# Joe Gebbia, Airbnb Co-Founder at Airbnb

> Joe Gebbia, Airbnb Co-Founder at Airbnb. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-gebbia (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Angel

# Joe Gebbia

Airbnb Co-Founder[See the firm →](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airbnb)

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Latest rounds

- **i(x) investments** Series A · $15M Mar 2019
- **WillCall** Seed · $1.2M Aug 2013

Backs *Fintech*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 2 last Mar 2019
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 6 +4 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Airbnb
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Airbnb** Corporate VC · US **1** cheques in 12 months **6** all time **3** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airbnb)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 2
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $16.2M
- **Active:** 2013–19

2019

- [i(x) investments](https://millionrounds.com/company/i-x-investments) *Series A* **$15M** *US* Mar 2019 Joined · +4 investors

2013

- [WillCall](https://millionrounds.com/company/willcall) *Seed* **$1.2M** *US* Aug 2013 Joined · +11 investors · historical

By stage

- Seed **1**
- Series A **1**

What they backed

Fintech **1**

Alongside

- [500 Global *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)
- Angélica Fuentes *1*
- Bruce Flohr *1*
- Coran Capshaw *1*
- [Fuel Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-capital)
- [Gunnar Lovelace *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gunnar-lovelace)
- John Frankenheimer *1*
- [Oliver Jung *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oliver-jung)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Dwell](https://millionrounds.com/startup/dwell)
- [Everest](https://millionrounds.com/startup/everest-7)
- [Lit Motors](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lit-motors)
- [Tastemaker](https://millionrounds.com/startup/tastemaker)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Airbnb, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director on 10 filings · since 2012

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Airbnb

- [**Brian Chesky** Airbnb Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer *5 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brian-chesky)
- [**Nathan Blecharczyk** Airbnb Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/nathan-blecharczyk)
- [**Joe Green** Co-Founder & Chairman *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-green)
- [**Rob Chesnut** General Counsel, Global Head of Policy *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/rob-chesnut)
- [**Ahmad Al-Dahle** Chief Technology Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ahmad-al-dahle)
- [**Andrew Dudley** Product Marketing Manager *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-dudley)
- [**Andrew Zloto** Head of Capital Markets and Corporate Development *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-zloto)
- [**Ari Steinberg** Primary Mentor *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ari-steinberg)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 2 Oct 2026 · 2h 46m BYOCompute, Pope Destroys False Idol, Ben Affleck's White Pill | Joe Gebbia, Molly Fowler, Tom Dotan, Pim de Witte, Greg Castle With [Greg Castle](https://millionrounds.com/person/greg-castle)[Joe Gebbia](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-gebbia)[Molly Fowler](https://millionrounds.com/person/molly-fowler) Mentions [Dorm Room Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dorm-room-fund) About this episode (01:15) - BYOCompute: Bring Your Own Compute (15:31) - Pope Leo Rejects AI Consciousness (26:06) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (35:45) - Tesla Beats Expectations (49:20) - Paramount-Warner Bros Becomes Skydance (54:34) - Ben Affleck's White Pill (57:24) - WSJ Mansion Section (01:27:33) -… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 30 Jan 2025 · 56 min Advice Line with Joe Gebbia of Airbnb With [Joe Gebbia](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-gebbia) About this episode Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early-stage founders. Plus, Joe shares an update on his latest entrepreneurial adventure: Samara. Today we meet Marina in Texas, who’s wondering if her language-teaching singing books need to be on… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 8 Feb 2023 · 59 min Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia on early "a-ha" moments, elite design + his new startup Samara | E1675 With [Joe Gebbia](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-gebbia) About this episode Joe Gebbia joins Jason to discuss the early days of Airbnb, gaining traction, persevering through the "no's," and functional design. (2:09) They also discuss gaining customer trust and Airbnb's incredible COVID turnaround. (21:17) Joe wraps the show by breaking down his new venture, Samara. (45:05)… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 31 Mar 2022 · 28 min Rapid Response: How Airbnb.org is housing Ukrainian refugees, w/Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia With [Joe Gebbia](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-gebbia) Mentions [Brian Chesky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-chesky) About this episode Airbnb’s charitable arm, Airbnb.org, has committed to offer free, temporary housing for up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia joins Rapid Response to discuss how the company is deploying business tools for humanitarian benefit. He also shares how Airbnb’s platform has… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 6 Dec 2018 · 19 min Airbnb's Joe Gebbia At The HIBT Summit With [Joe Gebbia](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-gebbia) Mentions [Guy Raz](https://millionrounds.com/person/guy-raz) About this episode Next in our series of episodes from the How I Built This Summit: Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb. Joe sat down with Guy Raz in front of a live audience in San Francisco, and talked about why he and his co-founders pursued their idea despite overwhelming feedback that it would never work. We're… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 28 Aug 2017 · 47 min Airbnb: Joe Gebbia (2017) With [Joe Gebbia](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-gebbia) About this episode We're hard at work planning our upcoming live show, so we bring you this favorite from the last year: Airbnb. A chance encounter with a stranger gave Joe Gebbia an idea to help pay his rent. That idea grew into a company that now has more rooms than the biggest hotel chain in the world. PLUS in our… Listen on Apple Podcasts

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Joe Gebbia in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 4 Sept 2025 · 42 min Advice Line: Playing to Your Strengths Mentions [Troy Carter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/troy-carter)[Joe Gebbia](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-gebbia)[Lady Gaga](https://millionrounds.com/person/lady-gaga) About this episode This week, Guy is joined by Lady Gaga’s former manager Troy Carter, Joe Gebbia of Airbnb, and Sadie Lincoln of barre3 in a special mashup episode of the Advice Line about playing to your business’s strengths. First, Honor from Australia wants to partner with a celebrity in a way that actually… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 26 Aug 2025 · 1h 14m xAI's App Store lawsuit, Intel shares vs. grocery stores, and Netskope's IPO | E2169 Mentions [Joe Gebbia](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-gebbia) About this episode Today's show: On an upbeat and optimistic new TWiST, Jason and Alex are debating why any new innovation or technology gets hit with a wave of bitter cynicism. PLUS Jason defends the government taking shares of Intel, explains the importance of interoperability, and predicts how AirBnB's Joe… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 23 Nov 2022 · 1h 26m Zoom earnings, SaaS burnout, Amazon's $10B Alexa loss + FTX contagion with Sunny Madra | E1619 With [Sunny Madra](https://millionrounds.com/person/sunny-madra) Mentions [Joe Gebbia](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-gebbia) About this episode First up, Jason and Molly discuss Zoom's Q3 earnings and SaaS burnout throughout the industry (1:37). Then, they break down Amazon's $10B loss tied to its Alexa smart speakers (22:13) and an Airbnb Co-Founder's new housing startup! (34:54) Sunny Madra joins in the final segment to help explain the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 10 Dec 2020 · 41 min Reid Hoffman | Airbnb Reflections Mentions [Brian Chesky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-chesky)[Nathan Blecharczyk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nathan-blecharczyk)[Joe Gebbia](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-gebbia) About this episode As Airbnb makes its public debut, Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman looks back on the past decade of working with the company. Greylock led Airbnb's Series A in 2010. Hoffman initially heard the company described as "renting couches," so he passed at the first opportunity to invest. But later… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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