Our Story

Built for Mumbai renters,
by a Mumbai renter

We didn't just build a platform. We built the trust Mumbai's ₹2.4 Lakh Crore rental market never had.

The problem, our fix, the impact

Three numbers that explain why Nexlease exists.

68%
The problem
Roughly 68% of Mumbai renters get burned by fake listings and unverified middlemen pretending to be brokers — fake photos, deals that fall through, owners who aren't actually owners. The real brokers get tarred by the same brush.
Our fix
A trust layer that separates real RERA-licensed brokers from impostors. Triple-verified owners (Aadhaar KYC + DigiLocker + 7/12 Utara), Nexscore™-rated verified brokers who earn ranked visibility, and IT-Act-2000 digital Leave & License agreements.
₹240Cr+
Year-1 impact
Target: ₹240 Crore+ in verified rental transactions in Year 1 across Mumbai Metropolitan Region — including Bandra, BKC, Andheri, Powai, Thane, and Palava.

How Nexlease started

A founder's personal rental nightmare became Mumbai's verified rental platform.

The trigger

Thakur Singh, founder of Nexlease, spent months as a Mumbai tenant dealing with a chaotic rental market: listings that didn't match reality, unverified middlemen claiming to be brokers but unable to produce a RERA ID or 7/12 Utara, owners who weren't actually owners, deposits that vanished.

Along the way he also met excellent, knowledgeable Mumbai brokers — professionals who knew their buildings inside out, negotiated fair deals, and closed in days. The problem wasn't that brokers existed. The problem was there was no way to tell real brokers apart from fraudsters. The good ones were paying a reputation cost for the bad ones.

So we built a trust layer that does exactly that — separates verified brokers from impostors, and lets the real professionals shine.

What we built

Nexlease is a verified rental community for Mumbai — owners, brokers, and tenants on one platform, each verified at their own gate. Every owner is identity-verified via Aadhaar OTP through DigiLocker — the same infrastructure banks and the Income Tax Department use. Every claimed property is cross-checked against the 7/12 Utara extract (Maharashtra's official land record). Every broker is RERA-licensed, KYC-verified, and earns a public Nexscore™ rating based on closed deals, response time, and tenant reviews. Every agreement is a Maharashtra-compliant digital Leave & License under IT Act 2000, with automated stamp-duty calculation and IGR e-registration.

The result: a tenant can go from "interested in a flat" to "moved in" in under 72 hours, with the choice of dealing directly with a verified owner or going through a top-ranked Nexscore™ broker — and either way, knowing the person on the other side is real.

Why brokers matter on Nexlease

Mumbai's best brokers know things no algorithm can — which floor in a Lodha tower catches the sea breeze, which society has lenient pet rules, which owner is ready to negotiate. National portals treat brokers as a cost to be eliminated. Nexlease treats them as expert partners whose Mumbai knowledge is genuinely hard to replicate.

What changes for brokers on Nexlease: ranked visibility through earned Nexscore™ (not paid ads), location-based lead routing that respects their active areas, a public leaderboard that celebrates the best, transparent subscription tiers (no commission cuts on deals), and a verified-tenant pipeline that doesn't waste their time. The platform makes good brokers more valuable, not less.

Why Mumbai specifically

Mumbai has India's most complex residential rental market: society NOCs, builder approvals, deeply local brokerage networks, premium-builder portfolios (Lodha, Hiranandani, Oberoi), informal pricing norms by locality, and the highest per-square-foot rent in the country. National-scale portals treat Mumbai as one row in a database. Nexlease treats it as a city worth getting right — locality by locality, building by building, broker by broker.

That's why Nexscore, our sister product, exists too: a free locality intelligence service that scores every Mumbai neighbourhood on safety, transit, amenities, flood risk, and rental value-for-money.

Timeline

From idea to investor-ready in 90 days.

Jan 2025
Idea conceived — Mumbai rental fraud personal experience
Mar 2025
Domain nexlease.in registered, LLP formation started (Nexlease Properties LLP — LLPIN ACV-4489)
Apr 2025
Figma prototype complete — 41 screens, investor demo ready
Apr 2025
APISetu Partners access applied — MahaOnline 7/12 Utara integration
Jun 2025
MVP target — Play Store beta launch in Bandra, Andheri, Kalyan, Palava pilot localities
Aug 2025
Seed round close — ₹50 lakh target

The team

We're hiring co-founders. Join us in Mumbai.

