UK-based Airbnb property management market leader GuestReady is preparing to raise more money from investors.

The company has contacted its supporters via email to announce that a second crowd-funding campaign is about to begin, just eight months after it raised £1.3 million from a similar campaign.

Launched back in December last year, at the time GuestReady saw its share offer gobbled up within a single day – the second largest Seedrs crowdfunding campaign of 2020.

This was proof that investors believed the Airbnb holiday lets market would boom as the economy re-opened.

They were proved right – but it will be interesting to see if this once again translates into investor enthusiasm for GuestReady as it asks for more cash, again via Seedrs.

The company says its bookings have increased by 300% so far this year and last month were double its July 2020 booking levels.

Although headquartered in the UK, GuestReady has operations in Europe, Asia and the Middle East with 2,500 properties currently under management and an ambition to reach 10,000 soon.

“Our existing investors, who more than ever believe in our vision, have decided to increase their stake in GuestReady with additional financing to further accelerate our growth,” says CEO Alex Limpert (pictured).

“Once again, we have decided to open this round to our community as well.”

In June GuestReady raised £4.75 million in European funding led by a Russian venture capital firm, and before that raise over £2 million in pre-seed and seed (or start-up) funding.

Read our interview with CEO Alex Limpert, conducted just a few months before the Covid pandemic struck.