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Evolve

Making vacation rental easy for everyone

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1001+ employees
  • B2C
  • Hospitality
  • Travel
  • Marketplace
Central Business District, Denver, CO

Company mission

To make renting a vacation home easy for both guests and owners by offering verification and 24/7 support.

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

11% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Evolve is a hospitality company offering 5-star experiences to rental customers in highly vetted properties. It takes a direct hand in guest experience management, from preparing and vetting properties, to fine-tuning stays in response to client feedback.

Evolve, launched in 2011, came to the game shortly after Airbnb, and because Evolve is a hospitality company and not a marketplace, its service is complementary. Many of its properties are in fact listed on the rental marketplace giant. Whereas Airbnb makes vacation rental possible for everyone, Evolve’s aim is to make it easy. This is a difference it has made great pains to stress, perhaps a hangover from the misconceptions it faced from VCs when raising initial funds.

Nevertheless, Evolve counts over 25,000 homeowners with over 10M guests as service customers. With home rentals becoming increasingly popular, and relatively permissive Airbnb policies highlighting the benefits of quality control, Evolve’s 5-star focus has aided it in securing substantial funding in 2022 from Durable Capital Partners.

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Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Onsite gym
  • Community groups
  • Baseball games and holiday parties
  • 401(k) matching up to 4%
  • Paid leave for new parents
  • Monthly all-company meetings
  • Happy hours
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance
  • Free travel credit and discounted stays

Company values

  • Earn It
  • Build Loyalty One Interaction at a Time
  • Communicate Often, Honestly & Directly
  • Embrace Change
  • Stay Hungry & Humble
  • Care
  • Be Efficient
  • Take Risks
  • Learn Every Day
  • Have Some Fun Along the Way

Leadership

They studied at Boston College and the University of Virginia School of Law. They were an Associate Attorney at Gunderson Dettmer, and VP of Exclusive Resorts.

Jobs (5)

All locations

Software Engineering

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Sales & Account Management