NestAway

What NestAway does

NestAway is a Bengaluru-based online home rental platform founded in 2015 that operates as a broker-free digital marketplace connecting property owners with tenants seeking rental housing across India. The platform enables individuals and families to find flats, houses, and rooms for rent at paying-guest (PG) price points, offering both furnished and unfurnished apartment options. Following its integration into Aurum PropTech alongside PropTiger in 2025, NestAway has expanded beyond traditional rental brokerage into adjacent verticals including women's housing, senior living management, and the Hello World co-living and co-working sub-brand launched in 2022.

The company's core product is its direct-to-consumer web platform at nestaway.com, which facilitates rental transactions by eliminating broker intermediation between property owners and tenants. NestAway generates revenue primarily through transaction fees on rental agreements. The platform serves two primary customer segments: individual tenants seeking verified listings without broker fees, and property owners seeking tenants without high commissions. Adjacent use cases include women-focused housing with safety features, senior living management with support services, and managed shared spaces under the Hello World brand targeting young professionals and digital nomads.

NestAway has raised over $112 million in cumulative funding across multiple rounds, with investors including Goldman Sachs, Tiger Global Management, Chiratae Ventures, Flipkart, UC-RNT Fund, InnoVen Capital, Epiq Capital, Brand Capital, and InMobi. The company made three acquisitions (Zenify in May 2017, ApnaComplex in February 2020, and StayAbode in March 2020) to expand its inventory and service offerings. NestAway now operates as a subsidiary of Aurum PropTech, which reported INR 1.24 billion in Q3 FY2026 revenues with 77% year-on-year growth at the consolidated level and achieved profitability with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 6.5%.

Name

NestAway

Legal name

NestAway

Website

https://nestaway.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

NestAway is a Bengaluru-based online home rental marketplace founded in 2015 that connects individual tenants with property owners in India without broker intermediation, offering furnished and unfurnished apartments, with a Hello World co-living sub-brand and operations under parent Aurum PropTech.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Home Rental Marketplace

NAICS

Lessors of Real Estate (5311), Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings (53111)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Vacation & Short-Term Rental Management (BPAJAFAI)

Keywords

• Home rental marketplace
• Broker-free rentals
• Furnished apartments
• Co-living spaces
• Property rental platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Bengaluru

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Rental Transaction Facilitation: Facilitates rental transactions between property owners and tenants through its online platform, operating as a broker-free rental marketplace offering both furnished and unfurnished apartments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

NestAway operates an online home rental marketplace that connects property owners directly with tenants seeking flats, houses, and rooms across India, eliminating broker intermediation. The platform lists both furnished and unfurnished apartments at paying-guest price points and has expanded into managed women's housing, senior living, and co-living/co-working offerings through its Hello World sub-brand. NestAway monetizes by facilitating these rental transactions as a broker-free digital intermediary.

Product overview

NestAway operates as a unified online home rental platform that connects property owners with tenants seeking rental housing without intermediary broker fees. The platform provides a portfolio of rental solutions including standard apartments and rooms, supplemented by its sub-brand Hello World which offers co-living and co-working spaces. Together, these offerings span the full spectrum of rental housing needs from individual units to managed co-living communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hello World: Co-living and co-working brand launched by NestAway in 2022

Products and services

• NestAway Rental Marketplace

Quantifiable outcome

• 77% year-on-year revenue growth for parent company Aurum PropTech including NestAway operations
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PropTigercoreTechnology or Integration · 1 July 2025PropTiger is a strategic acquisition by Aurum PropTech (NestAway's parent) from REA India in July 2025. The acquisition fueled the Distribution segment's 234% year-on-year revenue increase, providing synergies across NestAway and PropTiger platforms.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NoBroker: NoBroker is the most direct competitor to NestAway in India, operating a broker-free online marketplace for flats, houses, and PG accommodations. Both target the same owner-tenant rental match with similar zero-broker positioning.
• Zolo Stays: Zolo Stays is a managed co-living and PG rental operator in India, directly comparable to NestAway's Hello World brand and its PG-priced room offerings. Both aggregate rental supply and manage tenant experience end-to-end.
• Stanza Living: Stanza Living is a managed co-living platform in India offering fully serviced shared accommodations to students and young professionals. It competes with NestAway's Hello World brand in the managed, higher-amenity segment of the rental market.
• Colive: Colive operates a managed home rental network targeting working professionals in Indian cities, with furnished, serviced apartments. It overlaps directly with NestAway's furnished rental inventory and Hello World co-living proposition.
• CoHo: CoHo is a managed co-living and shared housing operator in India serving young professionals and students. It is comparable to NestAway's shared-room and Hello World offerings with a similar tech-enabled, community-led approach.

Broad incumbents

• OYO Life: OYO Life is OYO's longer-term managed rental brand offering fully furnished apartments on monthly stays. It is a broader incumbent in India's managed rental space with stronger brand recognition and capital, competing with NestAway's furnished inventory.
• MagicBricks: MagicBricks is one of India's largest online real estate marketplaces, listing both sale and rental properties. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with NestAway on rental listings but monetises via listings/lead fees rather than broker-free facilitation.
• 99acres: 99acres is a major Indian real estate portal owned by InfoEdge, with significant rental listing inventory. It competes with NestAway at the top of the rental search funnel but relies on broker-supplied listings rather than a direct owner-tenant model.
• Housing.com: Housing.com is an Indian PropTech marketplace for sale and rental properties backed by REA Group. It is comparable to NestAway as a rental discovery platform but operates with a broader horizontal real estate focus rather than a broker-free owned marketplace.

Others

• PropTiger: PropTiger is a sister company under Aurum PropTech, focused on online residential property brokerage and new home sales. It is highly relevant ecosystem context for NestAway given shared ownership, cross-platform synergies, and the 234% YoY growth in Aurum's distribution segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nestawayhomes
• Facebookfacebook.com/nestawayhomes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds9 records

Investors10 records

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M&A3 records

Investments1 record

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