Rabbu

Hotel-like brand within the fragmented short-term rental market (Airbnb) providing guests with consistent experiences & property investors with higher returns.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Travel
  • Location Charlotte, NC, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded January 2017
  • Employees 5
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website rabbu.com

Company Summary

Rabbu utilizes the short-term home rental marketplace (Airbnb & VRBO) to provide exemplary service to 2 unique but connected customer sets. We provide travelers with consistent, high-quality home accommodations while generating higher returns than a traditional tenant model would yield for property investors.

In 18 months, Rabbu generated over $700,000 in revenue, amassed over 1,200 five-star reviews, and grown to over 40 properties.

Team

  • Emir Dukic
    CEO

    Vice President of Operations at KYCK (2012 – 2016), a sports software business, acquired by NBC Sports in 2016

    Retained as Senior Product Manager at NBC Sports (2016 – 2017), responsible for software product vision, prioritization and ultimate success

    Cancer survivor and two-time immigrant due to civil war (Bosnia), a driving force behind Rabbu’s mission to inspire a sense of home into travel

  • James Strong
    CTO

    Over 10 years of experience providing design, development, marketing, and technical services/solutions

    Self-taught full-stack Engineer with expertise across front-end, back-end, software development, UXD, and more

    Career entrepreneur, launching and building successful startups within gaming, software development, digital media, and real estate

    Head of Development, Front End Engineer at KYCK (2014 – 2016), acquired by NBC Sports in 2016

  • David Gaskin
    Head of Business Development

    Led the creation and development of a Business Intelligence solution for real estate management of large global banking clients with 15MM+ sqft, over $100MM of annual real estate management spend, 500+ non-retail branch sites, across 30 countries.

    Jones Lang LaSalle, Business Intelligence Manager (2012 – 2017)

  • Will Holman
    Head of Operations

    Global top performing remote support expert for AirBnB, having resolved more than 150,000 support tickets. Licensed trial attorney experienced in negotiation and mediation.

    AirBnB, Customer Support Specialist (2015-2018)

Advisors

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