myHospi

What myHospi does

myHospi is a two-sided online marketplace that connects students seeking rooms with student households (hospitahuizen) offering rooms in the Netherlands. Founded in 2019 and built and operated by software studio Embite (headquartered in Nijkerk, Netherlands), the platform serves current and prospective university students across 13 Dutch cities — Utrecht, Amsterdam, Groningen, Wageningen, Leiden, Enschede, Delft, Nijmegen, Eindhoven, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Den Haag, and Tilburg — with 508+ active room listings at the time of data collection. The platform is purpose-built around the Dutch "hospiteeravond" tradition: students create profile-based applications, houses filter candidates by attributes such as age, gender, study phase, and student association (vereniging) affiliation, and shortlisted candidates are invited to a collective viewing evening to select new housemates. Communication, invitations, and rejection notifications are handled through an in-app chat with read receipts and bulk-messaging tooling.

The platform is delivered through three digital surfaces — a responsive website (myhospi.nl, available in Dutch and English), a native iOS app on the Apple App Store, and a native Android app (com.embite.myhospi) on Google Play — with mobile room posting requiring the app. Technology components include automated profile-based matching algorithms, in-app encrypted chat with delivery and read receipts, bulk invitation messaging for hospiteerrondes (viewing rounds), and structured profile filtering. Embite serves as the data processor under GDPR; user data is hosted using DigitalOcean CDN with Google Analytics instrumentation.

myHospi operates on a freemium model: the platform is free for both room seekers and student houses, with an optional Premium subscription for room seekers offering higher reaction/application limits and additional features on a non-refundable, recurring basis. There is no commission on housing transactions; revenue is generated solely from premium subscriptions and in-app paid feature purchases. The primary customer segments are individual students seeking accommodation and student households seeking new housemates, with a secondary segment of students who filter by specific student association affiliations. Marketing is product-led and community-driven, relying on organic social media sharing of listing links, a referral code mechanism at signup, and app store optimization; the company does not employ a direct sales motion.

Name

myHospi

Legal name

myHospi

Website

https://myhospi.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

myHospi is a Dutch two-sided online marketplace, founded in 2019 and operated by Embite, that connects university students seeking rooms with student households offering rooms across 13 Dutch cities. The platform runs on a freemium model with an optional paid premium tier for room seekers, delivered via web, iOS, and Android.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Housing Marketplace

NAICS

Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps (72131), All Other Traveler Accommodation (721199)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Shared Student Apartments & Roommate-Matching Platforms (EDAIALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Private Student Housing Marketplaces & Booking Platforms (Aggregators) (EDAIALAE), Student Housing Marketplaces & Booking Platforms (THAMAGAJ), Student-Focused Co-Living (Flexible, Community-Led) (THAMAGAI)

Keywords

• Student housing marketplace
• Student room finder
• Room rental platform
• Student accommodation app
• Dutch student housing

Headquarters

HQ city

Nijkerk

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freemium Platform Access: The core platform is free for both room seekers and student houses. Free features include profile creation, room listings, applying to rooms, chat, invitation management, and all hospiteeravond coordination. The company generates revenue from a premium subscription tier available to room seekers offering extra features such as higher application limits.
2. Premium Feature Purchases: Certain premium features are available for purchase within the platform. Payments for premium features are final and non-refundable unless otherwise stated. The premium tier for room seekers provides additional functionality beyond the free core platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

myHospi is a two-sided online marketplace that connects students seeking rooms in the Netherlands with student households (hospitahuizen) offering rooms. The platform enables profile-based applications, hospiteeravond (viewing evening) scheduling, and in-app chat between candidates and households, covering 13 Dutch university cities. It is built and operated by Embite.

Product overview

myHospi is a unified student housing platform operating exclusively in the Netherlands. It consists of a web platform (https://myhospi.nl) and native mobile applications for iOS and Android. The core product is the free matching platform where students create profiles, browse available rooms across 13 Dutch cities, and apply to student households; landlords manage listings and invite candidates to hospiteeravond (viewing evenings). A Premium subscription add-on is available for room seekers wanting higher response limits. All communication between candidates and landlords occurs through the platform's built-in chat feature.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• myHospi Platform A two-sided marketplace platform (web + mobile) where individual students create profiles, browse room listings across 13 Dutch cities, apply to student households, and coordinate hospiteeravond (viewing evening) invitations. Student houses list rooms, review candidates, filter by attributes (age, gender, study phase, association), invite candidates to viewings, and select new housemates via in-app chat.
• myHospi Mobile App Native iOS and Android mobile applications providing the full myHospi platform experience on mobile devices, including profile creation, room browsing with real-time notifications, application submission, in-app chat, and hospiteeravond coordination for both room seekers and student houses.

Quantifiable outcome

• 508+ active room listings on the platform across 13 Dutch cities
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• EmbitecoreTechnology or IntegrationEmbite is the developer and operator of myHospi. Based in Nijkerk, Netherlands (Kleterstraat 11a, CA Nijkerk), Embite builds and maintains the platform, handles data processing as the data processor under GDPR, and manages technical infrastructure including DigitalOcean CDN storage and Google Analytics. Embite is also listed as the legal entity behind the platform's terms and conditions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• HousingAnywhere: International student housing marketplace with strong presence in the Netherlands and broader Europe; comparable two-sided model targeting the same student renter segment with cross-border inventory.
• Spotahome: Mid- to long-term online rental platform including a strong student tenant segment in European cities; comparable two-sided booking model with verified listings and digital tenant-landlord workflows.
• Nestpick: Furnished rental marketplace focused on students and relocating professionals in major European cities; comparable aggregation and booking model for medium-term accommodation seekers.
• Uniplaces: Student-focused accommodation marketplace operating across European university cities; comparable marketplace business model serving international and domestic students booking verified rooms.
• SpareRoom: UK-based flatshare and roommate-matching platform; directly comparable on the roommate-matching and shared-house workflow that underpins myHospi's product.
• Room.nl: Dutch rental listings platform with a student room category; comparable domestic marketplace connecting Dutch renters (including students) with landlords.
• Kamernet: The dominant Dutch student housing marketplace; directly comparable to myHospi as a two-sided platform connecting student room seekers with student houses across Dutch university cities.
• Erasmusplay: Erasmus student exchange accommodation platform operating across European destinations; comparable niche marketplace targeting the international student mobility segment myHospi also serves.

Regional players

• Pararius: Dutch rental housing aggregator covering rooms and apartments in the Netherlands; comparable regional listings marketplace, broader than myHospi but overlapping in student room inventory.
• Huurwoning.nl: Dutch rental property portal aggregating listings across the Netherlands; comparable regional real-estate marketplace with overlap on student rental inventory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/myhospiapp

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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