In 2013, there were six vans. In 2015, it already had 25 shares and raised its first round of funding led by Portugal Ventures, a stake that would be sold two years later.
From the beginning, trying to sell the most romanticized American dream in the world—road trips in a camper van—to today, preparing to conquer the American market, Hugo Oliveira, founder and CEO of Indie Campers, is the guest on this episode of Start Now. Cry later.
Come and talk to us about the challenges of managing a fleet of around 2000 motorhomes – the largest owned rental fleet in Europe – that travel the roads of 14 countries and 40 cities in countries such as Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Croatia, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Sweden and Austria, as well as Sardinia and Sicily.
With clients from over 130 nationalities and more than 200,000 nights spent in motorhomes, the company aims to be a hub for technological talent, preparing to evolve into a “one-stop-shop concept for all needs related to road trips and itinerant tourism worldwide”.
