Spacious
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| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
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| Area served | Asia |
| Founder(s) | Asif Ghafoor |
| CEO | Asif Ghafoor |
| Industry | Real estate |
| URL | spacious.hk |
| Launched | August 2013 |
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.
Company history[edit]
Inception[edit]
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]
Funding[edit]
The company raised a $500K seed round in early 2014 and received $3 million in June, 2015.[6][7][8] ref>Ryan Swift (17 Dec 2019). "Hong Kong-based digital property marketing firm Spacious eyes overseas expansion". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 17 Dec 2019.</ref>
References[edit]
- ^ Adam White; Sarah Fung; Yannie Chan (3 October 2013). "10 Hong Kong Startups". HK Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ Iris Leung (March 7, 2014). "Hong Kong Property Platform Spacious.hk Raises US$500k in Seed Funding". StartupsHK. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ "Spacious". Angel List HK. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Eva Yoo (3 April 2015). "Spacious Offers Quality Properties Listings in Asia via Geographic Overlays". Technode.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Hong Kong-based property marketplace Spacious receives US$500K". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- ^ Jon Russell (17 June 2015). "Hong Kong's Spacious Lands $3M To Expand Its Property Portal Across Asia". Techcrunch. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ 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.