# HomeAway

> HomeAway is a VC fund in Austin backing Rental, Travel and Ticketing. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2015
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/homeaway
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/homeaway
- Website: http://www.homeaway.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HomeAway

HomeAway is a VC fund in Austin focused on Rental and Travel. HomeAway operates an online vacation rental property marketplace that enables property owners and managers to market properties for rental to vacation travelers alongside its subsidiaries. Its portfolio includes vacation rental websites, such as HomeAway.com, VRBO.com, and VacationRentals.com in the United States, HomeAway.co.uk andOwnersDirect.co.uk in the United Kingdom, HomeAway.de in Germany, Abritel.fr and Homelidays.com in France, HomeAway.es and Toprural.com in Spain, AlugueTemporada.com.br in Brazil, HomeAway.com.au and Stayz.com.au in Australia, and Bookabach.co.nz in New Zealand. HomeAway also owns travelmob.com, an Asia Pacific short-term rental site as well as operates BedandBreakfast.com, a site for finding bed and breakfast properties. Moreover, it offers HomeAway software for professionals at software and Glad to Have You products. HomeAway operated its online marketplace through 40 websites in 22 languages and included approximately one million paid listings of vacation rentals in approximately 190 countries as of December 31, 2014. Brian Sharples and Carl Shepard founded CEH Holdings in February 2004 that became HomeAway in 2006. HomeAway has its headquarters in Austin in Texas. It operates as a subsidiary of Expedia as of December 14, 2015.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for HomeAway. Shizune tracks 6 team members at HomeAway. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/homeaway?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rental | 1 | 33% |
| Travel | 1 | 33% |
| Ticketing | 1 | 33% |
| Reservations | 1 | 33% |
| Business Travel | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| Turkey | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Brown | Engineering Manager - Atlas Platform | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-brown-9ed2 |
| Christopher Holmok | Node.js Developer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-holmok |
| Luca Puccioni | Sales Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luca-puccioni |
| Miro Morczinek | Regional MD Central Europe | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miro-morczinek |
| Ninis Samuel | Vice President, Marketing | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ninis-samuel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CanadaStays.com | With over 50,000 vacation rentals, cottages, cabins, chalets, resorts, lodges, B&Bs and unique country accommodations available for rent across the country, CanadaStays.com is unchallenged as Canada's largest vacation rental resource. By showcasing thousands of vacation properties from across the country, CanadaStays.com provides anenormous variety of truly unique accommodation options to the savvy traveller. | $4.4M |  | Apr 01, 2015 |  |
| Gogobot | Gogobot (later rebranded Trip.com) was an online travel business headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The company was rebranded Trip.com in November, 2016 and acquired by the Ctrip Group in 2017. Founded in 2010, by Travis Katz and Ori Zaltzman, by 2014 the company was the fifth most visited travel-planning site in the United States. | $20M | Series C | Nov 12, 2014 |  |
| Flat4Day | Flat4Day is the leading network of vacation rentals, holiday homes, furnished apartments and villas in Europe, Turkey and the Middle East regions. You can instantly view and book out of thousands of available vacation homes in over 71 countries around the world, including Turkey, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, England, Russia, Ukraine, Croatia,Greece, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Netherlands, Malta, Germany, Austria, Morocco and UAE. | $6M | Series B | Jun 09, 2014 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [212](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/212-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aslanoba Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aslanoba-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Torstar Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/torstar-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Vrbo — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does HomeAway invest in?

HomeAway invests primarily in Rental, Travel and Ticketing startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact HomeAway?

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### Who are the partners at HomeAway?

The team at HomeAway includes Christopher Brown (Engineering Manager - Atlas Platform), Christopher Holmok (Node.js Developer) and Luca Puccioni (Sales Director), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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