Portland startup Radious takes “work from (somebody else’s) home” nationwide

Remember Radious…? They’re the Portland startup that provides on demand workspace for folks — by activating homes for the workday the same way Airbnb does for the… um… sleepytime? Anyway… last time I checked in with them, they were excited to be expanding to the Bay Area. So you can only imagine their excitement now. Radious is going nationwide.

With this new service, companies can find the right property for their off-sites, team meetings, social workdays and more anywhere across the country. While Radious has active marketplace listings in San Francisco, CA, Portland, OR and Milwaukee, WI, the curation service brings the Radious experience to companies with distributed teams nationwide.

“In today’s distributed work environments, finding private and inspiring spaces for team meetings or collaboration can be a challenge,” said Amina Moreau, CEO and cofounder of Radious. “Our residential workspaces offer the perfect blend of ambiance and functionality, providing a unique setting for productive work sessions. With our curated day-use options, companies can enjoy the convenience of booking a workspace different from standard conference rooms and with cost savings. Companies no longer have to sign extensive co-working contracts or long-term leases and are also able to offer team subscriptions to accessspaces when needed which is great for facilitating employee work flexibility.”

So who is taking advantage of this service? Practically every size of company, Amina tells Forbes.

We have companies that are everywhere from 10-person startups to Fortune 500 that have used this service, and for different reasons. The most common use cases are team building, bringing people together—especially those who might be remote—and then also finding space in locations where an employee cluster is not big enough to warrant signing a permanent seven-day week lease. [Moreau shared via email that Radious saw a 20% increase in bookings as a direct result of the national service’s eight-month pilot. It also more than doubled their revenue, she says, despite not charging anything extra for the personalized service.]

But it’s not just Radious that’s seeing results. It’s their customers, as well. Kat Hunt told Business Insider about her experience securing a Brooklyn brownstone for a recent offsite:

Hunt wanted a spot that wasn’t your typical WeWork. Her team needed to spread out for some of the day and still come together for a meal. The answer: a three-story brownstone in Brooklyn with a full kitchen, meeting areas, and a smart TV.

“It was definitely a different environment than you’d get in a coworking space,” Hunt, the senior director of climatetech and private equity at Earth Finance, a net-zero strategy and financial advisory firm, told Business Insider.

“I really wanted that variability,” she said. “And I kind of wanted it to be a cooler vibe than some of the coworking spaces I find.”

Now that they’re national, I can only imagine how many stories like this are in the making.

For more information, to list your space, or to secure some workspace for yourself, visit Radious.

[Full disclosure: Radious is an alum of PIE. I am the cofounder and general manager of PIE.]

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