Withlocals

Founded in 2013 by brothers Marijn and Willem Maas in Eindhoven, the Netherlands,^[14][15] the company was supported by startup accelerator Greenhouse group. it obtained $500,000 seed funding from Digital Equity group^[16] and a grant from the Horizon 2020 program.^[17] It began operations by specifically targeting a market for sharing home cooked dinners across seven countries in Southeast Asia.^[18][19] It later received Series A funding of €3.5 million ($4.3M) in 2017, at which time it reported to offer 1,200 tour options with 900 local hosts in 24 cities – having changed focus to personalised tour guides.^[20] In 2019 it secured Series B funding of a further €8 million at which time it was active in 30 cities.^[21][22] Both rounds were supported by Dutch investment company INKEF Capital^[23] and the latter by Keen Venture Partners.^[24] A priority of the latest round of investment is to improve the Software localisation and range of tours offered in languages other than English.^[25] As of mid-2019, Withlocals has more than 50 employees.^[26]

• Images from various Withlocals tours
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  Lisbon
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  Kyoto
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  Bali
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  Athens
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  Denpasar

As of mid-2019 the Withlocals platform has hosts offering tours in the following cities:^[27]

• Official website