Type | limited |
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Founded | June 2009 |
Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people | Mike Pierce (co-founder), Mark Davies (co-founder) |
Industry | Real estate |
Website | u-rooms.com |
Type of site | Search engine |
Launched | March 2010 |
Current status | Active |
u-rooms is is a different way to find and let properties and rooms, connecting people with property. It is committed to making the process of renting and finding a property as simple as possible for all involved, whether that be a landlord, tenant or agent.
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Product features
u-rooms offers services to young professionals and students that reflect their ‘always online’ lifestyle, enabling them to link their property hunt to their favourite social network site, to search for flats that matches their unique attributes and preferences.[1]
The company collaborated with hybris, a leading multi-channel commerce and communication software vendor, as its preferred e-commerce platform to support the new digital service. It enabled build u-rooms.com on a functionally rich and highly scaleable solution that is capable of managing a large number of transactions and searches concurrently.[2]
u-rooms have partnered with STA travels as launch partners to leverage the synergies between the two brands and give students a great deal on their travel as they search for their next home.
History and company information
The company, formed[3] in June 2009 by Mike Peirce (former CTO, lastminute.com) and Mark Davies (former head of online at Unite Group, FTSE 250 Company) was initially supported by the set squared business start up and support network service based in surrey research centre.
u-rooms successfully completed the securing of first round investment from Chadwick Holdings.[4] The initial capital enabled u-rooms ltd to develop and bring to market their prime proposition of www.u-rooms.com.
Notes and references
- ^ "Rental solutions for students and young professionals". http://www.easier.com/67923-rental-solutions-students-young-professionals.html. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
- ^ "u-rooms.com selects hybris". http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=53099. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ "u-rooms.com". http://www1.propertyportalwatch.com/2010/01/u-rooms-com-coming-soon/#more-8193. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ "u-rom closes first round investment!". http://corp.u-rooms.com/u-rooms-closes-first-round-investment/. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
External links
Category:Dot-com Category:Internet companies of the United Kingdom Category:British websites Category:Property Category:Property companies of the United Kingdom Category:Online real estate databases