4stay in the news, on record, and in your draft.
Coverage, leadership bios, fact sheets, and brand assets — everything a journalist or producer needs to write about how 4stay houses students, interns, and remote pros for stays of a month or longer.
Press contact
Maya Whitford
Head of Communications. Replies inside one business day, on record or background.
press@4stay.com
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+1 (415) 555-0120
San Francisco · 9am–6pm PT
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What people are writing about us.
A few recent stories. For the complete archive going back to 2018, request the full clip book from press@4stay.com.
TechBrief
Q&A
Feb 4, 2026
"We never set out to compete with hotels" — CEO Adesh Patel on building for the medium-term renter.
Northbeat
News
Jan 22, 2026
Universities are outsourcing intern housing — and most of them picked the same vendor.
Campus Review
Op-ed
Dec 9, 2025
What "verified furnished" actually means, and why students keep paying for it.
CityWire
Profile
Nov 14, 2025
Inside the most surprising hiring boom in proptech: a community of 38,000 verified hosts.
4stay by the numbers.
Verified internally as of Q1 2026. All metrics available on request, with definitions and a methodology PDF for citation.
2016
Founded
San Francisco · NYC · London
38K
Verified hosts
Across 142 cities
412K
Stays booked
Lifetime, ≥ 30 nights
98%
Verified-photo rate
Listings inspected pre-publish
87
University partners
Bulk intern & co-op housing
63
Median stay (nights)
Vs. 2 nights for short-term rentals
4.81★
Average guest rating
Across 218K reviews
240
Full-time team
Across 14 time zones
Official announcements.
Subscribe to press@4stay.com distribution to get releases under embargo, typically 48 hours ahead of publication.
Apr 02, 2026
4stay closes $84M Series C led by Northwind Capital, expanding to 60 new university markets.
Mar 18, 2026
Introducing Verified Verified: every photo on 4stay is now reviewed by a human within 24 hours.
Feb 27, 2026
4stay partners with eleven Big Ten universities to manage off-campus internship housing.
Jan 14, 2026
Annual Trust & Safety report: 412,000 stays in 2025, 0.03% serious-incident rate.
Nov 06, 2025
4stay launches Group Stays — coordinated booking for cohorts of 4 to 40 interns.
Sep 21, 2025
4stay joins the U.S. State Department's Critical Skills exchange housing program.
Leadership available for comment.
Bios, headshots, and pronunciation notes. For interview requests, contact press@4stay.com — we typically arrange within 48 hours.
Adesh Patel
Co-founder & CEO
Builds and runs 4stay. Previously led housing operations at a YC-backed mobility startup; speaks frequently on marketplace trust, university partnerships, and the medium-term rental category.
Lina Cortez
Co-founder & COO
Runs hosts, operations, and trust & safety. Built the verification program from a single inspector to a 110-person team. Deep on supply economics, urban housing policy, and host community.
Hugo Lindqvist
Chief Technology Officer
Leads engineering, design, and data. Joined from a major payments platform where he ran identity. Best on verification, fraud prevention, and how 4stay built a verification-first marketplace at scale.
Logos, type, and color — ready for your layout.
Please don't recolor, recompose, or place the wordmark on busy backgrounds. The full guidelines PDF covers spacing, minimum sizes, and dos/don'ts in 14 pages.
4stay
Master press kit
Everything in one .zip — wordmarks (PNG & SVG), full color palette, type files, leadership headshots, and the latest fact sheet PDF. Updated quarterly.
v2026.1
~28 MB · ZIP
4stay
Wordmark
Primary 4stay wordmark in green, black, white, and reversed. PNG & SVG.
4 variants · 2.4 MB
DownloadColor palette
Brand greens, accent yellow, cream, and ink. Hex, RGB, and CMYK values.
5 core + 12 supporting
DownloadPoppins
Roboto for body and UI text.
Inter · Numerals · Captions
Type
Poppins for display, Roboto for body, Inter for data. All open-source.
3 families · OFL license
Get fonts12 product screenshots
Screenshots
App and web product shots in light + dark, sized for print and web.
12 images · JPG + PNG
DownloadAwards & recognition.
Selected lists and honors. Methodology and citation links available on request.
2026
Most Innovative Companies in Real Estate
Top 10, Proptech category — for the Verified Furnished framework.
Forum Weekly
2025
Best Place to Work, Mid-size
Recognized for distributed-team practices and hourly-employee benefits.
CityWire Workplace Report
2025
Top 50 Marketplaces
Ranked #18 by gross marketplace volume for stays 30 nights or longer.
Northbeat Index
2024
Trust & Safety Excellence
For the lowest serious-incident rate among peer marketplaces, three years running.
Marketplace Trust Council
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