Kiki Club

[COMPETITOR] Invite-only peer-to-peer subletting club. Mid-term sublets (1–6 months, avg 6 weeks). Dating-app-style UX — affinity-based matching, friends-of-friends only. Closest UX-native rival to Ohana in NYC. Founded 2018 in NZ as EasyRent → Sydney (Bondi launch, 1,500 homes filled, $2.3M USD rent saved) → NYC fall 2023. Sunset Australia/NZ to bet everything on NYC. $6M seed Aug 2023 led by Blackbird Ventures ($4.5M — their 2nd-biggest seed check ever). Angels: Harry Uffindell (ex-Airbnb), Bowen Pan (Facebook Marketplace founder), Michelle Battersby (ex-Bumble), Mahesh Muralidhar (ex-Canva, Phase One Ventures), Tyler Trerotola + Jaikumar Ganesh (ex-Uber).