Belong Funding, Investors & Competitors

Gruppo Barletta conducts activities in real estate, hospitality, and venture capital tied to the construction sector.

Mews is a cloud-native property management system for hotels, hostels, and serviced apartments serving over 5,000 properties in 85 countries. It automates reservations, payments, and housekeeping via open APIs with 1,000-plus integrations including Stripe and Google. Amsterdam-headquartered Mews won Best PMS at the 2024 HotelTechAwards. Founded in 2013 by hoteliers, it processes millions in bookings monthly across five continents.

Danke Apartment is a Beijing-headquartered apartment rental platform managing over 320,000 units in major Chinese cities including Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou. The company offers furnished long-term leases with integrated utilities, cleaning, and maintenance via its app. Danke Apartment partners with property owners for standardized renovations and employs IoT devices for smart home features. Founded in 2015, it dominates the student and young professional rental market with rapid urbanization driving expansion.

Papa Group coordinates property renovation and maintenance services from Hong Kong. Its Papabo platform connects homeowners with in-house teams for design, construction, and repairs. PapaHome integrates Taobao-sourced home goods for online-to-offline retail. The group partners with TaoWorld for corporate global procurement and runs PapaCare nonprofit for elderly and low-income community support.

Housecall Pro is a San Diego-headquartered mobile software platform launched in 2013 for home service businesses. It streamlines job scheduling, customer databases, invoicing, payments, and technician dispatch through a smartphone app and web portal. Professionals in plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and cleaning run operations at low subscription costs nationwide.

Habi is a data-driven residential real estate platform operating an iBuyer model across Spanish-speaking Latin America, primarily Colombia and Mexico. The company buys and sells homes directly from consumers, using pricing algorithms and a proprietary database to provide liquidity and transparent information in housing markets where most homes are not listed online. Habi targets low- and middle-income consumers and has expanded into embedded financial services alongside its core real estate transactions.

Orchard is a New York-headquartered real estate platform facilitating iBuying services for home purchases and sales across 20 US states including Texas, Colorado, and Florida. The company deploys cash offers to sellers within 24 hours, handles renovations through its vendor network of cleaners, landscapers, photographers, floorers, roofers, and plumbers, then relists properties. Orchard has transacted over $2 billion in homes since 2017, partnering with Redfin for listings and title services via Orchard Title.

Bungalow is a San Francisco-headquartered residential platform founded in 2016 at bungalow.com. It leases multi-bedroom homes in desirable U.S. neighborhoods across seven cities including Los Angeles and New York. Renters select private bedrooms with vetted housemates in fully furnished properties equipped with WiFi, utilities, weekly housekeeping, and community events. Founders Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty emphasize flexible, communal living.

Landing is a subscription-based network revolutionizing apartment rentals across more than 80 U.S. markets. Members access furnished homes for flexible stays from one month to several years, along with services like cleaning, utilities, parking, moving help, and pet accommodations.

Marriott operates 1.8 million rooms across roughly 30 brands. At the end of 2025, luxury represented roughly 10% of total rooms, premium was 42%, select service was 46%, and midscale was 2%. Marriott, Courtyard, and Sheraton are the largest brands, while Autograph, Tribute, Moxy, Aloft, and Element are newer lifestyle brands. Managed and franchised represented 99% of total rooms as of Dec. 31, 2025. North America makes up 61% of total rooms. Managed, franchise, and incentive fees represent the vast majority of revenue and profitability for the company.

Vingroup JSC is a Vietnam-based company engaged in construction and provides retail outlets, commercial offices for lease, residential units for lease and sale. It also carries out investment activities, to provide the management service and to conduct other businesses. The company operates through the segments of Sale of inventory properties, Leasing investment properties and related services, Hospitality, entertainment and other services, Health care and related services, Education services, Retail services, Manufacturing activities, and Others. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Sale of inventory properties including developing and trading apartments and villas at real estate projects of the group.

Hilton Worldwide Holdings operates 1.35 million rooms across its 25 brands, serving the premium economy through luxury segments. Hampton and Hilton are the two largest brands, representing 27% and 18%, respectively, of the company’s total rooms, as of Dec. 31, 2025. Recent brands launched over the past few years include Home2, Curio, Canopy, Spark, Tru, Tempo, LivSmart, and Outset. Additionally, there is a partnership with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and acquisitions of NoMad and Graduate Hotels. Managed and franchised hotels represent the vast majority of adjusted EBITDA, predominantly from the Americas.

Samsung C&T Corp is a diversified company. It is engaged in construction, trading, fashion, resort, food & beverages, and biopharmaceutical operations. The Construction division handles domestic and overseas construction projects, the Trading division engages in trading activities, and the Fashion division imports and sells apparel. The Resort division operates Everland, Caribbean Bay, and golf courses, while the Food and Beverages division manages specialty catering and food distribution through Samsung Welstory. The Bio division carries out biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing and biosimilar-related business.