Giovanna Bontempi

I’m Giovanna, a Brazilian founder with a background in Dentistry who ended up taking a very different path into entrepreneurship.

I spent almost four years living in Australia, where I got to know the short-term rental and cleaning industry firsthand. What started as a service business gradually showed me a much bigger opportunity, which led me to build AirClean Pro — an Australian company focused on managing cleaning operations for Airbnb hosts and property managers.

I’m now based in Brazil while running and growing the business remotely across Australia. We’re still early, and I’m very hands-on with operations, sales, processes and strategy, but my long-term vision is to turn what we’re learning and building manually today into a scalable marketplace and technology platform.

I’m especially interested in startups, marketplaces, technology, business strategy and fundraising. I love learning from people who are building ambitious things, and I’m looking to connect with other founders who are navigating the same challenges of building, figuring things out and scaling from the ground up.

I’m building AirClean Pro, an Australian managed marketplace for short-term rental cleaning. We’re already operating across multiple cities, and I’m currently focused on scaling the operation, building a strong network of cleaners and property managers, and eventually turning wha