Startup of the Week: Jurny
 
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On-demand hospitality
 
 
Jurny gives travelers as well as hotel and short-term rental operators an automated travel experience from check-in to checkout. Travelers have access to features such as keyless entry, temperature control, and a 24/7 virtual concierge service, while operators have access to a dashboard that automates monitoring services, cleaning services, and more.
 
 
🔗 Check them out: jurny.com
 
 
💰 Business Model
Jurny’s mobile app is available for free to travelers. Users are charged fees at checkout and the company works directly with operators to get them onto the platform.
 
📈 Traction and Fundraising
  • Raised $3 million seed from Mucker Capital, SaaS Ventures, and Okapi Venture Capital, with an additional $9.5 million raised from Mucker Capital
  • Available for download on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store
 
👫 Founder(s)
  • David Phillips, President: Currently Advisor @ The Toon Studio
  • Luca Zambello, CEO: Previously Co-Founder @ Zainge, President @ Luca&Luca Promotions, Student @ UCLA
  
🔮 Our Analysis
From finding a place to figuring everything out once you’ve arrived, traveling is a headache. But what if you could book a place to stay, and know exactly what you were getting, in just a few clicks? That’s the experience Jurny is building. Every offering the company provides guarantees the same tech-enhanced stay. With just a few clicks on the Jurny app, travelers can book their stay. Once they’ve arrived, they can unlock the door, connect to Wi-Fi, change the temperature, and more from the same app, contact-free. This consistency and quality make Jurny an appealing choice for travelers. For those on the other side of the marketplace, Jurny has created one of the first Management Operating Systems. Hotel and short-term rental operators should be enticed by the time-saving Jurny provides through its dashboard that makes automating basics like pricing and cleaning simple. We like where the company is headed, and can’t wait to see where it goes.
 
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We don’t typically cover Series B companies here at Unicorner. But there’s a lot we can learn about larger startup trends by analyzing these later-stage companies. Check out this article from Crunchbase News for more info.
 
 
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