Last Updated: 4 July 2026
HousApp is an Amsterdam company that builds artificial intelligence software for real estate agents. The idea behind it is simple. Its tools take over the paperwork and scheduling that fill an agent's day, so agents can spend more time with buyers and sellers. The company was founded in 2025 and is led by its chief executive, Sebastiaan Kloppenborg.
The timing makes sense. In the Netherlands, nearly 239,000 existing homes were sold in 2025, about 16 percent more than the year before, which kept agents busy with viewings, contracts, and client questions. Money is also flowing back into property technology after a slow stretch. Global investment in real estate technology reached roughly $16.7 billion in 2025, up about two thirds from the year before, and tools that use artificial intelligence took a growing share of that total.
HousApp has now raised €4.3 million in a seed round. A seed round is one of a company's first outside investments. The money came from the venture firms Arches Capital and Antler, along with a group of angel investors. The round arrives about a year after the company launched in June 2025.
Real estate brokerage is one of the businesses where new software arrived late. Much of an agent's day still goes to manual work, such as arranging viewings, preparing documents, and following up with buyers and sellers. These tasks pile up quickly. That work leaves less time for the personal advice that clients actually pay for. The newer AI tools can read text, write messages, and sort information on their own, and companies are now building them for narrow jobs inside a single industry like real estate.
Investors have started to pay attention. As money returns to property technology, more of it goes to companies that build automation into one industry's daily work. Roughly one in three seed-stage proptech rounds in 2025 included at least one institutional co-lead, meaning a professional investment fund helped lead the deal. That is a sign that early bets in the sector are being taken more seriously. HousApp's backers see the company as part of that shift.
"HousApp is the perfect example of how AI can transform established industries and free up time to focus on human interactions. The growing popularity of HousApp amongst estate agents is testament to the impact they are having on the market. The founders of HousApp combine real knowledge of this sector with high technical capabilities and the commitment required to scale. This is just the beginning."
RJ Schuurs, partner at Antler
HousApp plans to use the money to improve its product and reach more customers. Hiring is central to the plan. In recent months, the company has hired engineers from established technology firms to help build what it calls an AI-native platform. In plain terms, the software was built around automation from the start.
The bigger goal is broader. HousApp wants to manage every stage of an agent's work in one place, following a sale from the first contact with a seller all the way to the final transfer of the property, and handling the routine steps automatically so agents can close deals faster. The company took an early step in January 2026, when it bought a similar firm, Friva.
The company started in 2025 with a clear aim, to help real estate agencies run more smoothly through software and automation. Its first version was small. It began as a simple tool for booking property viewings. Over time it grew into an AI assistant that, according to the company, saves agents hours of work each day. The platform now takes over repetitive office jobs like organizing appointments, handling paperwork, and managing messages, which frees agents to spend more time with clients.
Since launching, HousApp says it now serves more than 2,200 agents. Its customer base has widened. The list runs from independent agents and small agencies to large brokerage chains, and it includes Beumer, Schieland Borsboom, and Von Poll Real Estate. The company describes itself as the fastest-growing proptech business in the Dutch market.
"A year ago we set out with one simple promise: help real estate agents spend less time on admin and manual work, and more time serving their clients. Our growth shows that the market is ready for a new generation of software. But this is only the beginning. We are building HousApp into the platform where agents manage every step of their workflow, from first interaction with a seller to the final property transfer. The platform handles the heavy lifting, so agents can close deals faster."
Sebastiaan Kloppenborg, CEO of HousApp
The round brought together two investment firms. Antler is an early-stage venture capital firm, meaning it invests in young companies in return for part ownership. It started in Singapore in 2017 and backs young businesses in many countries and sectors, and it ranks among the most active early-stage investors in the world. Arches Capital is an Amsterdam firm founded in 2018 that backs early-stage business-software startups, often as their first investor, and stays involved as they grow. The round also drew a group of angel investors, wealthy individuals who fund companies in their early days.
The company did expand through its purchase of Friva at the start of 2026. With fresh capital and a larger engineering team, HousApp says it plans to strengthen its position in the Dutch market.
