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A 2 day drama that began with a resignation and then withdrawing the same would definitely have some consequences. Well, if you are still confused with what we are jabbering about, Look Up! <keyword id="1960231" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Housing-com">Housing.com</keyword>, the <keyword id="6354553" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="real-estate">real estate</keyword> start up that shot to media headlines with its <keyword id="2838958" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="badass-CEO">badass CEO</keyword> resigning and saying sorry and withdrawing the resignation, has got the board members conscious. 
 As per a news report by The Economic Times, the board was revamped yesterday to include representatives of other major shareholders - <keyword id="175881" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nexus-Venture-Partners">Nexus Venture Partners</keyword> and <keyword id="309606" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Helion-Venture-Partners">Helion Venture Partners</keyword>. Earlier, Housing.com board comprised of three members co-founders <keyword id="536283" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rahul-Yadav">Rahul Yadav</keyword> and <keyword id="1696694" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Advitiya-Sharma">Advitiya Sharma</keyword> and <keyword id="163404" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Softbank">SoftBank</keyword> <keyword id="171576" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="vice-chairman">vice-chairman</keyword> <keyword id="6371777" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nikesh-Arora">Nikesh Arora</keyword>. 
 
In a bid to insensitive new management to join the company, investors in Housing are considering returning about 10 lakh shares to the company to swell the pool of employee stock . Of the total 71.5 lakh shares that constitute of Housing’s authorised share capital, only 2.86 lakh shares are for employee stock options or ESOPs.

A day after resignation drama,
housing.com get new people on board

After the government change, India the hot new investment destination for investors. 2014 has been a great year for many businesses, especially the online ones. Many managed to raise a lot of funds this year for their respective trades. 
 The latest to raise funds is <keyword id="1960231" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Housing-com">Housing.com</keyword>. They have managed to accumulate $90 million in the fifth round of <keyword id="6357455" type="EVENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Funding">funding</keyword>. Leading it was none other than <keyword id="2572690" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="SoftBank-Group">SoftBank Group</keyword>. 
 
Advitiya Sharma, Co-Founder of Housing.com said, “Ever since we started the company we had a huge vision, to help millions of people struggling to find <keyword id="6354553" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="real-estate">Real Estate</keyword> that meets their requirements perfectly. We’ve put in all our focus into building great products and mapping every single house in the country, on the platform. In our journey we have been fortunate to have found great partners, and the whole team is excited to work with <keyword id="163404" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Softbank">SoftBank</keyword> and achieve this vision together.” 
 
We had a word with them and this is what they had to say. 
 
The reason behind raising this sum of money? 
Ever since we started the company we had a huge vision of mapping every single house on Housing.com. Today we operate in 45 cities and get 80,000 - 100,000 daily unique visitors. Using this round of funding we will map over 40 million houses across 300 cities! 
 
Who are the other investors in this round of fund raising? The other investors are <keyword id="60126" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Falcon">Falcon</keyword> Edge, Nirvana Ventures, Nexus Ventures, <keyword id="104695" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</keyword> Ventures. 
 
How will the funds be used and any timeline of events? 
Our main mission is to map every single house, which is available for sale or rent. These funds will be optimized to expand our search all across. It will also allow users to list properties online at the touch of a button, a technology solution new to the real estate industry, both online and offline. 
 
Housing.com seems to be on a roll. Their aim to provide world-class housing support and features to the customers seems to be a good path. Let’s see what new innovations and structures they bring to their business from the freshly raised funds.

Housing.com Raises $90 Million To Take Their Business To The
Next Level, Led By SoftBank Group

Home-buying, like any other major decision, requires a lot of research and consideration. It’s not just the flat itself that matters, but also the building facilities and the neighbourhood, among others. So, when you buy a home, knowing that it is a long-term <keyword id="6355120" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="investment">investment</keyword> not a one-time purchase, the financial aspects are more complex than you might realize at first. Here are a few points to consider: 
 
