closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message sleepout.com type private founded 2011 headquarters nairobi key people johann jenson ceo paul schwarz cto mikul shah coo industry e commerce website sleepout.com sleepout.com is an e commerce booking service that assists travelers in obtaining discounted rates for accommodation in hotels private homes apartments castles boats tree houses and other unique properties . the website serves as a platform connecting guests from around the world with accommodation suppliers in africa the middle east and the indian ocean islands . users on the site must register and create a personal profile to book or rent out their accommodation . each accommodation option is associated with a host who can be reviewed by previous guests . 1 history edit sleepout was founded in december 2011 on lamu island kenya and is now headquartered in port louis mauritius . the company was created by canadian hospitality marketeer johann jenson and kenyan digital entrepreneur mikul shah . 2 the company was initially bootstrapped and in may 2013 was funded by dutch venture capital firm africa media ventures fund amvf . 3 zimbabwean software engineer paul schwarz later joined the founding team in june 2013 . 4 at the time of their beta launch in june 2012 the platform listed 1500 properties for rent throughout east africa . 5 in march 2013 the company launched nomad an online travel and lifestyle magazine . 6 towards the end of 2013 the company released a user generated platform offering 3000 accommodation options in 32 countries across africa the middle east and the indian ocean islands . 7 references edit meet the airbnb of africa sleepout.com . smile & mobile . retrieved february 12 2014 . eat out founders all set to launch travel site sleepout . humanipo . retrieved april 12 2013 . vc4africa members johann jenson & mikul shah raise us 200 000 in seed funding . vc4africa . retrieved may 26 2013 . sleepout.com appoints paul schwarz as chief technical officer . pr.com . retrieved june 6 2013 . sleepout s johann jenson on handling over 150 000 visitors and their next big thing . techmoran . retrieved april 21 2013 . sleepout raises 200 000 seed funding launches online travel mag . ventureburn . retrieved may 26 2013 . 15 african technology startups to watch in 2014 . cnn . retrieved february 12 2014 . external links edit sleepout.com official website this article about a travel website is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sleepout.com & oldid 711620212 categories travel websiteshospitality serviceswebsite stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from january 2014all articles lacking reliable referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 march 2016 at 22 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view