Housing.com - Journey from scrap to a perfect business model

HOUSING.COM JOURNEY FROM SCRAP TO THE PERFECT BUSINESS MODEL Rahul Yadav and Advitiya Sharma came to Mumbai to study at IIT-B Ended up finding a house near IIT-B campus after a lot of house hunting Advitiya went around clicking HD pictures of properties. Came up with a businessidea of finding houses online Built good number of potential clients, made INR 1-2 lakhs a month and gave birth to Housing.co.in with 12 members on board. 11 OCTOBER 2013 Launched android app and mobile website 14 FEBRUARY 2013 Got initiate funding from Zishaan Hayath of Chaupaati Bazaar and ex VP of product at Future Bazaar 14 FEBRUARY 2013 Launched Buy/Resale section, new app and mobile website 15 MARCH 2013 got launched in 3 new cities - Haryana, Pune & Gurgaon 22 MAY 2013 Surpassed Makaan.com and indiaproperty.com 24 MAY 2013 hires 45 new recruits from IITS 26 SEPTEMBER 2013 Acquired .com domain and all 3's national helpline number for a whoping $1 million. 2014 3 co founders quit the company FEBRUARY 2014 I II introduced a new project named 'Housing New Projects' that exhibited 3D models of I II y properties that were still under construction. NOVEMBER 2014 Launched home loan services in partnership with banks like Citibank, Axis bank, L&T Finance, DHFL, PNB Housing Finance and Bajaj Finserv. 口 出 NOVEMBER 2014 Introduced online rental agreements DECEMBER 2014 Received the biggest funding of $90 million from Softbank and falcon 5 JANUARY 2015 Partnered with Google to help users before they explicitly search for properties and Users will receive edge capital notifications of rent/sale of properties. 5 MARCH 2015 Bring to light the new look of Housing.com on the festival of Holi 26 MARCH 2015 Acquired IREF where registered users shared their views and experiences to help home buyers to make an informed decision about real estate/ helped housing.com to make the home buying experience transparent and unique. APRIL 2015 Reached 85 cities in India 12 JUNE 2015 Acquired realty business intelligence for $2-4 million 1 JULY 2015 Rahul Yadav resigned CURRENTLY 109,035 verified property listings, 2000+ employees, list 2000 houses per day, 1 lakh unique visitors per day. FUTURE ASPECT Expand in 300 cities and overseas in next Designed By: MGL Reach us: [email protected] 011 68888193 Infographic www.mglinfographic.com %24 田 %24 %24