· A square foot is not always a square foot. The term ‘Built up Area’ is used for the entire floor area, including the walls, whereas ‘Carpet Area’ is the usable area. Generally property dealers quote for built up area – so be sure that you are getting enough space where your furniture will all fit! 
· Want to work out? A broker might tell you that the building comes with a pool or a gym, but forgets to mention that access comes for a price: some societies in Mumbai will charge as much as 15,000/month for access to their recreational facilities. Not economical right? These facilities may play a large role in your choice; factor them into your long-term budget, as well. 
· Valet, please! Many Delhi bungalows come with parking; in Mumbai, however, parking is far more restricted. If you have a car – or more than one – be sure that, if your flat doesn’t come with a parking space, there’s ample street parking. Else the cost of parking will add up surprisingly quickly. 
· The new neighbours. In both cities, each neighbourhood has its own character. Hauz Khas in Delhi is, like Bandra West in Mumbai, the trendy area of bars and restaurants; for those working with major multinationals, Gurgaon in Delhi NCR or Powai and Bandra Kurla in Mumbai – all of which were built up independently of the major metro itself – are likely to be more convenient. Similarly, these satellite cities and planned developments generally have better infrastructure, facilities, and security. 
· <keyword id="35507" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="property-prices">Property prices</keyword>. It’s not just about how much the property is worth, but how much it will be worth. As the metros expand outward, suburbs that were once isolated are now seeing surges in property prices. Lower Parel, Mumbai’s new financial district, saw 17% growth in the first quarter of FY14 alone. It’s also where a large number of the city’s new developments are coming up; returns on a purchase of property in this or similar areas are likely to be enormous. 
· Metro in the metropolitan areas. The Delhi metro is definitely more modern than Mumbai’s (very prompt) local trains – but, with the launch of the new Mumbai metro, all that should change. Greater accessibility to the city centres means that property values – and potential returns on investment – in suburbs and satellite cities are expected to soar. The price growth in Navi Mumbai in 1Q14, for example, was an astounding 21%; the projected impacts of the Navi Mumbai International Airport and the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link are major catalysts. 
· Trust, but verify. Not all properties are what the broker promised. When buying an existing property, check it out thoroughly. Consider getting it independently appraised. If you’re looking to purchase a property still under development, do due diligence on the builder. Price appraisals are important, but so are construction standards and schedules – you don’t want to be waiting until 2020 to move into a flat that you purchased in 2014. 
 
The to-do list for buying a new home is longer than signing a contract, handing over money and packing up your belongings. In the major metro areas, where each neighborhood becomes a city within a city, the complications are even greater. 
 To sum up, basically when you decide to buy your own home there are a lot of emotions that go into the decision. For most people it’s a sense of pride and ownership; for many people their first property will be their last property. So, whatever you do or decide, you definitely need to consider and study the details of the above points in order to make your <keyword id="393457" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Home-buying">home buying</keyword> experience as smooth as possible. 
 
Author: Advitiya Sharma, Co-Founder &amp; Marketing Head of Housing.com

Buying A New House? Keep These Points In Mind

MUMBAI: Flush with funds and hungry for growth, a bunch of startups is gearing up to stake claim on talent at India’s top campuses. 
 
As placements unfold over the next few months at the IITs, IIMs and other institutes, these startups look on track to give traditional heavyweights a run for their money in the battle for talent. 
 
Ten startups that ET spoke to are collectively looking to hire more than 850 graduates across leading business schools, engineering colleges and graduate schools this fiscal. 
 From established names such as <keyword id="6354742" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Flipkart">Flipkart</keyword>, TaxiForSure and <keyword id="1006428" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Olacabs">Olacabs</keyword> to campus newbies like Vizury and <keyword id="2463175" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="CodeNation">CodeNation</keyword>, almost all are hiring in greater numbers than before, armed with attractive pay packages and the promise of greater responsibilities and faster growth for potential hires. 
 
Barely six months after being registered as a company, enterprise software developer CodeNation is already one of the most coveted recruiters at engineering campuses such as National Institutes of Technology (NITs), offering salaries of Rs 24 lakh. One of the last to go to the campuses last season, it hired 12 engineering graduates in March 2014. 
 
This time, it plans to net the best early on from the IITs, NITs, IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology), DTU (Delhi Technological University) and PESIT (PES Institute of Technology). "We went to campuses very late (last time), but do not want to do the same this time. We plan to hire 50 students from the best colleges," said Anuja Sivaram, head of operations at CodeNation. 
 Another relatively new name is Bangalore-based big data analytics startup Vizury. Last year, it went to two <keyword id="2470783" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="BITS-Pilani-University">BITS Pilani University</keyword> campuses with seven offers. The startup, which in June saw a third round of <keyword id="6357455" type="EVENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Funding">funding</keyword> totaling $16 million from new and existing investors, is planning to recruit more this year. "We plan to hire 25-30 engineers from IITs, BITS Pilani University, NITs and IIIT campuses for our product engineering team. Students will be working on cuttingedge analytics and advertising technology platforms," said Subra Krishnan, vice-president in charge of products. 
 
Taxi-service startup Olacabs, fresh after raising Rs 250 crore last month, is on an expansion mode. 
 
