IMMO
IMMO is a London-based residential real estate platform that builds rental portfolios for institutional investors, with 332 employees. It has raised $91M, including a Series B in 2022.
The growth story
IMMO grew from 154 to 332 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $91M along the way, most recently a Series B in April 2022.
About
IMMO provides technology to source, acquire, and manage single-family rental properties for institutional clients. Its platform handles the full lifecycle from acquisition to tenant management.
The company has grown to 332 staff since its 2017 founding. Its $91M Series B suggests strong investor interest in scaling its model across European markets.
Founders and leadership
Finance is the largest function, with leadership drawing from McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, and Blackstone. The team blends real estate and financial services expertise with tech backgrounds from Uber and Amazon.
The IMMO org chart
Hans-Christian “Gigi” Zappel (Founder & CEO) leads 44 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Real Estate 66 (+18% YoY), Business Development 44 (+26% YoY), Administrative 29 (+32% YoY), Sales 29 (+38% YoY), Engineering 18 (-10% YoY), Finance 13 (-13% YoY).
Talent flow
Employees come from firms like Deutsche Invest Immobilien and KPMG, with London Business School as a top feeder. Alumni frequently move to proptech firms like TERN and corporate roles at EY.
Most common previous employers of IMMO staff: d.i.i. Deutsche Invest Immobilien (3), KPMG India (2), London Business School (2), Cushman & Wakefield (2), WeWork (2), Morgan Stanley (2). Former IMMO employees most often moved to Reveleer Global Capability Center (9), TERN (7), EY (3), Meta (2), Uzzi & Lall (2), B3ST Accounting (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The IMMO mafia
13 alumni founded companies, including Comarch (4,975 staff) and smaller ventures like aiRaiz and ProxDeal.
14Simon Seibold, was Aquisitions & Operations until 2018Rene F., was Head Talent Partner (Interim) until 2022Max Rodman, was EUR Head of Investment Strategy until 2023Zoltan Toth, was Associate Director Accounting until 2025
Susanne Effenberger-Mohammed, was Manager, Portfolio Accounting until 2023
Daniela Sevelius, was Director, Head of Acquisitions - Spain until 2023
Dawid Baranowski, was VP, Global Operations & Product until 2023
Manogna Mano, was Head, Market Intelligence until 2023
Inja Schneider, was Country Marketing Lead until 2020
Daniel P Petrozzo, was Board Observer until 2024
Christina Steinmueller Botelho, was Senior Director - Portfolio Management - Interim Head of Acquisitions until 2022
Nicolas Sakr, was Product Lead until 2022Web traffic
Traffic mix: 49% direct, 40% search, 2% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at IMMO: JavaScript (32), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (28), React.js (26), Python (Programming Language) (24), SQL (22), Teamwork (21), Management (20), Finance (19).
Where the team actually sits
IMMO people are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (16), Hamburg, Germany (6), United Kingdom (4), Tamil Nadu, India (4). 6 offices on record.
Search footprint
IMMO attracts about 206 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $0K a month if bought through ads. It gained 5 ranking keywords and lost 5 in the last period.
Frequently asked
IMMO has 332 employees as of September 2026.
IMMO has raised $91M in total, most recently a Series B round in April 2022.
IMMO was founded in 2017 by Samantha Kempe, Hans-Christian “Gigi” Zappel.
Hans-Christian “Gigi” Zappel (Founder & CEO) sits at the top of IMMO's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current IMMO staff are d.i.i. Deutsche Invest Immobilien (3 people), KPMG India (2 people), London Business School (2 people).
Former IMMO employees most often move to Reveleer Global Capability Center (9), TERN (7), EY (3).
At least 13 companies have a founder who previously worked at IMMO, including Comarch, aiRaiz, ProxDeal.
IMMO attracts about 206 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $0K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among IMMO staff are JavaScript, Amazon Web Services (AWS), React.js, Python (Programming Language), SQL.
IMMO staff are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (16), Hamburg, Germany (6), United Kingdom (4).
IMMO has about 66 people in Real Estate, up 18% over the past year, as of September 2026.
IMMO has about 44 people in Business Development, up 26% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 58 current and 263 former IMMO profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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