Campiri, a startup that connects people looking
to rent camper vans with private owners and rental companies, has added €2.7
million to its seed round, bringing the total seed funding to €4.6 million.
The investment was led by Rockaway Ventures followed by Miton,
which previously invested in Campiri, along with Purple Ventures and angel
investors.
Founded in 2020 and based in the Czech Republic,
Campiri expanded into Poland, Greece and Slovakia in the beginning of 2022. Its
marketplace offers a variety of styles of camper vans, from small units
attached to cars to large, luxury motorhomes.
The company says it will use this funding to enter new markets,
add to its team and to purchase vehicles to sell to others that want to rent on the platform.
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“We have bolder plans than just being a local player. The current
investment gives us the opportunity to expand beyond the Czech borders. The
majority of the funding is going to support our expansion and recruitment of
senior staff,” says Lukáš Janoušek, CEO of Campiri.
“While we see great potential in Central Europe, we also see
Eastern and Southern Europe as huge opportunities, and we believe it is the
ideal time to enter these markets. There are already several competitors in the
West, but digitization is just beginning in the Central and Eastern Europe
region.”
Campiri says in 2021 customers spent more than 5,000 nights in vehicles
rented through its platform and about one-fifth of Czech rental companies
joined the partnership. Now the company aims to achieve the same coverage in
other markets and to grow its inventory to 1,200 vehicles.
“What attracted us to Campiri was the digital business model that
connects motorhome owners with those interested in renting them. The popularity
of this form of travel is growing, and it has a demonstrably lower
environmental impact,” says Dušan Zábrodský, investment partner at Rockaway
Capital.
“Sustainable projects in camping and caravanning are also in line
with our ESG [environmental, social and governance] strategy, which is a key
factor for us. Our investment in Campiri is a logical continuation of our
recent investments in the digitization of car rental and sales.”
Campiri says it donates 1% of each lease to support projects
focused on ecology and sustainability.