RE Tech Startup Settlin raises INR 3 CR in its angel round of funding from GSF Accelerator and ah! Ventures Angel Platform. This is ah! Ventures’ 66th investment taking its total investment portfolio to INR 196 Cr with 10 exits till date.
Buying a home is the costliest, most prestigious and sadly, in India, the most complex transaction. Settlin makes it simple, quick and transparent.
Settlin.in is The first & only Full stack Resale Home Buying PropTech Platform. Search online within 3 times more options than anywhere else, visit offline via white collar gig economy greeters, and transact online, all in just 4 months as opposed to the industry average of 18.
Just with 10 part timers who are analysts, programmers, consultants in their normal jobs, Settlin is executing 500 visits per month, resulting in 12 transactions per month. The offline part is a deskilled plug and play model which can execute lakhs of visits across geographies seamlessly.
Settlin is the largest player in Bangalore by a huge margin, while operating in just 1/5th of Bangalore with selective inventory. In Q3 FY 2020-2021, even amidst Covid – Settlin achieved its pre covid tractions and is on the growth path. Since the past 6 months, it has been growing 10% month on month to reach a current ARR of INR 2 cr and a GTV of INR 120 cr.
The founders, Ashish and Sudhanshu have a perfect mix of real estate experience and technology expertise. Settlin is Ashish’s second startup in the space and has hands-on experience of more than 300 property transactions across verticals. Sudhanshu is an IIT Kanpur graduate and has taken 2 projects from zero to one and beyond, the latest one being Autoninja (acquired by ICICI Lombard).
Sudhanshu & Ashish, co-founders of Settlin say, “Settlin is at break-even and organically growing, but we are very keen to grow 5x in the next 12 months with this fundraise. We will expand pan Bangalore and may be a couple of other cities as well.”
Zeeshan, Venture Partner, ah! Ventures says, “Prop tech still has untapped potential which is one of our reasons to back Settlin. We feel and believe that Settlin has a convincing business model and has shown resilience in operations even in challenging times. The technology stack and clean UI, along with a focus on a unique human enforced customer experience makes this start up very engaging. From ah! Ventures we reaffirm our commitment to helping promising startups scale and push the boundaries to deliver value. ”
“Housing is a key sector of Indian economy and it’s on a major rebound post COVID. We believe technology driven solutions will drive further recovery especially in the resale market. Settlin has a huge focus on technology and service; it’s founders have deep domain expertise and resilience. They will unlock the true potential of the housing sector”, says Rajesh Sawhney, founder of GSF Accelerator. ”
Founder Contact: Sudhanshu, sudhanshu@settlin.in, +91-8095999256.
About ah! Ventures
ah! Ventures is one of India’s curated and largest fundraising platform for early stage startups raising up to 10 MN USD. ah! Ventures has three platforms: First Gear, which helps startups raise upto 1 CR, Angel Platform, which helps startups raise upto 1 MN USD and High Tables Platform, which helps startups raise 1-10 MN USD. Today ah! First Gear, Angel and High Tables platforms have over 70000+ entreprenurs, 2000+ seed/angel investors and over 1000 VCs & institutional investors registered with it. ah! First Gear, Angel and High Tables platforms till date have invested INR 196 Cr (~28 MN USD) in 51 startups and 66 investments and have announced 10 exits.
Contact: Abhijeet Kumar, abhijeet@ahventures.in
