Makaan.com is an online

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portal in

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, launched in 2007. It has a rating system for

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History

Makaan.com was a part of the

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-promoted People Group. The group owned

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and Mauj.

Promoters

In April 2015, PropTiger.com, an independent online real estate advisor, took over Makaan.com. Makaan.com is now a part of Elara Technologies Private Ltd., Singapore, which is also the company that owns PropTiger.com. Elara Technologies PVT Limited is a digital real estate marketing and transaction service provider. SAIF Partners,

Accel Partners Accel, formerly known as Accel Partners, is an American venture capital firm. Accel works with startups in seed, early and growth-stage investments. The company has offices in Palo Alto, California and San Francisco, California, with additional ...

, and

Horizons Ventures Sir Ka-shing Li (; born 13 June 1928) is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. As of June 2019, Li is the 31st richest person in the world, with an estimated net wealth of US$33.4 billion. He is the senior ad ...

are some of the major investors in Elara. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., a global media, book publishing, and digital real estate services company, took a 25% stake in Elara in November 2014.

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.makaan.com/ Companies based in Noida Indian real estate websites Indian companies established in 2007 2007 establishments in Haryana