Remote Year, the pioneering work-travel platform founded in 2014 for professionals who want to live and work in different cities around the world, announced today a $5 million investment round was led by Lightbank, a venture capital firm based out of Chicago. Existing Remote Year investor Highland Capital Partners participated in the round.

Remote Year brings together communities of creative, driven professionals to live abroad while working remotely. They offer 4, 6 and 12 month programs, where participants or 'Remotes' live and work in a new city each month for the duration of the program. They operate in 12 ciites across the world, including Mexico City, Medellin, Lima, Santiago, Split, Lisbon, Valencia, Cape Town, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Chiang Mai and Kyoto.