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Lavanda
London, GB · Founded 2014 · 6 known investors
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Lavanda is a SaaS platform for institutional residential property owners and operators that enables short-term rental and flexible living management at scale. The company provides property management software, operational support, and services to leading real estate firms globally.
Also known as Lavanda · Lavanda PMS
Founders & leadership
Lavanda was founded in 2014 by Guy Westlake.
Investors · 6
How we know: Concrete Venture Capital's portfolio page · open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us
How we know: Finch Capital's portfolio page · a partner's Signal profile · funding news · justentrepreneurs.co.uk · open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us
Also in the syndicate · 2
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries-ASep 2019
Henley Ventures (lead)
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries ASep 2019Source ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Lavanda develops a cloud-based property management system (PMS) for residential real estate operators and landlords. The platform is positioned as a single, centralised hub covering day-to-day operations across a portfolio, including marketing, booking and leasing, resident/tenant living experience, operations, finance and accounting, and data and reporting. It includes a tenant app, an integrated real estate CRM with automation, conversion and drop-off tracking and sales funnel definition, and can be integrated with third-party CRM systems such as Salesforce and HubSpot.
Alongside long-term leasing workflows, Lavanda supports flexible short- and mid-term stay programmes. A marketing suite and channel manager connect properties to more than 400 distribution channels, including over 300 online travel agencies, and allow operators to create a customised, mobile-responsive direct booking website. Availability can be updated across a portfolio centrally, and the company also offers a revenue management team to work with clients on short-stay strategies such as lease-up, corporate rentals, summer stays and void fill.
The product is organised around four operator segments: student accommodation (managing high volumes of student leases, filling term-time voids and running summer short-stay programmes), multifamily (integrating short and mid-term stays to add incremental revenue), co-living (tenant screening, check-in/check-out and operations), and serviced apartments (end-to-end guest and operator journey).
Business model
Lavanda sells software to residential real estate organisations, described as partnerships with enterprise clients, and additionally offers short-stay services in which its revenue management team works with property owners to optimise short-term stay performance.
Traction
The company reports 100+ global enterprise partners and a 4.7/5 average customer review score, with a client logo section on its website.
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Market position
Lavanda describes its platform as award-winning and reports more than 100 global enterprise partners and an average customer review score of 4.7/5.
The company positions the platform as an all-in-one system consolidating multiple disparate tools, spanning stays of any length, and states client benefits including up to 20% incremental revenue from a portfolio, automation-driven resident experience scaling, custom-branded resident journeys, faster maintenance and move-in/move-out handling, real-time analytics and reduced IT spend.
Technology
A cloud-based property management platform accessible on desktop and mobile, comprising modules for marketing, booking and leasing, living, operations, finance and accounting, and data and reporting, plus a tenant app, an integrated CRM, a channel manager with 400+ distribution channel connections, and integrations with external systems including Salesforce and HubSpot.
Go-to-market
Direct engagement with property organisations via the company website ("get in touch"/contact enquiries), segmented by solution (student accommodation, multifamily, co-living, serviced apartments, short stays) and by product module; the company also partners with clients on short-stay revenue management.
Residential real estate operators, landlords and asset owners in student accommodation, multifamily, co-living and serviced apartment segments.
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Key figures
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primary sources listed
- Lavandalavanda.co.uk · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Lavanda do?
- Lavanda is a UK-based cloud property management platform for residential operators, with built-in short- and mid-term stay capability.
- Who founded Lavanda?
- Lavanda was founded by Guy Westlake in 2014.
- Who are Lavanda's investors?
- Lavanda's investors include Concrete Venture Capital, Finch Capital, Samos Investments, Starwood Capital Group.
- Where is Lavanda headquartered?
- Lavanda is headquartered in London, GB.