TS
Thakur Singh
Founder & CEO
Vision: digitizing Mumbai's ₹2.4 Lakh Crore rental market. Deep Mumbai locality expertise. Solo full-stack developer who built Nexlease end-to-end — Android (Kotlin/MVVM), backend (Node.js/Express/MySQL on VPS), web frontend (React/Vite), KYC integration (Cashfree + DigiLocker via Sandbox.co.in).
CTO
CTO (Hiring)
Chief Technology Officer
React Native + Node.js + AWS. PropTech background preferred. Will own the engineering org as we scale beyond pilot localities.
LD
Lead Designer (Hiring)
Head of Design
Figma → code pipeline. Consumer-first mobile design for Indian users. Strong opinion on accessibility and trust-building UI.

Legal & entity details

Nexlease is built as a properly registered Indian entity with public trademarks and tax registration.

Nexlease Properties LLP

Legal Type
Limited Liability Partnership
LLPIN
ACV-4489
GSTIN
03AAZFN5558R1Z4
Trademark
NEXLEASE™ (Nos. 7714054–7714057)
Registered Office
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Founded
2025

Frequently asked questions

What investors, candidates, journalists, and tenants ask us most.

Who founded Nexlease?
Nexlease was founded in 2025 by Thakur Singh, a Mumbai-based full-stack developer who personally experienced rental fraud as a tenant. Nexlease Properties LLP (LLPIN: ACV-4489) is registered as a Limited Liability Partnership in Maharashtra. Thakur Singh serves as Founder and CEO.
What problem does Nexlease solve?
Roughly 68% of Mumbai renters get burned by fake listings and unverified middlemen pretending to be real brokers — fake photos, deals that fall through, owners who aren't actually owners. The real RERA-licensed brokers end up paying a reputation cost for impostors they have nothing to do with. Nexlease builds a trust layer that separates the two — triple-verifying every owner, gating every broker behind RERA + Aadhaar KYC + public Nexscore™ ratings, and issuing digitally-signed agreements under Maharashtra IGR norms.
Is Nexlease pro-broker or anti-broker?
Strongly pro verified brokers. Mumbai's best brokers know things no algorithm can — building lore, society politics, owner negotiation styles. Nexlease celebrates that expertise by making it visible: Nexscore™ ratings, ranked search visibility (earned, not paid), location-based lead routing, public leaderboard, and a clean subscription model with no commission cuts on deals. National-scale portals try to eliminate brokers as a cost; Nexlease treats real RERA-licensed brokers as expert partners and filters out the fraudsters who damage their reputation.
How big is Nexlease's target market?
Mumbai's residential rental market is approximately ₹2.4 Lakh Crore annually. Nexlease's Year-1 target is ₹240 Crore+ in verified rental transactions across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Is Nexlease currently raising funds?
Yes. Nexlease is raising a ₹50 lakh seed round to scale across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, complete APISetu Partners integration for live 7/12 Utara checks, and launch the Play Store beta in Bandra, Andheri, Kalyan, and Palava. Interested investors can reach [email protected] or +91 70094 04700.
Is Nexlease hiring?
Yes. Nexlease is actively hiring a co-founder CTO (React Native + Node.js + AWS, PropTech background preferred) and a Lead Designer (Figma-to-code pipeline, consumer-first mobile design for Indian users). Roles are Mumbai-based. Email: [email protected].
What is Nexlease's legal entity?
Nexlease Properties LLP — a Limited Liability Partnership registered in Maharashtra, India. LLPIN: ACV-4489. GSTIN: 03AAZFN5558R1Z4. Registered trademarks: NEXLEASE™ (Trademark Nos. 7714054, 7714055, 7714056, 7714057). Headquartered in Mumbai.

Want to join, invest, or partner?

We're raising ₹50L seed. Hiring co-founders. Always open to investors who get Mumbai PropTech.