{"id":19115,"date":"2021-11-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/11\/30\/singapore-coliving-start-up-casa-mia-coliving-secures-us400000-in-pre-seed-funding-on-the-back-of-sustained-growth-eyes-regional-expansion\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"singapore-coliving-start-up-casa-mia-coliving-secures-us400000-in-pre-seed-funding-on-the-back-of-sustained-growth-eyes-regional-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/11\/30\/singapore-coliving-start-up-casa-mia-coliving-secures-us400000-in-pre-seed-funding-on-the-back-of-sustained-growth-eyes-regional-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore coliving start-up Casa Mia Coliving secures US$400,000 in pre-seed funding on the back of sustained growth; eyes regional expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\">\n<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media&#13;<br \/>\nOutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a030 November 2021 &#8211;<b>\u00a0<\/b>Singapore-headquartered&#13;<br \/>\nstart-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casamia.co\/\">Casa Mia Coliving<\/a> has raised US$400,000 in pre-seed funding from angel&#13;<br \/>\ninvestors in Singapore, the United Kingdom, Italy and Qatar. The funds will&#13;<br \/>\naccelerate its room count in Singapore and its plans to launch a second city&#13;<br \/>\nsoon. The company is on track to embark on its seed funding round shortly. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The coliving sector has proved resilient even&#13;<br \/>\nthrough the global coronavirus pandemic. As cities become denser and more&#13;<br \/>\nexpensive, coliving has become viable for professionals looking to tap&#13;<br \/>\nemployment and cultural opportunities in global cities like Singapore. Young&#13;<br \/>\nprofessionals are also attracted to the strong community ethos that coliving&#13;<br \/>\noffers and increasingly choose shared accommodation as a lifestyle preference.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Casa Mia Coliving achieved a 10% month-on-month&#13;<br \/>\ngrowth and averaged a 91% occupancy rate for its various properties in&#13;<br \/>\nSingapore throughout 2021. It plans to double its room count to 300 by early&#13;<br \/>\n2022, expanding its footprint in River Valley (where it now offers more&#13;<br \/>\nlocations than any other coliving place in Singapore) and adding more&#13;<br \/>\nneighbourhoods across the island, including Jalan Besar.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Addressing the needs of a new generation of renters\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Casa Mia Coliving offers a full range of living&#13;<br \/>\nsolutions underpinned by a proprietary technology platform that responds&#13;<br \/>\ndynamically to renter requirements in real-time. The company can match&#13;<br \/>\nroommates, furnish apartments, manage shared spaces, and provide additional&#13;<br \/>\nvalue-added services such as cleaning and community events. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By turning roommate living into a scalable&#13;<br \/>\nproduct, the company can provide young expat professionals with affordable,&#13;<br \/>\nsafe, and flexible options in highly sought-after neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our commitment to delivering an Easy Living&#13;<br \/>\nexperience means members can find value for money accommodations more quickly&#13;<br \/>\nthan via traditional processes. Renting their ideal home becomes seamless and&#13;<br \/>\neasy, and our members can quickly immerse themselves into experiencing life in&#13;<br \/>\nthe cities of their choice,&#8221; said Casa Mia Coliving co-founder Eugenio&#13;<br \/>\nFerrante.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Casa Mia Coliving invested in developing a&#13;<br \/>\nproprietary technology platform to automate all aspects of its business to&#13;<br \/>\ndrive business efficiencies and scale. Potential renters can access real-time&#13;<br \/>\ninformation on available homes and take a virtual tour of the space. Property&#13;<br \/>\nowners also receive detailed monthly statements with the performance and&#13;<br \/>\nongoing maintenance activities at their properties.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Creating enhanced value for property owners<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Casa Mia Coliving will expand its footprint of&#13;<br \/>\nmanaged properties with landlords, property developers and real estate experts&#13;<br \/>\nin the first half of 2022. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Casa Mia Coliving will provide a one-stop&#13;<br \/>\nservice to manage the leasing process, housekeeping, and property maintenance&#13;<br \/>\nas the managing agent. Where required, property owners can also elect to have&#13;<br \/>\nCasa Mia Coliving manage any upgrading work \u2013 from advising on the style and&#13;<br \/>\ntype of renovation that would make the most impact, selecting the right&#13;<br \/>\nvendors, and furnishing the space \u2013 to enhance the property value and attract&#13;<br \/>\nthe right lessons. They can also choose to improve their property yield via a&#13;<br \/>\nrange of variable revenue models.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re looking at management agreements that&#13;<br \/>\noffer stronger, more predictable revenue and have built a proven business model&#13;<br \/>\nthat can scale quickly in anticipation of continued growth in residential real&#13;<br \/>\nestate,&#8221; said Casa Mia Coliving co-founder Ahmed Nizar. &#8220;People will always&#13;<br \/>\nwant homes that are affordable, conveniently located, and flexible, without the&#13;<br \/>\nhassle of a lengthy contracting process, while property owners want to monetise&#13;<br \/>\ntheir property quickly and efficiently. Coliving is that sweet spot that&#13;<br \/>\nfulfils both requirements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-11-30\/107550\/singapore-coliving-start-up-casa-mia-coliving-secures-us400000-in-pre-seed-funding-on-the-back-of-sustained-growth-eyes-regional-expansion\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0Media&#13; OutReach\u00a0&#8211;\u00a030 November 2021 &#8211;\u00a0Singapore-headquartered&#13; start-up Casa Mia Coliving has raised US$400,000 in pre-seed funding from angel&#13; investors in Singapore, the United Kingdom, Italy and Qatar. The funds will&#13; accelerate its room count in Singapore and its plans to launch a second city&#13; soon. 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