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Jennifer Huie, who has been using the app to host told
CBS13. It s extra money. A couple of days after they book it, I get a direct deposit. I don t even have to be here.
After customers pay, they receive a code that gives them access to the property.
Huie says people come as far as San Francisco to take a dip in her pool.
There are now around 100 hosts throughout the Sacramento area, according to
CBS13. Rates range from as cheap as $15 an hour to over $100 depending on the amenities offered by the host.
The app has seen a 4,000% growth over the last year.
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How 4 New Jersey pools turned into a startup that just raised $10M
As the oldest of 12 children, Bunim Laskin spent much of his teen years looking for ways to help keep his siblings entertained. Noticing that a neighbor’s pool was often empty, Laskin reached out to ask if his family could use her pool. To make it worth her while, he suggested that they could help cover her expenses for maintaining the pool.
Soon after, five other families had made the same arrangement with her and the pool owner had six families covering 25% of her expenses. This meant that the neighbor was actually making money off her pool. The arrangement sparked a business idea in Laskin’s mind. At the age of 20, he founded Swimply, a marketplace for homeowners to rent out their underutilized pools to local swimmers, with Asher Weinberger.
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NEW YORK, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Swimply, the marketplace for homeowners to rent out their underutilized pools to local swimmers, today announced it is expanding into 25 new cities nationwide. With this market expansion, the company is now serving two markets in Canada, five markets in Australia and a total of 125 U.S. markets. Swimply is also announcing the closing of a $10 million Series A financing. The funding is led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from Trust Ventures and notable angel investors. This financing will support additional market launches, product development and increased insurance coverage for homeowners.