What Kocomo does

Kocomo is a Mexico City-based proptech startup founded in 2021 that operates a global online marketplace aggregating fractional vacation home listings from multiple co-ownership providers. The platform serves as an impartial discovery and comparison layer connecting individual buyers — primarily tech-savvy investors and second-home seekers — with providers including MYNE, Vivla, Vangow, Lazazu, Ember, Partment, Nomadu, CO|ONE, Appassionata, Owners, and Ancana. Listings span more than 20 countries across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific, with property share prices ranging from approximately €83,000 to €499,000 depending on destination, provider, and share fraction (typically 1/6 to 1/8 ownership).

The platform's core technology is a web-based aggregation and content engine: Kocomo curates co-owned property listings, runs an in-depth provider comparison tool, and maintains an extensive SEO-optimized educational library covering co-ownership mechanics, timeshare alternatives, and destination-specific buying guides. The product surface includes the listings marketplace, a provider comparison module, curated guides, and a "Learn" section structured around the co-ownership buyer journey. No AI/ML capabilities, mobile app, or API are disclosed.

Kocomo's business model is a marketplace aggregator generating revenue through provider listing fees or commissions on referred transactions. The company raised $6 million in equity (led by Hi Ventures and Vine Ventures, with Clocktower Technology Ventures, FJ Labs, Jaws Ventures, Picus Capital, QED Investors, and Rhombuz VC) and $50 million in debt from Architect Capital in August 2021, with stated plans to acquire approximately 20 properties in Mexico and expand into the Caribbean and Europe. The company is founder-led by CEO Martin Schrimpff, CFO Thomas Baldwin, and CPO Graciela Arango, with Brian Requarth serving as Chairman.

Name

Kocomo

Legal name

Kocomo

Website

https://kocomo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kocomo is a Mexico City-based proptech marketplace that aggregates fractional vacation home listings from multiple international co-ownership providers, serving tech-savvy individual buyers and second-home investors across 20+ countries with comparison tools and educational content.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vacation Real Estate Marketplace

akta.pro primary industry

Professional/Managed Inventory Vacation Rental Marketplaces (THAMALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Channel Managers & Listing Syndication Networks (Distribution to Marketplaces) (THAMALAD)

Keywords

• Vacation home co-ownership
• Fractional ownership marketplace
• Property listing platform
• Co-ownership provider comparison
• Vacation real estate

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Marketplace Commission / Listing Fees: Kocomo generates revenue by listing co-ownership properties from various providers on its platform. The platform serves as an aggregator connecting property providers with potential buyers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kocomo operates a global digital marketplace that aggregates fractional vacation home listings from multiple international co-ownership providers, enabling users to discover, compare, and purchase shared ownership in luxury properties. The platform curates listings from providers such as MYNE, Vivla, Vangow, Lazazu, Ember, Partment, Nomadu, CO|ONE, Appassionata, and Ancana, and offers side-by-side provider comparison tools and destination-specific educational content for buyers. Revenue is generated through provider partnerships and marketplace commission on listings, while property seekers access the platform for free.

Product overview

Kocomo operates as a unified co-ownership marketplace platform that combines a property listings marketplace, provider comparison tools, and educational content. The core offering consists of the Co-Ownership Marketplace for discovering and purchasing fractional vacation homes, the Provider Comparison Platform for evaluating co-ownership providers (MYNE, Vivla, Ember, Lazazu, Partment, and others), and Curated Guides providing location-specific and topic-specific educational content. The platform serves as an impartial resource enabling users to learn about, compare, and execute vacation home co-ownership transactions across global destinations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Co-Ownership Marketplace A global digital marketplace that enables users to discover, compare, and connect with co-ownership providers to purchase fractional/co-owned vacation home properties across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Property seekers access the platform for free.
• Provider Comparison Platform An in-depth comparison platform that allows users to research and compare international co-ownership providers including MYNE, Vivla, Ember, Lazazu, Partment, Nomadu, CO|ONE, Appassionata, Ancana, Vangow, and Owners to find the right provider for their needs.
• Curated Co-Ownership Guides Educational guides on buying vacation homes through co-ownership in specific locations including Mallorca, Croatia, Greece, France, Spain, and Italy, plus timeshare alternatives and fractional ownership explanations.
• Property Listings Database

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Vrbo: Vrbo (owned by Expedia Group) is a long-established vacation rental marketplace focused on whole-home family travel. It is comparable as a large-scale vacation property listing platform but addresses short-term rentals rather than the fractional/co-ownership segment Kocomo targets.
• Airbnb: Airbnb is the dominant global short-term/vacation rental marketplace and serves as the incumbent reference point for two-sided property marketplaces. Kocomo competes for a share of consumer vacation-property mindshare, though Airbnb operates nightly rentals rather than fractional ownership and serves a much broader mass-market customer base.

Emerging players

• Casavo: Casavo is a European proptech platform offering instant-buying and brokerage services for residential real estate. While not a direct co-ownership competitor, Casavo is a comparable proptech marketplace player applying tech-enabled intermediation to residential transactions across multiple European markets.
• Ember: Ember is a U.S./UK-based vacation home co-ownership provider. It overlaps with Kocomo on customer segment (HNW buyers seeking fractional vacation property) but operates as an owned-inventory operator; both compete for the same end buyer through different routes.
• MYNE: MYNE is a German-based co-ownership provider operating across Europe (Baltic Sea, Austria, etc.). It is both a Kocomo partner and a competing direct channel — buyers seeking European co-ownership could go to MYNE directly, making it a partially overlapping peer with a different (owned-inventory) business model.
• Vangow: Vangow is a co-ownership provider operating in Latin America and other destinations. Comparable to Kocomo in target customer and product (fractional vacation home), and serves both as a Kocomo partner and as a direct competitor in the same geography and segment.
• Partment: Partment is a co-ownership provider focused on multi-property portfolio diversification. It overlaps with Kocomo on the buyer value proposition (owning fractions of multiple vacation homes) and is both a listed partner and a potential alternative direct channel.
• Lazazu: Lazazu is a vacation home co-ownership provider. Comparable to Kocomo in customer profile and value proposition (third-party managed co-ownership), but Lazazu is a single-brand operator rather than an aggregator and could substitute for Kocomo in a buyer's consideration set.
• Vivla: Vivla is a Spain-based co-ownership provider with properties across Mediterranean destinations. Comparable to Kocomo as a co-ownership specialist in the same geographic corridors (Spain, Costa del Sol), but Vivla controls its own inventory and sells shares directly rather than aggregating peers.

Direct peers

• Pacaso: Pacaso is the largest U.S.-based co-ownership marketplace for luxury vacation homes, operating an owned-inventory model. It is directly comparable to Kocomo as both target HNW buyers seeking fractional ownership of vacation properties, though Pacaso sources/acquires inventory directly while Kocomo aggregates third-party providers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gokocomo
• Facebookfacebook.com/kocomoliving
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kocomo
• Instagraminstagram.com/kocomomarketplace

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors10 records

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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