Суточно.ру

Суточно.ру - a platform for booking apartments, houses and apartments for rent. Now reservations from it are automatically sent to the chess of the Contour service. Hotel.

History

2024: VIM Investments Fund bought a stake in Суточно.ру

On October 14, 2024, it became known that the Pre-IPiO 2 Fund under the management of VIM Investments Management Company acquired a 16% stake in the Суточно.ру online apartment booking service. The deal, completed in March 2024, could signal the company's preparations to enter the public market.

According to Frank Media, the terms of the deal were not disclosed, but market experts estimate its amount in the range from ₽720 million to ₽1 billion. Alexander Chaikin, manager of venture capital funds at Sk Capital, suggests that the total cost of Суточно.ру could reach ₽6-7 billion.

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According to Roman Sabirzhanov, founder of the HotConsulting consulting agency, attracting investments from the fund's pre-IPO can be a strategic step to scale up business and prepare for an IPO. This point of view is shared by the founder of the travel business community Travel Startups Leonid Pustov.

Investments may be necessary "Суточно.ру" to strengthen competitive positions in the daily rental market. MTS Travel General Director Vadim Melnikov believes that the funds will be used to continue an aggressive marketing policy, especially in light of the expected increase in competition in 2025.

At the time of the transaction, Суточно.ру 's share in the TravelTech market was 11%, which provided the service with third place after Ostrovka (29%) and Yandex Travel (23%), the publication said.

For the VIM Investments fund, this transaction may be an opportunity to make a significant profit in the event of a successful entry of Суточно.ру into the stock exchange. Other major players showed interest in the company: in July 2022, VK holding announced its intention to acquire the service, which planned to expand its ecosystem after the Western aggregators Booking and Airbnb left the Russian market.^[1]

2023: Integration with "Kontur. Hotel "

with Contour. Hotel it was integrated booking area Суточно.ру. This was announced on April 4, 2023 by the company. SKB Kontur More. here

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