See how this startup lets you create free listings in less than 30 seconds

Forget about Craiglist or Gumtree.

Started in 2012, Carousell is a mobile-only solution that aims to provide a community-driven alternative to Craigslist and Gumtree. In just 30 seconds, Carousell allows users to create free listings to sell their unused and under-used clutter.

With limited alternatives in Southeast Asia, Carousell claims to be one of the market leaders in this space.

In an exclusive interview with the Singapore Business Review magazine website, Carousell founders said ''we are about helping people discover amazing deals and items nearby, without needing to resort to cumbersome interfaces or difficult-to-navigate platforms. We want to provide users with the best possible mobile experience, and we go to great lengths to ensure that Carousell is a beautiful, well-built application.''

Originally incubated by NUS Enterprise, Carousell was able to raise investment from Golden Gate Ventures and Rakuten.

According to the founders, Carousell is a mobile-only startup which is expanding aggressively throughout Southeast Asia.

'We have a very active community of buyers and sellers. The last point is especially important for a platform like ours: we're only as good as our network,'' they added.

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COMPANY PROFILE:

Name of the company: Carousell
Founders: Quek Siu Riu, Lucas Ngoo, Marcus Tan
Website: thecarousell.com
Major Investors: Golden Gate Ventures, 500 Startups, Rakuten
Total funding at hand: 1,000,000 SGD
Source of funding: Private
Start of operation: May 2012

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