IBB Ventures leads xHeron pre-seed funding round

• IBB Ventures led a pre-seed financing round in xHeron, an AI-native outsourcing provider for short-term-rental guest operations.
• Berlin-based xHeron handles guest communication, coordination, issue resolution within each operator’s policies, standards, decision boundaries.
• Funding targets more autonomous AI capabilities, broader rollout to additional operators, scaling delivery without proportional headcount growth.
• xHeron reported a high six-figure ARR before the round, with 115% net revenue retention, more than half of customers via referrals.
• Business angels with hospitality, AI, business backgrounds joined the round.

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