Housing has undoubtedly become one of the greatest concerns in today's society, especially for young people and families with limited economic resources, who face great difficulties in accessing housing, especially in the most stressed areas of large cities. In this context, the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem is promoting innovative and technological initiatives that seek to transform this reality.
Among them is the startup habitacion.com, which in recent years has positioned itself as a benchmark in this sector. The company, led by Oriol Valls, has just taken an important step forward with the recent round of financing.
This operation, worth 1.3 million euros, has been led by Demium Capital and includes the participation of investors such as Ebisu Digital Venture Capital, Dozen Investments and renowned business angels such as Fernando Cabello-Astolfi (Aplazame, Devengo) and Iván Peña (Ritmo). Thanks to this capital injection, habitacion.com will be able to move forward strategically and consolidate its growth.
According to the startup itself, this investment will enable it to scale its platform and strengthen its leadership in the residential co-ownership market in southern Europe. In addition, the company plans to develop a more robust technological infrastructure and automate processes through artificial intelligence to improve the user experience throughout the process of buying and selling rooms.
In parallel, habitacion.com will continue to expand its team, which in less than three months has grown from 8 to 20 people, with plans to incorporate new talent in areas such as product, operations, sales and technology.
habitacion.com's technology addresses a real issue in the Spanish real estate market: around 70% of people under 30 years old are forced to share a flat due to the difficulty of accessing a rental or individual purchase. The high purchase prices and the burden of rents, which consume most of the monthly income, make saving difficult and perpetuate a cycle that is difficult to overcome.
In response to this situation, in 2023 habitacion.com launched an innovative business model that allows users to buy a room instead of renting it, investing an amount similar to what they would pay in a monthly rent. For example, by spending 500 euros a month on the purchase of a room, in five years users could accumulate up to 25,000 euros, a saving that can be used as a down payment for a mortgage, to invest in other projects or to meet other financial goals.
The first rooms on the platform were booked in less than 48 hours, achieving more than 80 operations in cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Granada over the past year. The platform currently has more than 21,000 people on the waiting list and expects to sell 400 rooms by 2025, consolidating its position as the largest co-ownership platform in southern Europe.
‘Since the start of the project, our mission has been to transform the real estate market and offer a real solution for young people to access housing and build equity without changing their spending habits,’ said CEO Oriol Valls.
‘This capital injection allows us to accelerate growth to meet current demand and continue to lead innovation in the sector to respond to the real needs of the population,’ he added.
This new financing round of 1.3 million euros comes after the success of its pre-seed round in 2024, in which the company raised 400,000 euros. The startup closed the year with more than €3.4 million in operations and a turnover of €1.4 million.
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