- Existing shareholder Ternel is reinvesting alongside HomeExchange’s founders as ISAI exits its stake in the platform
- Co-CEOs Emmanuel Arnaud and Charles-Edouard Girard are increasing their personal stakes and will remain at the helm
- The investment will deepen HomeExchange’s presence in North America and Western Europe, its primary growth markets
Verlinvest has invested in HomeExchange, a home-swapping platform, to help the company accelerate its push into mainstream travel.
The investment firm, an international, family-backed evergreen investment company with more than €2.5 billion in assets under management, holds a portfolio that includes Oatly, Vita Coco and Tony’s Chocolonely, with past investments including Chewy and Vitaminwater.
Ternel, a shareholder in HomeExchange since 2015, is renewing its commitment as part of the transaction, while ISAI, a shareholder since 2021, is exiting its stake. Co-founders and co-CEOs Emmanuel Arnaud and Charles-Edouard Girard remain at the helm and are both increasing their own stakes in the business.
HomeExchange connects members in 155 countries through a trust-based, non-monetary exchange model and lists more than 600,000 homes worldwide. The platform enabled 2.3 million travelers to complete more than 11.8 million overnight stays in the past year alone. The investment will support the company’s expansion, with a particular focus on North America and Western Europe.
Founded in 1992, HomeExchange was acquired in 2017 by Arnaud and Girard, who also co-founded GuestToGuest in 2011. The company consolidated several home exchange platforms under the HomeExchange brand in 2019 and launched HomeExchange Collection, a curated tier of upscale homes, in 2021. HomeExchange has been a certified B Corp since 2022 and employs more than 150 people across France, Croatia, Spain and the US.
Editor’s note: This news brief was produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence.