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SleepOut.com is an e-commerce booking service that assists travelers in obtaining discounted rates for accommodation in hotels, private homes, apartments, castles, boats, tree houses, and other unique properties. The website serves as a platform connecting guests from around the world with accommodation suppliers in Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean islands. Users on the site must register and create a personal profile to book or rent out their accommodation. Each accommodation option is associated with a host who can be reviewed by previous guests.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet the Airbnb of Africa: SleepOut.com )〕 == History == SleepOut was founded in December 2011 on Lamu Island, Kenya and is now headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius. The company was created by Canadian hospitality marketeer, Johann Jenson and Kenyan digital entrepreneur, Mikul Shah.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eat Out founders all set to launch travel site - SleepOut )〕 The company was initially bootstrapped and in May 2013 was funded by Dutch venture capital firm, Africa Media Ventures Fund (AMVF).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=VC4Africa members Johann Jenson & Mikul Shah raise US$ 200,000 in seed funding )〕 Zimbabwean software engineer Paul Schwarz later joined the founding team in June 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SleepOut.com Appoints Paul Schwarz as Chief Technical Officer )〕 At the time of their beta launch in June 2012, the platform listed 1500 properties for rent throughout East Africa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SleepOut's Johann Jenson on handling over 150,000 visitors and their next big thing )〕 In March 2013, the company launched NOMAD, an online travel and lifestyle magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SleepOut raises $200,000 seed funding, launches online travel mag )〕 Towards the end of 2013, the company released a user-generated platform offering 3000 accommodation options in 32 countries across Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean islands.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=15 African technology startups to watch in 2014 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SleepOut.com」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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