Overfunding: French Home Sharing App Whoomies Quickly Surpasses €300,000 Funding Target On Seedrs
Summary
Whoomies, a France-based home-sharing mobile app, has quickly surpassed its initial 300,000 equity crowdfunding target on Seedrs.Founded in 2017, Whoomies explained that it is focused on delivering digital tools to improve the shared living experience on both tenants and real estate owners. The company claims its mobile app is the first mobile app to help users match with their perfect roommate while allowing them to deal with their ideal accommodations.Whoomies also noted that it aims to shape the shared housing market thanks to our full-circle and tenant-driven approach.Funds from the Seedrs round will be used for the following:Whoomies noted it is looking to further improve our user experience in 2019 by going deeper into the searching and move-in processes while focusing on monetization.Whoomates [V1 Development & Launch]: The company is also looking to fully automate our room allocation process while creating a data-management dashboard for residence managers.Whoomies noted it has been successful at customer acquisition since the very beginning of its journey by doing the following: Keep on using communication and acquisition tools as a leverage for expansion and revenue. Expanding to the entire UK & launch trials in new highly targeted markets.The funding round is set to close in September.