Kiki is an invite-only sublet club helping people who’ve never sublet before earn money from their home while they travel. We’re not really a property company. We’re solving a deeply human problem: how do you trust a stranger enough to let them stay in your home? Our answer is community. Everyone on Kiki is a friend of a friend, and we show you exactly how you’re connected.
Over 7 years and 4 countries (New Zealand, Sydney, New York and now London), we’ve matched over 13,000 people and earned hosts over $6.3M USD. We raised our seed from Blackbird, the biggest VC in Australasia, plus angels who were execs at Airbnb, Facebook Marketplace, Uber, Turo, Bumble and Canva. After being the first startup in our space to get sued by New York, we moved to London in 2025, and it’s now our fastest-growing city ever: 2,650+ matches in 13 months, $4.7M gross ARR, and all of it through word of mouth.
Next, we’re building an AI-centric marketplace that acts like your mutual friend, surfacing every connection between two people so they can trust each other, powered by 10,000+ real conversations with our users that no one else has.
We’re a small, close-knit, AI-first team working in person 5 days a week in Shoreditch. We work hard, celebrate every win, and look after ourselves along the way.
