Square Yards receives $25 million in investments from ADM Capital

India s leading digital integrated realty startup, Square Yards, has raised roughly Rs. 185 crore or $25 million from ADM Capital, a leading worldwide investment manager with $2.4 billion of assets under management in Asia Pacific and Europe. This is the first tranche of growth financing for Square Yards which is looking at raising more than $100 million as part of its ongoing fundraising exercise. The capital will be deployed for scaling up expansion while also making newer investments in multiple verticals across the whole value chain. 

Tanuj Shori, CEO & Founder at Square Yards, stated that the company has been capital efficient from the beginning with a clearly outlined objective of providing high ROI. He added that Square Yards has achieved major operational benchmarks in the last 12 months such as pilot success of its new initiatives like property management and rentals, home interiors and more along with profitability. Shori also stated that the company is currently at the cusp of accelerating even further and emphasized on the vital role of a strong institutional partner like ADM Capital for aggressively forging ahead towards a faster trajectory of growth. 

Square Yards is building a full stack integrated service based ecosystem both organically and inorganically, having acquired platform capabilities recently throughout VR, property management and rentals and data intelligence. It has also launched its full-service platform for home interiors and furnishings. Christopher Botsford, Co-Founding Partner and Joint Chief Investment Officer, ADM Capital, added that they are pleased to partner with Square Yards for future growth opportunities while looking for more opportunities to back top Indian corporate entities that are looking to disrupt conventional business sectors. He also added that the company is happy with Square Yards  willingness to ramp up its environmental and social policies and stated that ADM Capital can share its expertise, taking its proven abilities of enhancing ESG risk mitigation and borrower governance into account. 

Founded in 1998, ADM Capital offers flexible credit options for leading midsized corporate entities in the Asia Pacific. It ventured into India sometime in 2004 and has already invested in excess of $670 million across 18 private financings till date. ADM Capital focuses on strengthening social and environmental compliance and corporate governance. The global proptech startup has been witnessing a wave of integrated plays courtesy big names like Beike, Zillow, Compass and others taking the fully digital and integrated consumer experience route, covering all aspects of the transaction, thereby capturing a bigger share of the same. Square Yards has been an Indian pioneer in building an integrated ecosystem and is one of the few global realty platforms which offer the full stack digital real estate journey, covering search and discovery, property management, transactions, home interiors, rentals, mortgages and after-sales services. B2B solutions are also provided to realty agents, developers, banks and financial institutions by Square Yards. 

Square Yards has been pioneering an integrated ecosystem based model and is one of the few global realty platforms that provide the entire full stack digital realty journey encompassing transactions, search and discovery, home interiors, mortgages, property management, rentals and after-sales services. Square Yards also provides B2B SaaS solutions for real estate developers, banks, realty agents and financial institutions.