DigsConnect, a South African digital student housing platform, has closed a pre-Series A round of funding to drive its global expansion with a focus on assisting African students in the UK and US acquire more reasonably priced, practical, and secure housing. The DigsConnect website, developed by Alexandria Procter and Greg Ramsay-Keal, enables landlords, estate agents,…
DigsConnect, a student housing marketplace, has secured funding from international startup capital firm The Delta as part of its latest funding round. The DigsConnect website, which was founded by Alexandria Procter and Greg Ramsay-Keal in 2018, allows landlords, estate agents, and property managers to post their property listings, with students searching and filtering through these…
DigsConnect, a South African student accommodation marketplace, now has over one million listed beds. The DigsConnect platform, launched in 2018 by Alexandria Procter and Greg Ramsay-Keal, allows landlords, estate agents, and property managers to post their property listings, with students then searching and filtering through these listings to find accommodation that meets their needs, as…
South African online student accommodation marketplace DigsConnect has entered into an agreement with the world’s largest student accommodation site, Student.com, enabling the startup to expand its presence to approximately 30 new countries and 400 new cities in the next six months. Launched in 2018, the DigsConnect platform allows landlords, estate agents and property managers to post their property…
South African student housing marketplace DigsConnect has secured a ZAR3 million (US$200,000) grant from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation to help university students from low-income backgrounds secure safe and affordable accommodation. Launched in 2018, the DigsConnect platform allows landlords, estate agents and property managers to post their property listings, with students then searching and filtering through these listings to…