Loby raises £380k pre-seed from SFC Capital to disrupt the way young people rent
Summary
London-based startup Loby has raised \xa3380k to scale its app that helps Gen-Z users find roommates and book apartments together, cutting rental costs in major cities.Founded by Adrian Zabica, Christian Brown, Julio-Cezar, and Andrey Dobrov, the idea for Loby came when Cezar and Andreys roommate pulled out last minute, leaving them with an empty room. Frustrated by the lack of tools to find roommates and rent as a group, they teamed up with longtime friends Adrian and Christian to build a solution while completing their final year of university.Lobys early growth was fuelled by a viral TikTok and Instagram presence, racking up tens of millions of views and thousands of downloads in its first weeks. The traction led to backing from SFC Capital and Spitzhorli Invest.The teams ambition is to become Airbnb for long-term rentals.