What Chez Nestor does

Chez Nestor operates as a France-anchored brand within the broader Joivy coliving platform, which is legally held by DoveVivo S.p.A., an Italian joint-stock company founded in 2007 and headquartered in Milan. The platform provides ready-to-live furnished rooms in shared apartments targeted at students and young professionals aged roughly 18 to 30, with a stated value proposition of removing friction from urban relocation by bundling furnishing, utilities, dedicated support, and administrative handling into a single rental contract. The service spans four European countries (Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal) and more than 20 cities, including Milan, Rome, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, Lyon, and Bordeaux.

The product surface is organized into four verticals: Coliving (the core furnished shared-apartment offering), Campus (dedicated student housing in select university cities), Corporate (B2B housing and full-service property management for companies and property owners), and Voyage (short-term travel accommodation). Technology consists of a dedicated mobile application for tenant management — supporting remote contract signing, digital rent payment, and 24/7 customer support — alongside a multi-language website with city-specific landing pages and a content marketing engine.

The business model combines B2C rental revenue from individual tenants with B2B property management services offered to property owners and corporate clients. The platform sources inventory via a Property Owner Portal and an Investor Program, then handles end-to-end management including furnishing, administration, renovation, maintenance, and marketing. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies by city and property type, with flexible contract terms ranging from short stays to long-term leases. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, operates with a headcount of 11–50, and reports no publicly disclosed revenue figures.

Name

Chez Nestor

Legal name

DoveVivo S.p.A.

Website

https://chez-nestor.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coliving / Shared Housing Rentals

NAICS

Accommodation (721), Other Traveler Accommodation (72119)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Co-Living / Hybrid Extended-Stay Residences (THAGAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Co-Living Private Rooms (Short-Term) (THAMABAI), Student-Focused Co-Living (Flexible, Community-Led) (THAMAGAI)

Keywords

• Coliving rentals
• Shared apartments
• Furnished housing
• Student accommodation
• Property management

Headquarters

HQ city

Les Auvergnes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Chez Nestor provides fully furnished rooms in shared apartments across major European cities for urban nomads aged 18-30. Offerings include coliving rentals, dedicated student housing, corporate employee housing, and short-term travel stays, bundled with utilities, 24/7 customer assistance, maintenance, administrative support, and a dedicated mobile application for remote contract signing and digital rent payment. Contracts are flexible and can be adjusted in length, apartment type, zone, or city.

Product overview

Joivy (DoveVivo S.p.A.) is a unified coliving platform offering multiple housing solutions including Coliving (furnished shared apartments across Europe), Student Housing (dedicated student accommodations in select cities), Corporate (business housing and property management), and Voyage (short-term travel stays). The platform provides end-to-end services including online booking, remote contract signing, digital rent payments, a dedicated mobile application, 24/7 support, and maintenance services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Campus: Student housing vertical offering accommodation for students
• Travel

Products and services

• Coliving Furnished single and double rooms in shared apartments across Europe, offered with utilities, dedicated assistance, remote contract signing, online rent payment, a dedicated mobile application, 24/7 customer support, maintenance, and a built-in resident community for students and young professionals.
• Student Housing (Campus) Specialized student accommodation available in specific cities including Bologna, Como, Ferrara, Parma, Trieste, Venice, and Madrid, offering dedicated housing options for university students within the coliving network.
• Corporate housing solution Business-focused coliving and property management offering: companies can house relocating employees through the same accommodation network, and property owners can hand over end-to-end management of their units, including administrative tasks, renovation, maintenance, and marketing.
• Voyage (short-term travel stays) Short-term travel accommodation in furnished rooms across the Joivy platform, marketed as the Voyage vertical for travellers needing turnkey stays in the same cities served by the coliving network.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Uniplaces: European student and young-professional accommodation marketplace operating in Portugal, Italy, Spain, and other EU markets. Comparable platform-based booking experience and overlapping target cities (Lisbon, Madrid, Milan).
• Student.com: Global student accommodation marketplace with strong presence in European university cities (Milan, Madrid, Paris, Lisbon). Comparable specifically to Joivy's Campus vertical for international and domestic student housing.
• Common: US-based coliving operator with fully furnished shared apartments, mobile-first tenant experience, and flexible lease terms. Strongly comparable product and target demographic (urban young professionals), serving as a useful US benchmark for the European model.
• Spotahome: European mid-term furnished rental marketplace with verified listings across Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal. Overlaps directly with Joivy's geographic footprint and digital-first booking model for furnished rooms.
• Venn (formerly The Student Hotel): Hybrid student/academic housing and extended-stay operator across European university cities. Closely comparable to Joivy's Campus and Coliving verticals — combines student-focused accommodation with flexible longer-stay options in dense European markets.
• HAUZ: Tech-enabled coliving and property management platform serving Latin America and Europe. Comparable operating model: digitally managed shared rooms, landlord onboarding portal, and tenant app — direct overlap with Joivy's coliving + property-owner channel.
• The Collective (now part of Ennismore): Original European coliving operator offering fully furnished shared apartments with community programming. Most direct comparable — same product (coliving rooms in shared apartments), same young professional demographic, with locations in London, Berlin, Paris.

Emerging players

• Badi: Barcelona-founded room rental and roommate-matching platform active in Spain, Italy, France, and other European markets. Comparable to the shared-room/flatmate part of Joivy's offering, though Badi is marketplace-led rather than operator-led.
• Nexo (residenz) / U-Space: European student and young-professional housing operators focusing on coliving-style accommodations in secondary European cities. Comparable niche player in the same flexible-rent, furnished-rooms segment.

Broad incumbents

• Blueground: Global furnished-apartment rental platform with 30+ day stays across major cities. Comparable insofar as it offers turnkey, flexible, fully furnished units to professionals relocating temporarily — directly substitutes for coliving rooms at higher price points.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chez_nestor

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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