• LiveIn

  Participated · Seed · Dec 2015

  LiveIn is Malaysia's leading long-stay provider that converts vacant buildings into fully furnished, long-stay rental homes via an Offline-to-Online (O2O) managed platform. The company targets students and young professionals by using second-tier locations and offering rents significantly below market rates to improve affordability for roughly 60 million young adults in Southeast Asia. LiveIn reports an average occupancy rate of 90% across Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam and has over 20 buildings (about 2,000 rooms) in Thailand. Its Ho Chi Minh District 9 launch reached full occupancy within 40 days, and the company plans to onboard two more buildings this quarter. LiveIn provides furnished rooms, dedicated concierge services and community events, and intends to roll out new service features and strategic partnerships to reinforce growth. The company is expanding regionally, with plans to enter Indonesia in 2024, and has attracted a diverse set of global investors supporting its scaling efforts. LiveIn (formerly Hostel Hunting) operates a student accommodation rental and community platform focused on long-term leases for younger demographics. The service is active in Malaysia and Thailand. The company positions itself as a rental community targeting students and young renters. LiveIn emphasizes long-term rental offerings rather than short-term stays. Recently the company completed a new financing that supports its regional operations and growth plans. No operating metrics or revenue figures were disclosed in the article. HostelHunting.com is a Malaysia-based student accommodation marketplace. The company operates an online marketplace for student housing and hostels. It raised $500,000 in a seed round led by KK Fund. Incubate Fund and Cradle Fund also participated, with Cradle’s involvement via the CIP 500 grant programme (CIP 500). The article did not disclose revenue, user metrics, founding year, or previous financing rounds.

• Offpeak.my

  Led · Grant · Dec 2015

  Offpeak operates an online platform for restaurant discovery and dining privileges. The company focuses on connecting diners with dining deals and privileges via its digital service. Offpeak received Cradle Fund’s CIP 500 grant of MYR500,000 (about $117,390). The startup said it will use the funding to support continued expansion in Malaysia. No other financial metrics or past financings were disclosed in the article. Offpeak operates an iOS and Android app that helps restaurants fill slower periods by offering discounted tables with as little as 10 minutes' notice and surfacing location-based recommendations. The product targets a broad range of vendors, from fine dining to quick-service and very local restaurants that typically do not accept reservations. Offpeak has signed up 600 restaurant partners in the last 10 months, a tenfold increase since it launched in August 2014. It reports user numbers have grown 30x since opening and bookings have averaged 50% month-on-month growth. The company is still finalizing a monetization or revenue-sharing model and says near-term focus is on market growth. Offpeak plans to expand into three or four new countries over the next year, starting with Bangkok.

• Be Malas

  Led · Equity · Jul 2015

  Be Malas is a Malaysia-based startup. The company was the subject of a funding announcement in which Cradle Fund and KK Fund co-invested in the business. The investors are injecting $500,000 (reported as around MYR1.9 million). The article does not disclose the company’s core product, business model, user metrics, revenue, or specific plans for the proceeds. No terms, instrument types, or valuation were provided in the piece. The coverage is limited to the funding announcement and does not include additional operational or financial details.

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