- Service Name
Locat’me
- Industry
Rental marketplace history
- Main Value Proposition
Read the founders’ account of the Locat’me rental matching project.
- Key Features
Historical tenant and landlord matching concept.
- Use Cases
Research the origins and original approach of the Locat’me project.
- Audience
Readers researching French rental marketplace history.
- Tagline
Locat’me’s rental matching project
- Tags
Rental matching
France
Marketplace history
How the idea began
The founders said the project began with an idea to let prospective tenants publish their housing search and receive contact from landlords.
From student project to rental matching
The founders said they began developing the idea in 2011 as a final-year engineering project at ECE Paris. The interview describes how they applied it to rental searches.