
HouseME
OperatingHouseME is the digital rental specialist, offering a better way to rent, loved by landlords and tenants.
- Rental
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Venture
- Founded 2015
- house.me ↗
- Total raised
- $3M
- disclosed
- Last round
- Venture
- Rounds
- 7
- since 2015
- Employees
- 1-50
About HouseME
Finally, a tech-enabled rental management company that brings renting into the 21st century. HouseME is a digital platform that connects dream tenants to great landlords. We facilitate mutually-beneficial relationships that result in fair prices, ongoing support, transparency and reduced risk. For only 2.5%, HouseME is the new, easy and smart way to rent. We want to live in a world where good people get the best out of life. So we're building it, one home at a time. For too long, residential rental has been a broken system. HouseME has focused on rewriting the rules, solving common issues experienced by both residents and landlords, and redefining the landlord / tenant relationship, offering our platform and expertise for only 2.5%. Founded in Cape Town by Ben Shaw and Kyle Bradley in 2016, HouseME is reshaping the South African rental marketplace. Disruptors in the industry, HouseME is set up to serve and support tenants and provide more to landlords across the country — both private and institutional — with complete transparency, underpinned by technology. The platform's easy-to-use technology connects dream tenants to great properties with comprehensive vetting processes, a dual-sided rating system, transparent bidding mechanism and speedy, cost-effective maintenance services. HouseME is the best rental platform available — for everyone. HouseME Rentals is an EAAB-registered company, and we're proud of our regulatory compliance which provides peace of mind for all our users.
HouseME funding7 rounds
All 7 rounds →HouseME has raised $3M across 7 disclosed rounds. The latest is a Venture announced 02 Sep 2020.
| Announced | Round | Lead · investors | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Sep 2020 | HouseME Venture | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| 26 Nov 2019 | HouseME Venture | Not disclosed | $3M |
| 17 Dec 2018 | HouseME Venture | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| 18 Jun 2018 | HouseME Venture | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| 05 Jan 2017 | HouseME Seed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| 05 Sep 2016 | HouseME Angel | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| 05 Aug 2015 | HouseME Angel | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
HouseME founders & team
- Benjamin ShawCEO & Founder
- Kyle BradleyCTO
HouseME competitorssame sector · similar funding
- MeQasaAccra, Ghana
- HouseAfricaMaitama, Nigeria
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Frequently asked about HouseME
- Where is HouseME based and when was it founded?
- HouseME is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa and was founded in 2015.
- Who founded HouseME?
- HouseME was founded by Benjamin Shaw (CEO & Founder).
- Who is the CEO of HouseME?
- Benjamin Shaw is HouseME's CEO & Founder.
- How much funding has HouseME raised?
- HouseME has raised $3M across 7 disclosed rounds. Its latest, a Venture, was announced on Sep 02, 2020.
- What sector is HouseME in?
- HouseME operates in Rental, Real Estate and PropTech.