Roadsurfer, a Munich-based firm specialising in outside mobility has raised €25 million to help the worldwide growth of their camper van rental platform and speed up its progress throughout Europe and North America.
The financing got here within the type of a enterprise debt transaction from BBVA, and benefited from the help of the European Funding Fund (EIF) below the InvestEU programme.
“These financing rounds replicate our companions’ confidence in our enterprise mannequin. The collaboration with BBVA was marked by constructive dialogue and a shared understanding of long-term worth creation,” famous Markus Dickhardt, Co-founder and CEO of roadsurfer.
Based in 2016 by Markus Dickhard, Stephie Niemann, Christoph Niemann, Jean-Marie Klein and Susanne Dickhardt, roadsurfer has established itself as one of the recognised manufacturers within the camper van rental sector. It at present operates a fleet of practically 10,000 automobiles and is current in additional than 90 places throughout 16 international locations, together with Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, the U.S., and Canada.
Its providing contains rental, subscription, and gross sales providers for camper vans, along with its “roadsurfer Spots” platform, which connects vacationers with non-public landowners for tenting.
In 2023, the corporate generated gross sales of round €114 million. The consolidated annual revenue was round €1.6 million.
The financing offered by BBVA enhances a earlier €60 million asset-backed securitization (ABS) operation led by Macquarie Group, bringing roadsurfer’s whole financing capability to over €500 million.
Each transactions replicate the corporate’s complete capital technique, targeted on strengthening its fleet, consolidating key markets, and persevering with to develop digital options that make camper journey extra accessible, sustainable, and interesting.
“roadsurfer represents the kind of thrilling high-growthcompany backed by high tier VCs that BBVA desires to help: digital, revolutionary of their area with an extremely robust administration crew and dedicated to fostering extra sustainable methods of touring.
“Its progress displays the dynamism of the European entrepreneurial ecosystem and our dedication to offering versatile monetary options to worldwide corporations with confirmed world ambitions,” stated Donatella Callegaris, Head of Enterprise & Progress Lending at BBVA in Europe.
This follows a €30 million funding from Avellinia Capital in February 2025 as a part of an asset-backed financing.
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