Spacious
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{{notability|Companies|date=February 2019}}
{{COI|date=September 2015}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = Spacious千居
| logo = Spacious_Logo.png
| logo_size = 240px
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| location = Hong Kong
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| area_served = Asia
| founder = Asif Ghafoor
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| CEO = Asif Ghafoor
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| industry = Real estate
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| url = spacious.hk
| launch_date = August 2013
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Spacious千居 is an online residential real estate marketplace, connecting buyers and tenants with residential and commercial properties throughout Asia.{{cite news | url=http://hk-magazine.com/city-living/article/10-hong-kong-startups | title=10 Hong Kong Startups | work=HK Magazine | date=3 October 2013 | accessdate=15 December 2014 |author1=Adam White |author2=Sarah Fung |author3=Yannie Chan }} Spacious was founded in 2013 by Asif Ghafoor,{{cite news | url=http://www.startupshk.com/hong-kong-property-platform-spacious-raises-us-500k-seed-funding/ | title=Hong Kong Property Platform Spacious.hk Raises US$500k in Seed Funding | work=StartupsHK | date=March 7, 2014 | accessdate=15 December 2014 | author=Iris Leung | archive-date=16 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916102225/http://www.startupshk.com/hong-kong-property-platform-spacious-raises-us-500k-seed-funding/ | url-status=dead }} former Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered Bank development manager, senior IT director and application architect, and was part of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation incubator program.{{cite web|url= https://angel.co/spacious|title= Spacious |publisher=Angel List HK|date= |accessdate=2014-09-02}} Spacious is headquartered in Hong Kong.
Company history
=Inception=
Spacious was founded by Asif Ghafoor.{{cite web|url=http://www.hkstp.org/en-US/News-Media-Events/Incubatee-News/2014/Online-Independent-Property-Platform-Spacious-hk%E2%80%9D.aspx|title=Online Independent Property Platform "Spacious.hk" Helps User to Find the Best Property Deal without Bias|publisher=Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks|date=|access-date=2014-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031161349/http://www.hkstp.org/en-US/News-Media-Events/Incubatee-News/2014/Online-Independent-Property-Platform-Spacious-hk%E2%80%9D.aspx|archive-date=2014-10-31|url-status=dead}} As of 2015, the website includes rental listings, service apartments and apartments for sale in Hong Kong, a haunted house database and an affordability feature, where users can search for apartments based on their monthly income.{{cite news | url=http://technode.com/2015/04/03/spacious-offers-quality-properties-listings-asia-geographic-overlays/ | title=Spacious Offers Quality Properties Listings in Asia via Geographic Overlays | work=Technode.com | date=3 April 2015 | accessdate=27 July 2015 | author=Eva Yoo}}
=Funding=
The company raised a $500,000 seed round in early 2014 and received $3 million in June, 2015.{{cite web|url= https://sg.news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-based-property-marketplace-spacious-receives-us-110350056.html |title= Hong Kong-based property marketplace Spacious receives US$500K |publisher=Yahoo News|date= |accessdate=2014-09-01}}{{cite web | url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/17/spacious-funding/ | title=Hong Kong's Spacious Lands $3M To Expand Its Property Portal Across Asia | publisher=Techcrunch | date=17 June 2015 | accessdate=17 July 2015 | author=Jon Russell}}{{cite web | url=http://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/1823900/hong-kong-property-listings-start-spacious-attracts-us3-million-grow | title=Hong Kong property listings start-up Spacious attracts US$3 million to grow in Asia | newspaper=South China Morning Post | date=22 June 2015 | accessdate=17 July 2015 | author=Alice Woodhouse}}{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/3042294/hong-kong-based-digital-property-marketing-firm-spacious | title=Hong Kong-based digital property marketing firm Spacious eyes overseas expansion | newspaper=South China Morning Post | date=17 Dec 2019 | accessdate=17 Dec 2019 | author=Ryan Swift}}
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