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title: 'Portland startup Vacasa quietly raises a healthy amount of venture capital'
date: '2016-04-12T10:19:16-07:00'
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# Portland startup Vacasa quietly raises a healthy amount of venture capital

While I tend to refrain from covering funding announcements, this one seemed like it would be of particular interest to folks. If only as a signal that we should be including a new name when rattling off the impressive startups in our community. You see, [Portland’s Vacasa just announced that they have raised $35 million in Series A financing](http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/techflash/2016/04/vacasa-lands-35m-readies-majorexpansion-plans.html "Vacasa lands $35M, readies major expansion plans"). And that’s the largest round any Portland company has raised in two years.

What’s more, Vacasa will soon be moving into the space that once housed Puppet and currently houses Simple. And in so doing will increase its visibility within the Portland startup community.

What makes Vacasa a sought after investment? [According to GeekWire](http://www.geekwire.com/2016/vacasa-raises-35m-aims-amazon-vacation-rental-industry/ "Vacasa raises $35M, aims to be Amazon of vacation rental industry"), CEO and cofounder Eric Breon summarizes it this way:

> “Airbnb plays in the peer-to-peer space, which has grown quickly,” he said. “We see Airbnb as the eBay of our industry, while we view ourselves as the Amazon of our industry.”

For more information on the funding round, see writeups in [GeekWire](http://www.geekwire.com/2016/vacasa-raises-35m-aims-amazon-vacation-rental-industry/ "Vacasa raises $35M, aims to be Amazon of vacation rental industry"), the [Portland Business Journal](http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/techflash/2016/04/vacasa-lands-35m-readies-majorexpansion-plans.html "Vacasa lands $35M, readies major expansion plans"), and [The Oregonian](http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2016/04/vacasa_portland_vacation_renta.html "Vacasa, Portland vacation rental management company, raises $35 million").