New Delhi, February 26, 2019: India’s fastest growing Gurgaon-based furniture, furnishings and consumer appliances rental startup, Cityfurnish has recently become a part of the prestigious US based Y-Combinator. The American seed accelerator, Y-Combinator provides seed funding, consultation and connections to startups through a careful selection of promising businesses across the world. Started in March 2005, the venture capital firm has spawned a number of highly successful startups including airbnb, reddit, Dropbox, Quora, Stripe and Cruise among others. Since its inception, YC has invested $150,000 for 7% equity in its companies.
Cityfurnish will be a part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 batch. Based in Mountain View, California, Y Combinator mentors over a hundred startups each year through its 12-week program. It interviews and selects two or more batches of companies per year in exchange for 7% equity. The startups move to Silicon Valley for 3 months, during which we work intensively with them to get the company into the best possible shape and refine their pitch to investors. The program culminates in a demo day, where founders of the chosen startups pitch their companies to an audience of Silicon Valley’s top investors. The firm, a community of over 4,000 successful founders, is consistently ranked at the top of US accelerators and has a combined valuation of $100B.
Speaking about this prestigious selection, Saurabh Gupta, co-founder and CTO, Cityfurnish said, “Being chosen by the top US accelerator among a gamut of global startups in itself is a huge validation of our business. This program will help us catapult our growth and expansion in India. We plan to further strengthen our positioning in the Indian market by introducing more product categories both vertically and horizontally. We will keep our continuous focus on improving the customer experience by providing white glove subscription experience.”
Founded in September 2015 by Neerav Jain and Saurabh Gupta, Cityfurnish offers high quality solid sheesham wood furniture, furnishings, consumer appliances and fitness equipment on a monthly subscription for household and commercial purposes. The company aims to set consumers free from the shackles of buying expensive commodities such as furniture and consumer appliances so that they can rather invest in meaningful experiences and other valuable assets.
The company was born out of its founder’s personal experiences when Neerav realized how difficult it can be to move, shift and buy furniture while changing cities, and that’s how he got the idea of incepting a brand that can ease the shifting blues of the increasing migrant population and yet offers an exceptional quality and service that allows consumers to experience the joy of shared economy. Cityfurnish accords liberty to the millennials by
providing an end-to-end solution to the lifestyle needs of a migrant, hence giving a strong platform to the millennia to save money by renting furniture and home appliances along with other equipments.
Buoyed by the increasing consumer base in India, the brand has witnessed a 100% YOY growth in FY 2018-19 besides expanding exponentially with a 100% subscriber growth rate and 50% customer retention rate in the last 12months. The brand is currently servicing cities including Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune and is now working on expanding to Hyderabad and Chennai. Cityfurnish works out of 9 fulfillment Centers across 5 cities including Noida, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore and are looking at expanding further to newer markets.
About Cityfurnish
Cityfurnish is India’s leading furniture and appliances rental company, driven by a mission to enable comfort and convenience for residential and commercial users with its wide variety of home furniture, office furniture, electronic appliances and fitness products available for rent and rent to buy options. CityFurnish has been operating in Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Bangalore, Pune and plans to launch soon in Hyderabad and Chennai. CityFurnish offers the most comprehensive, convenient and flexible furniture and appliances rental options available. More information is available at www.cityfurnish.com
