Vacasa is an international vacation rental management company based in Portland, Oregon, United States. It provides property management services for over 8,000 vacation rentals in the U.S., Europe, Central and South America, and South Africa. Vacasa manages properties in 20 U.S. states and 15 countries.
In March 2018, Vacasa announced the company would be expanding its Portland office to a newly constructed building in the Pearl District. The 61,000 square foot space provides the company space for an additional 400 employees in Portland. Vacasa retains its existing 36,000 square foot lease at the neighboring Rivertec building, creating a combined Portland campus of 97,000 square feet.
Eric Breon is Vacasa's co-founder and current CEO. Along with attorney Cliff Johnson, Breon started the company in 2009 after experiencing difficulties managing his own vacation home in Long Beach, Washington. Johnson departed Vacasa in Q1 2018, encouraging "Vacasa to use its position as an industry leader to elevate the positive impact that we have in the communities where we operate." He now serves as VP of Sales at Rented.com.
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In June 2014, Vacasa topped the Portland Business Journal's list of Fastest-Growing Private 100 companies, with an established three-year growth rate of 3,034.59%. In August 2014, it was named the #9 fastest-growing privately held company in the nation by Inc. Magazine in its annual Inc. 5000 list, with an updated three-year growth rate of 16,192%. On November 16, 2016 Vacasa was ranked number 67 out of 500 on the 2016 Technology Fast 500 by Deloitte, which recognizes the fastest-growing technology companies in North America.
On April 12, 2016, Vacasa announced securing $35 million in financing led by Series A investor Level Equity. On November 14, 2016 Vacasa announced extending the Series A round to $40 million following a $5 million investment from risk management provider Assurant. This is the first round of outside capital the company accepted, as it was bootstrapped since its founding in 2009.
On October 17, 2017, Vacasa raised $103.5 million in Series B funding. To date, this is the largest funding round ever raised in the vacation rental management sector, and the largest series B funding round ever raised for an Oregon technology company.
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