About Us

Who we are

DomoGeo addresses the problem of limited, costly and substandard housing for low-income families in peri-urban India. Our solution integrates an affordable and quality housing product with a customer-driven construction process, as well as access to finance for those who need it. By providing an entire housing ecosystem, we give our clients more than just a house: They get a place to work; a place to live; and a place that makes money.

Approach

We provide products and services to promote and scale:

Customer-driven construction: We provide extensions to existing dwellings, as well as entire live/work spaces that generate for income for families. Our modular system and flexible materials give customers control over design, incremental build, mixed-use space requirements and budget.
Quality and Affordability: Our standardized components are made from sustainable materials. They increase safety and durability, while decreasing construction time and cost. Our modular system dramatically reduces construction errors.
Access to Finance: Low-income families are able to access small, short-term housing loans due to DomoGeo’s lower construction costs, as well as the customer’s ability to build quickly (and incrementally), and generate income through home-based work

Customers

Low-income families are at the heart our busienss model's commercial mission. Our provision of housing as an income generating asset to peri-urban families is enhanced and enabled by our engagement with two other client bases: institutions and small- to medium-size contractors/builders who target and work with them. We also work with:

Low-income families: who want to build or extend live/work spaces that generate income. They require short-term financing that caters to their informal income and soft land title
Builders: small to medium-size contractors and carpenters (build 5-500 units/year) who want to lower construction costs and timelines, and/or are seeking green construction technologies for structural and interior components
Institutions: that provide living, working or community spaces (such as workforce accommodations, clinics and schools) as part of their engagement with low-income populations

Equality + Opportunity Foundation Partner

Equality and Opportunity (E+O) Foundation incubates market-transforming initiatives that provide equal access to asset-building and income-generating opportunities.

E+O licensed the know-how and intellectual property on its integrated housing solution to DomoGeo. DomoGeo works closely with E+O to commercialize and scale this initiative.

Our Team

Meet the DomoGeo Team!

Hasan Alemdar is the founder and CEO of DomoGeo. A former senior VP at VISA, he took his corporate expertise in product and service development and used it to incubate and commercialize our scalable, market-driven housing venture for the hard-working poor in Asia. An engineer with an MBA, he spent two years living in periurban South Asia doing market research, and continues to commute to India and Bangladesh. Needless to say, he has more frequent flyer miles than the rest of the team put together.

A world-renowned architect specializing in urban settlements using sustainable materials, Eko is based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He was nominated for the 2010 Aga Khan Award in architecture for his work in the reconstruction efforts after the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake. His art and architecture installations have taken him to Korea for the Gwangju Biennale, Japan for the Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Italy for the Arte all’Arte, and more. Eko is known for his efforts to integrate eco-friendly materials with local skills, techniques, values and aesthetics. We call that method “Eko-friendly.”

Based in India, Shanthala leads all South Asian operations for DomoGeo. Shanthala is passionate about sustainable building materials and she has over 17 years of experience in R&D, manufacturing and sales of engineered composite boards. She has a Masters in Industrial Sociology and MBA in International Trade and Marketing.

Our Advisors

Florence Navarro: independent consultant
Michel Veys: president, Qalero; co-founder, Beam
Rakhi Mehra: co-founder, microHomeSolutions
Marco Ferrario: co-founder, microHomeSolutions
Harish Anchan: managing director, Envirofit India
Mandeep Singh: managing director, Brandtone; former managing director, d.light design
Trevor Branon: chief financial officer, Boxfish
Amy Shuen: global business and digital strategist

Our Partners, Collaborators + Supporters

WORKING WITH DOMOGEO

WORKING WITH OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNER, EQUALITY + OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION

Get in touch

Phone +1 415-433-1200 | [email protected]

2261 Market St # 495, San Francisco
CA 94114, USA

DomoGeo

DomoGeo provides affordable, quality, eco-friendly modular structures that are easy to install and can be used for multiple purposes. Phone +1 415-433-1200 | [email protected]