Stayward01 / 10
Series A · Spring 2027

Stay somewhere worth the trip

The booking home for independent hotels, cabins and villas that travellers remember.
Ines Varga, CEO · Tomas Lind, CTO
Stayward · Series A · Confidential
Stayward02 / 10
The problem
Travellers book 1.4 billion nights a year. Almost none of them remember the room.
Source: industry estimates, 2026
Stayward03 / 10
Chapter 01
Why the best stays can't be found
Independent places hold a third of rooms but win a tenth of online bookings.
Stayward · Series A · Confidential
Stayward04 / 10
What we built
A front desk for places with one person on it
Stayward lists, prices and books a stay in eleven minutes of setup, then sends the guests.
  • Photos and copy written from a ten-minute call
  • Prices that follow the local calendar
  • One inbox for every channel
Stayward · Series A · Confidential
Stayward05 / 10
Traction
Fourteen months in, with no paid marketing
$4.1M
Bookings a month
up from $0.3M
68%
Guests who book again
within a year
212
Hosts live
in 9 regions
Stayward data, March 2027
Stayward06 / 10
Why now
Three things changed at once
  1. 01Search answers now come from AI, which reads reviews, not ad budgets
  2. 02Small hosts finally have the software to sell direct
  3. 03Travellers under 35 pick the place first and the city second
Stayward · Series A · Confidential
Stayward07 / 10
Where we are
Three regions, one way to book
Coast84 villas · Adriatic
Arctic41 cabins · Lapland
Countryside87 farm stays · Tuscany
Stayward · Series A · Confidential
Stayward08 / 10
“We filled our quiet months for the first time in eleven years.”
Marta RicciHost, Podere Alto · Tuscany
Stayward · Series A · Confidential
Stayward09 / 10
The ask · by 2029
Raising $12M to open forty regions
Stayward · Series A · Confidential
Stayward10 / 10
Thank you
Chief executive
Ines Varga
Technology
Tomas Lind
Hosts & regions
Aiko Brandt
Design
Rafael Ortega
ines@stayward.example
stayward.example/investors
Stayward · Series A · Confidential