To drive its growth plans, the company is in the market for 100 new hires from IITs and IIMs, compared with 40 it recruited last year, said co-founder and Chief Executive Bhavish Aggarwal. 
 
Rival TaxiForSure, on its part, is heading to engineering campuses for the first time this year. Until now the company hired engineers laterally. "We will head to IIT-Madras and IIT-Bombay for the first time. Now we have five engineering managers who can train the new recruits and therefore there is sufficient leadership to hire from engineering campuses," said human resources head TN Hari. 
 While it hasn’t decided on the number of engineering students to be recruited, the startup will hire 25 from IIMs in Bangalore, <keyword id="6354925" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kolkata">Kolkata</keyword>, Ahmedabad and Lucknow as well as the <keyword id="6357275" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-School-of-Business">Indian School of Business</keyword>. 
 Online retailer Flipkart, last year’s biggest <keyword id="41007" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="recruiter">recruiter</keyword> in the startup space, declined to share numbers for this year but is expected to at least match last year’s hiring tally. 
The Bangalore-based company, which made an entry into the ET Top Recruiters at B-schools survey for the first time this year, hired more than 275 students from across campuses, including 90 management trainees, 115 graduate trainees and 70 software development engineers last season. 
 
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What helps these startups attract talent other than strong hiring numbers is a vibrant work environment, and salaries that are as competitive as many established organisations. TaxiForSure, for instance, will be offering packages ofRs 8-10 lakh at IITs. At IIMs, salaries will range between Rs 12 lakh and Rs 25 lakh, compared with Rs 12-18 lakh last year. 
 Mobile marketing and communications startup <keyword id="416397" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="ZipDial">ZipDial</keyword>, which intends to hire around 20 students this year, says while its fixed salaries may be slightly lower than market rates, top performers stand to make much more in terms of variable bonuses and employee equity grants. LimeRoad.com, which operates an online shopping platform for women, will offer employee stock option programmes. 
 Restaurant-guide startup <keyword id="830092" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Zomato">Zomato</keyword> is offering around Rs 15 lakh a year while property listings portal <keyword id="1960231" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Housing-com">Housing.com</keyword> will be shelling out anywhere between Rs 12 lakh and Rs 18 lakh. 
 Mumbai-based Housing.com, which raised Rs 115 crore in a new round of funding in June, was in fact, a <keyword id="2470782" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="first-day-recruiter">first-day recruiter</keyword> at <keyword id="2470784" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="IITKharagpur">IITKharagpur</keyword> placement rounds last December, sharing space with the likes of <keyword id="6355629" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Google">Google</keyword> and <keyword id="43340" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Oracle">Oracle</keyword>. 
 
This year, as well, several startups are likely to be among the first and second day recruiters at prestigious campuses, a privilege usually reserved for big-ticket recruiters. 
 
"The culture of entrepreneurship that startups provide, the growth opportunities and the challenging work environment are all very attractive to a number of students," said Punj Rajan, a student placement committee member at IIT-Kharagpur. "They actually want several startups to be among the companies slotted in the first few days of placements." Rajan had interned with Jabong.com during summer. Even B-schools are ready to make extra efforts to attract more startups. 
 
IIM-Bangalore last year organised a separate day for startups to come and hire from the executive MBA batch. "Startups often offer senior positions and if they need more time and rounds, we are ready to stretch for them. In the near future, we may have separate startup fairs for our flagship PGP batch too," said Sapna Agarwal, head of career development services at IIM-Bangalore. 
 
Not surprisingly, Advitiya Sharma, co-founder of Housing.com, says he has been flooded by invitations from top colleges. His plans are not firmed up as yet, but he intends to hire around 25 people from IITs and a similar number from IIMs across software, analytics, operations and tech roles. 
 
Another startup, Wooqer, has already made three pre-placement offers at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. It plans to hire 25 students across IITs and a couple of NITs, and intends to reach out to IIM-Indore, IIM-Bangalore, SP Jain Institute of Management &amp; Research and NMIMS soon. 
 
Salaries will range from Rs 13 lakh toRs 17 lakh. Other institutes including graduate and design schools are also being targeted by these startups. 
 
Upasana Nath, chief recruitment officer at Zomato, said besides the 40 students it will be hiring from engineering colleges like the IITs and senior leadership profiles from IIMs and ISB, it will be taking on board 200 for front line sales and content operations from graduate colleges in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Suchi Mukherjee, CEO &amp; co-founder of LimeRoad.com, said the startup intends to get 30-50 people from campuses alone. IITs in Delhi, Kanpur, Mumbai and Chennai will be the focus for technology and IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Kolkata for product managers, marketing and category managers.

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