What happens when a former investment banker looks at Miami's waterfront and decides the real opportunity isn't on land — it's on the water? You get Arkhaus, one of the most visually stunning and conceptually bold startups in the hospitality space today.
Sam Payrovi, co-founder and CEO of Arkhaus, joins Jeff \"Fuzzy\" Wenzel on Invst Guru to walk through the full story — from a rooftop social club in Miami's Faena District, to acquiring a solar-electric yacht builder, to designing a global network of overwater villa resorts with Pininfarina and Lyman-Morse.
These aren't houseboats. They're 2,200 square foot self-lifting platforms — part luxury villa, part electric yacht — that elevate out of the water, connect modularly, and can be deployed anywhere from Biscayne Bay to the Maldives to Monaco for a Formula One hospitality build.
In this episode, Sam and Jeff dig into:
— What a \"villa yacht\" actually is and why the category is just getting started — How EV battery technology unlocked the electric boating revolution — The double-dip business model: margin on every boat sold, recurring revenue on every resort night — Why the resort model is dramatically more scalable than the social club model —
Regulatory nuances that actually make recreational vessels easier to deploy fast — Expansion markets: Miami, the Florida Keys, Dubai, Singapore, Mykonos, Bali, and beyond — The moment their boat builder went under — and why Sam chose to acquire instead of quit — A live Wefunder raise at a $25M valuation and what milestones will trigger the next institutional round
Sam is the kind of founder who fights until his feet are in concrete. This conversation will make you see every coastline, bay, and lake a little differently.
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Invst Guru is hosted by Jeff \"Fuzzy\" Wenzel. New episodes feature founders and executives raising capital through equity crowdfunding on platforms like Wefunder, Netcapital, StartEngine, and more. Not financial advice. Equity crowdfunding investments carry risk.
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