$11M Seed Round — 2026

The Ownership Layer
Behind Modern
Hospitality.

Institutional-grade fractional ownership for luxury short-term rental assets.

14+
Years Luxury STR
Experience
$17M
Annual Run-Rate Across
All Portfolios
200+
Units Managed
Across Portfolios
Total Addressable Market · 2034
$340B
Global Luxury STR Market
Luxury STRs consistently generate premium ADR and resilient occupancy across top-tier markets. Institutional ownership has never had an infrastructure layer.
Market Today
$124B
Global luxury STR, 2024
Initial Target
200–300
Units · $100M+ revenue
Private Placement For qualified investors only. This page is for informational purposes and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy securities.
The Problem

Luxury Hospitality Performs.
Ownership Hasn't Evolved.

Luxury short-term rentals consistently generate premium ADR and resilient occupancy across top-tier markets.

Yet ownership remains constrained by structural friction:

  • High capital requirements
  • Structural complexity
  • Limited institutional access
The bottleneck is not performance — it is participation.
01
Capital Barrier
Direct ownership requires six-to-seven-figure commitment. No fractional vehicle has been built to institutional standard at scale.
02
Structural Complexity
STR ownership demands local expertise, dynamic pricing, compliance, and 24/7 oversight — impossible to scale without purpose-built infrastructure.
03
No Standard Vehicle
Every deal is bespoke. No repeatable compliance framework. No standardized governance. No consistent investor experience across assets.
The Insight

Access Scales Participation.
Structure Scales Trust.

Traditional Ownership
100% capital commitment required
Active management required
Local expertise dependency
Bespoke deal structures
No standardized governance
vs
HotelierX Model
Fractional institutional access
Embedded professional operations
Institutional governance layer
Repeatable compliant vehicle
Standardized investor experience
Fractional ownership only works at scale if the structure is institutional-grade.
The Solution

An Institutional Ownership Platform for Hospitality Assets.

HotelierX builds the infrastructure layer that has always been missing — compliant, repeatable, technology-enabled ownership vehicles for luxury short-term rental assets.

01
Compliant Framework
Regulated fractional ownership vehicle per asset. Transparent governance. Built to hold and distribute.
02
Curated Portfolio
Institutional-grade asset selection. Not a marketplace — a vetted portfolio meeting defined criteria.
03
Embedded Operations
Professional STR operations and reporting integrated natively. Nothing left to the investor.
04
Standardized Experience
Consistent investor dashboards and governance across all assets. Repeatability is the product.
Invest → Operate → Optimize → Earn

Not a marketplace of deals. A platform for ownership.

How It Works

A Standardized
Ownership Workflow.

01
Curate Assets
Select STR-zoned luxury hospitality assets meeting institutional acquisition criteria.
02
Structure Ownership
Create compliant fractional ownership vehicles with transparent governance per asset.
03
Embed Operations
Integrate professional management, dynamic pricing systems, and performance reporting.
04
Deliver Experience
Provide investors with standardized dashboards, distributions, and governance across all assets.

Repeatability is the product.

Track Record

Built on Proven
Hospitality Execution.

14+
Years Luxury
Hospitality Experience
200+
Units Managed
Across Portfolios
$17M
Annual Revenue Run-Rate
Across All Portfolios
✓
Prior Portfolio
Exit Experience

Miami as initial launch market. Expansion market-by-market.

Market Opportunity

Luxury STRs: Where Yield Meets Scarcity.

The luxury short-term rental market is growing rapidly. Institutional ownership infrastructure does not yet exist at scale.

TAM — Today
$124B
Global luxury STR market
→
TAM — 2034 Projection
$340B
Projected total addressable market
SOM — HotelierX Target
200–300
Units · $100M+ revenue

Source: Market data derived from industry reports on global short-term rental and luxury hospitality sectors. Projections are estimates and subject to change.

Business Model

Five Revenue Streams —
Aligned With Investors.

HotelierX earns across the full asset lifecycle — from acquisition through operations, management, upsells, and performance on exit. Incentives are structurally tied to investor performance.

5–10%
Acquisition Fee
Charged at close of each asset
10–15%
STR Operations Fee
Monthly on gross STR revenue
1–2%
Management Fee
Annual on total equity AUM
10–15%
Premium Upsells
Value-add services margin
↑
Performance Promote
Upside carry on exit

Our incentives are directly aligned with investor performance.

The Raise

$11M
Seed Round.

Private Placement · 2026 · Qualified Investors Only

⏱
Execution Horizon
18–24 Months
Platform & compliance infrastructure
Multiple assets under management
Repeatable onboarding & governance
Performance-tied yield revenue
Series A positioning
$3M
Platform & Operating Capital
Infrastructure build-out
Platform engineering
Team & compliance layer
$8M
Initial Asset Capitalization
STR acquisitions
Ownership vehicles
Miami market launch
The Team

Founder-Led.
Hospitality-Native.
Platform-Driven.

Built by someone who has operated in this space for 14 years — not an outsider with a thesis. Every decision reflects hard-won operational knowledge.

Stéphane Amar - Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO · Miami, FL
Stéphane Amar
Founder & Chief Executive Officer

14 years building, operating, and scaling luxury short-term rental portfolios — not advising on them. $17M annual revenue run-rate across multiple portfolios, 200+ units under management, and one successful exit. HotelierX is the platform the market has always needed.

14 Years Luxury STR Experience
Hands-on management across multiple premium markets
Portfolio Scaling & Exits
Full asset lifecycle — acquisition through successful exit
Miami Launch Market
Deep market knowledge in initial expansion geography
"I've spent 14 years managing assets that institutional families own. HotelierX builds the structure that brings that same rigor to scalable fractional access."
Advisory Network
⚖
Legal & Compliance
Regulatory structuring, STR compliance, fractional ownership vehicles
🏛
Real Estate
Asset acquisition, underwriting, market selection, portfolio structuring
🏨
Hospitality Operations
STR management, dynamic pricing, brand standards, guest experience
⚙
Fintech & Product
Platform architecture, investor reporting, data infrastructure
Near-Term Hires
Platform Engineering
Data Infrastructure
Asset Operations Lead
Investor Reporting
Miami Market Lead