Tell us about yourself
I’m a 21-year-old entrepreneur and the founder & CEO of ClearSplit, a financial infrastructure platform for short-term rental businesses worldwide.
I recently graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, and alongside my studies, I built and scaled a short-term rental management company to around $500,000 in annual revenue. That experience gave me direct exposure to the operational and financial challenges in the industry, which ultimately led me to build ClearSplit.
What inspired you to take the leap into entrepreneurship?
Entrepreneurship started early for me. In my final year of high school, I launched a tutoring initiative that provided free academic support to students. We helped over 400 students, and around 70% of them improved their grades. Today, thousands of students are being helped and this initiative allowed students to aim for top universities worldwide.
That experience showed me the impact of building something from scratch. From there, I explored multiple ventures.
The turning point came when I entered the short-term rental space. I pitched property management services to over 150 operators before landing my first client. That persistence led to building a real female-entrepreneur-spotlight-olga-kanj/”>female-business-leader-spotlight-rawan-arnaout/”>business, and more importantly, uncovering a real problem worth solving at scale.
What led to you founding ClearSplit?
While managing properties, I realized that financial management was completely broken.
Operators were using a mix of PMS platforms, accounting tools, and spreadsheets, yet still struggled to understand something as basic as their actual profit. Reporting was inconsistent, owner payouts were complex, and reconciliation took hours every month.
What stood out most was that even established operators were making decisions based on intuition rather than accurate financial data.
ClearSplit was built to solve that to give operators full clarity and control over their finances in a way that existing tools simply don’t.
What does ClearSplit do exactly?
ClearSplit is a financial operating system for short-term rental businesses.
It automates financial tracking, reporting, and profit distribution across properties, owners, and the business as a whole.
Instead of relying on fragmented tools, operators can:
- Track revenue and expenses in real time
- Automatically calculate owner payouts
- Generate clean, accurate financial reports
- Understand profitability at both property and business level
The goal is to replace spreadsheets and manual processes with a single, reliable system.
What is your company mission?
Our mission is to bring financial clarity and structure to the hospitality industry.
We want to enable operators to move away from reactive decision-making and instead run their businesses based on accurate, real-time data.
Long term, ClearSplit aims to become the financial infrastructure layer for hospitality businesses globally, covering everything from reporting to compliance, tax, and banking integration.
How are you unique in the marketplace?
Most existing tools were not built specifically for the short-term rental model.
Accounting software is too generic, and PMS platforms are not designed to handle financial complexity. As a result, operators are forced to patch together multiple systems or even higher accountant teams.
ClearSplit is purpose-built for this industry. It understands the nuances of booking-level revenue, multi-stakeholder payouts, and operational costs.
Additionally, we focus on international markets, particularly in Europe and the Middle East, where solutions are even more limited.
How are you revolutionising the industry?
We are shifting the industry from fragmented financial management to a unified system.
Today, operators often produce multiple reports from different tools, leading to inconsistencies and lack of trust. ClearSplit consolidates everything into one source of truth.
More importantly, we are moving financial management from being a back-office function to a strategic advantage, where operators can clearly see performance and make informed decisions instantly.
What benefits can Property Managers expect?
Property managers gain:
- Full visibility on their financials
- Automated owner payouts and reporting
- Reduced manual work and reconciliation
- Clear understanding of profitability per property and overall business
Ultimately, it allows them to operate more efficiently and scale with confidence.
Do you have an example of how it works from a Property Manager’s perspective?
A typical operator managing multiple properties might spend hours each month reconciling bookings, expenses, and owner payouts across different tools.
With ClearSplit, that process is automated
For example, once bookings are synced, the system automatically calculates revenue, applies predefined cost structures, and generates accurate owner statements.
Instead of manually building reports, the operator can simply review and share them, saving significant time while improving accuracy.
What has been your biggest success since launching?
One of our biggest milestones has been onboarding operators from multiple countries within a short period after launch, which validated that this is a global problem rather than a localized one.
In parallel, we’ve secured key industry partnerships, including with Hostaway, a unicorn, one of the leading platforms in the short-term rental space. This has significantly accelerated both our credibility and distribution early on.
We’ve also been recognized as a top emerging technology solution in the short-term rental industry for 2026, which further reinforces the relevance and timing of what we’re building.
What is your vision for ClearSplit?
Our vision is to become the financial backbone of the hospitality industry
In the short term, we are focused on perfecting financial visibility and automation.
In the long term, we aim to expand into compliance, tax automation, and financial services, creating a fully integrated ecosystem that supports operators at every stage of their growth.
Where can readers find out more?
You can learn more about ClearSplit and follow our journey at:
Visit our website: https://clearsplit.io/
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Linkedin Clearsplit: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clearsplit