{"id":48401,"date":"2018-05-21T00:45:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T23:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?p=48401"},"modified":"2019-01-25T09:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T09:44:01","slug":"85-ideal-flatmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2018\/85-ideal-flatmate\/","title":{"rendered":"85. Ideal Flatmate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Founders: <\/strong>Tom Gatzen and Robert Imonikhe
\nFounded: <\/strong>October 2015 (Launched December 2016)
\nWebsite: <\/strong>www.idealflatmate.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

You move into a flat share and everything seems hunky dory, but then it all starts to fall apart a few months, or even weeks, down the line.<\/p>\n

Annoying habits or behaviours start to emerge and the person you thought your flatmate was, or was pretending to be, vanishes to be replaced by a veritable monster…<\/p>\n

Sound familiar? It’s an experience all renters will have gone through at some stage and one that Ideal Flatmate looks to solve.<\/p>\n

Best friends, and former flatmates, Tom Gatzen and Robert Imonikhe had experienced their fair share of toxic flat shares.<\/p>\n

They realised that, with generation rent booming, there was nothing on the market matching compatible living partners to make for a harmonious living environment.<\/p>\n

In December 2016, the pair launched started Ideal Flatmate to plug this gap – and the business does just what it says on the tin.<\/p>\n

Flat-hunters are asked 20 questions about their living habits to find a match. Future flatmates can then message each other within a group and browse for their home together.<\/p>\n

The start-up operates on a freemium model, with landlords able to list their properties for free and other features accessed through a paywall. It also has a ‘Preemium Flathunter’ option.<\/p>\n

The platform currently sees 100,000 active monthly users and 50,000 registered flat hunters, while more than 5,000 landlords and letting agents have already uploaded properties onto the site.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a £500,000 seed funding round in July 2017, these users will soon be able to access a more streamlined messaging service as Ideal Flatmate continues to develop its platform and launches a specially created app.<\/p>\n

Currently only available in London, plans are already afoot to take the platform UK-wide; after all it’s “who you live with that has the biggest impact on your happiness rather than simply where you live or how nice your house is”.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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