Monday, October 10, 2016, 13:48
The Spanish Startup Spotahome, an online platform for housing rental no more than 30 days, has been the big winner of the fifth edition of the South Summit, including more than 3,000 companies around the world and of various sectors, which emphasize for their “innovation, viability and scalability of its technology.”
She not only became the big winner of the final prize, but was also recognized as the best B2C company in the competition. This year’s edition under the title, the Disruptors Playground gathered in the Madrid room of the N@Ve, more than 12,500 attendees, 6,700 entrepreneurs, 600 investors and more than 400 speakers.
Thanks to this recognition, which the Spotahome project considered the best of the 100 finalists, the Spaniards will enjoy more financing, visibility and easy access to strategic similarities or facilities for its internationalization. We are very proud that our project has resulted in the big winner in these prestigious prizes that more than 3,100 have brought together very competitive companies. For the entire Spotahome team, this prize assumes recognition and a boost for the dedication and work we do every day, said the CEO and Co -founder Alejandro Artacho.
Revolution of the real estate sector
Spotahome is a Spanish startup that offers a fully disruptive model that revolves the real estate sector worldwide. With 2 years old and present in 16 cities from 10 countries, it is a non -free rental reserve platform that offers the most complete advertisements for apartments, rooms, studies and homes for everyone who has to rent more than a month. It is also the only marketplace that is responsible for visiting and personal checking of all the characteristics they publish, to make complete and precise lists with photos, plans and videos in HD that virtually simulate physical visits to the houses, offering a great differential value.
“The idea arose because so far everything that existed in the sector were pages of classified and local real estate agencies or platforms focused on holiday or short-term rent,” they say from the company. The platform currently has more than 140 employees of 27 nationalities, has registered 25,000 properties, has an annual business growth of 412% and has created a value of more than 22 million euros for the owners.
From Spotahome they say it is the team itself that is responsible for visiting and personal checking of all the characteristics they publish. They take professional photos, record plans, record videos in High -Definition of real estate and neighborhood and contain very detailed descriptions.
