Spacious

Spacious千居 is an online residential real estate marketplace, connecting buyers and tenants with residential and commercial properties throughout Asia.[1] Spacious was founded in 2013 by Asif Ghafoor,[2] former Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered Bank development manager, senior IT director and application architect, and was part of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation incubator program.[3] Spacious is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Spacious千居
HeadquartersHong Kong
Area servedAsia
Founder(s)Asif Ghafoor
CEOAsif Ghafoor
IndustryReal estate
URLSpacious.hk
LaunchedAugust 2013

Company history

Inception

Spacious was founded by Asif Ghafoor.[4] As of 2015, the website includes rental listings, service apartments and apartments for sale in Hong Kong, a haunted house database and an affordability feature, where users can search for apartments based on their monthly income.[5]

Growth and Funding

Since the launch of the Spacious website in August, 2013 and the implementation of a Chinese-language version in March 2014, the site has been growing at a rate of about 20 percent a week.[6] The company raised a $500K seed round in early 2014 and received $3 million in June, 2015.[7][8][9]

References
  1. Adam White; Sarah Fung; Yannie Chan (3 October 2013). "10 Hong Kong Startups". HK Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  2. Iris Leung (March 7, 2014). "Hong Kong Property Platform Spacious.hk Raises US$500k in Seed Funding". StartupsHK. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. "Spacious". Angel List HK. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  4. "Online Independent Property Platform "Spacious.hk" Helps User to Find the Best Property Deal without Bias". Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  5. Eva Yoo (3 April 2015). "Spacious Offers Quality Properties Listings in Asia via Geographic Overlays". Technode.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  6. Steimle, Josh. "Spacious Makes It Easy To Find A Home In Hong Kong". Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  7. "Hong Kong-based property marketplace Spacious receives US$500K". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  8. Jon Russell (17 June 2015). "Hong Kong's Spacious Lands $3M To Expand Its Property Portal Across Asia". Techcrunch. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  9. Alice Woodhouse (22 June 2015). "Hong Kong property listings start-up Spacious attracts US$3 million to grow in Asia". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
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