INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Homosexuality is illegal in a third of the counties on this planet; in eight countries it is punishable by death
Similar hate-crime statistics have increased in the U.K
There are many incidents where, at hotels, gay travelers have been rejected or forced to book separate rooms, and had to fall back on
third-party, unverified, user-generated reviews.Now, misterbb, the short-term rental marketplace aimed at the gay community, has a simple
Customers can book an entire home or rent a private room at the home of a gay or gay-friendly host, with many located in gay-friendly
startup graduated from the 500 Startups accelerator and has raised US$13.5 million from institutional investors like Project A and Ventech,
and from angels like Joel Simkhai (founder of Grindr, which sold for US$300 million)
The marketplace now has 310,000 hosts in more than 135 countries, and claims to have 30 percent revenue growth YoY; with 60 percent of the
business done organically by repeat customers.Indeed, misterbb has now raised more than half a million dollars inside a week via Wefunder to
buying into a lucrative market
The niche of global gay tourism is estimated to be a $100 billion market, while gay people travel twice as much as other travelers
Its fundraising may also benefit from the influx of new tech millionaires being created by the upcoming IPOs of Uber, Lyft, Postmates and
This was a very sad thing to have to face
Straight, hetero folks never have to worry about something so humiliating as this while on a lovely vacation; they will never have to think
reviews from LGBTQ travelers
