Uniplaces Gets $3.5M To Grow Its Student Accommodation Platform In Europe
A U.K. startup founded back in 2012 which runs an online booking platform focused on student accommodation, has pulled in £2.2 million ($3.5 million) in Series A funding. The round was led by prior investor Octopus Investments, which put £700,000 into Uniplaces last November.
Other investors in the Series A include Alex Chesterman (founder of Zoopla and LoveFiLM), Portuguese angel fund Shilling Capital Partners, and Rob McClatchey (former Chairman of University Partnerships Program Ltd and Managing Director of Barclays Capital). McClatchey also joins the Uniplaces board as a non-executive director.
Uniplaces has raised £3.2 million in total funding thus far …