PlaceMatch.Asia

A Marketplace for expats & professionals in metropolitan cities of SEA to connect & swiftly transact long-term accommodation rentals online.

  • Stage Concept Only
  • Industry Travel
  • Location Singapore General Hospital Outram Road Singapore
  • Currency USD
  • Founded September 2013
  • Website PlaceMatch.asia

Company Summary

Metropolitan cities across South East Asia are experiencing a population growth due to the influx of foreign and domestic expats. Finding rental accommodation is a pain point for over 12 million expats in Asia. The existing rental process is plagues with numerous inefficiencies like scattered & unreliable listings, shady deals and time intensive search. PlaceMatch is changing all this by providing a disruptive yet safe one stop shop solution.

Team

  • Mateen Kirmani
    Co-Founder

    At Rocket Internet Gmbh he was tasked to lead the marketing and business development initiative for an online fashion
    enterprise in a gradually growing market, against a fragmented competitive landscape. Exposure Mateen gained in this role is going to be especially vital to the growth of
    PlaceMatch.
    As a management consultant for 6 years, Mateen lent his expertise to top global technology companies.

  • Muhammad Hasnain Hyder
    Co-Founder

    An artist and coding enthusiast, Hyder has founded two internet startups and successfully exited one. Hyder’s
    expertise lies in web development and consumer experience enrichment. He holds a double master’s degree
    from NUS and Georgia-Tech (US) and has won business plan competitions in United States.
    His undergraduate term project, “Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton”, was awarded the prize of “Best engineering
    project in Pakistan” in 2010.

Previous Investors

  • Friends & Family
    Unconfirmed

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