Houze, a Vietnam-based PropTech startup that offers a fully integrated real estate ecosystem for agents and customers through its offline-to-online platform, said Monday it has raised a $2 million of funding led by DKRA Group, giving the company resources to continue expanding its services and growing its team to meet the demand in Vietnam and beyond.
Houze said in a statement that this fund will continue to complete leadership team as well as enhance core product. In addition, a strategic partnership with DKRA Group creates the advantage of exclusive inventories as well as enhances battlefield experience in the real estate industry in Vietnam.
Houze also revealed that it is in the process of closing a additional fund with venture capital to launch new products such as Houze Portal, Houze Super App and Houze Finance.
“Technology will disrupt geographical limitations, human capital, close the gap between agents and home-buyers, professionalize the brokerage community.” – said Founder of Houze, Pham Lam.
Founded in 2020 by Pham Lam, Houze is a multi-platform for real estate needs, including: transaction, management, investment and financing. The founder is a serial entrepreneur behind numerous leading real estate company.
With the original vision, Houze has created multi-platform for both real-estate agents and home-buyers, offering integrated services from transaction, management, investment, and financing options.
Houze features services such as Houze Agent (digital brokerage), Houze Commerce (property management platform under SaaS), Houze Invest (Fintech resulted from real estate) among others. All these services are integrated and linked in Houze, providing a seamless experience for its users, managing to combine the elements into one unique platform.
According to the statement, Vietnam has emerged as a thriving real estate market in Southeast Asia. Despite the global crisis, Vietnam has reached its target of over 2.58% GDP growth in 2021. Cited Vietnam National Real Estate Association, it said the scale of real estate market will reach $1.2 billion, accounting for 22% of the total assets of the economy by 2030.
Meanwhile, DKRA Group is the leading real estate service brand in Vietnam with more than 10 years of operation and development, providing comprehensive solutions from market research, investment consulting, marketing and distribution, building management.
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