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Housing.com Acquired

Locon Solutions Private Limited Mumbai, Maharashtra Founded 2012 housing.com ↗

Online real estate marketplace (property listings, digital advertising, lead generation, home loan brokerage) founded in Mumbai in June 2012. Rose to prominence — and controversy under co-founder/CEO Rahul Yadav — after a SoftBank-led $90M round in Dec 2014. Merged into rival PropTiger (under Singapore-based holding company Elara Technologies, backed by REA Group/News Corp) in Jan 2017. As of July 2026,…

Rahul Yadav · Founder & CEO Advitiya Sharma · Co-founder & CMO
$131.2 MnTotal funding (tracked)
6Funding rounds
23 Nov 2016Last round

Housing.com: Funding Rounds

Date Round Amount Investors Source
23 Nov 2016 Bridge $5 Mn SoftBank source
21 Jan 2016 Series D $14.7 Mn SoftBank source
15 Dec 2014 Series C $90 Mn SoftBank Falcon Edge Capital source
Jun 2014 ~ Series B $19 Mn Helion Venture Partners Nexus Venture Partners Qualcomm Ventures source
6 Jun 2013 Series A $2.5 Mn Nexus Venture Partners source
15 Feb 2013 Angel Undisclosed Zishaan Hayath Aatif Misbah Aditya Agarwal Gagan Goyal Harsh Baid Hemanth Goteti Shishir Kapoor Vaibhav Puranik source

Acquisitions

DateAcquirerAcquiredAmountSource
16 Jul 2026 Aurum PropTech Housing.com ₹458 Cr source
10 Jan 2017 PropTiger Housing.com Undisclosed source

Recent Signals

  • 28 Oct 2020 · ma-strategic
    REA Group takes controlling stake in Elara Technologies, Housing.com's parent source

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FAQs on Housing.com

Who founded Housing.com?

Housing.com was founded by Rahul Yadav, Advitiya Sharma in 2012.

How much funding has Housing.com raised?

Housing.com has raised $131.2 Mn across 6 tracked funding round(s), most recently on 2016-11-23. Figures are compiled from cited public sources.

Who are the investors in Housing.com?

Investors in Housing.com include SoftBank, Falcon Edge Capital.

What does Housing.com do?

Online real estate marketplace (property listings, digital advertising, lead generation, home loan brokerage) founded in Mumbai in June 2012. Rose to prominence — and controversy under co-founder/CEO Rahul Yadav — after a SoftBank-led $90M round in Dec 2014. Merged into rival PropTiger (under Singapore-based holding…

Where is Housing.com headquartered?

Housing.com is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

What is Housing.com's business model?

Housing.com's core value proposition centers on Full-stack real estate marketplace.

How does Housing.com make money?

Housing.com's cited revenue streams include Digital marketing & advertising services, Lead generation, Home loan brokerage, Hardware & software supply.

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