Inc42.com

"Eyeing Unicorn Status: How Square Yards Is Scaling By Integrating Tech With Real Estate And Mortgages inc42.com" Thanking Inc42 Media for featuring Square Yards in its ‘Startup Stories’ column, talking about how the company is changing the real estate industry with technology and innovations. test

Women Entrepreneurs GIWL Summit 2019

Kanika Gupta Shori, COO and Co-Founder of Square Yards, has been honoured with “Woman Entrepreneur of the Year" award at the Women Empowerment Summit and Great Indian Women Leader (GIWL) Awards 2019.

ForbesIndia.com

"Tanuj Shori & Kanika Gupta Shori, the CEO & COO of Square Yards was recently featured in an article in the prestigious journal - Forbes India as a token of the celebration of his unparalleled sense of entrepreneurship amidst the unchartered market of India Real Estate."

JoshTalk.com

"What it takes to become a Successful Entrepreneur" Developing an organization from scratch, her discipline, versatility, leadership qualities, and an exceptional determination along with the spirit and vision, has made Square Yards India’s largest real estate marketplace, catering to the needs of homebuyers and investors across the globe."

Livemint.com

"Women with male co-founders don’t necessarily fare better". Real estate and fintech aggregator Square Yards co-founder and chief operating officer (COO) Kanika Gupta Shori set up the company on her own, and realized that the largely male players in the world of real estate were uncomfortable around her."

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Know best way in which a woman can invest - - - - - - - - -

31 October, 2019

Zee Business interviewed Kanika Gupta Shori, Founder & COO SquareYards, In this segment of Money Guru - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The Journey Of Start Up Tales : Square Yards - - - - - -

31 July, 2018

Tanuj Shori & Kanika Gupta Shori, the founder and Co-Founder of Square Yards was recently featured in an article in the prestigious journal- Forbes India as a token of celebration of his unparalleled ...

Women helping women ideology emphasized upon by Ka...

31 December, 2019

YourStory’s 100 Emerging Voices of 2019 is a list of emerging thought Leaders. "Kanika Gupta Shori, the Co-founder and COO of global real estate advisory consultancy Square Yards, strongly believes...

Women Super Achiever in Real Estate 2015-16 by Rea...

31 December, 2015

Kanika Shori, the Co-Founder of Square Yards, is a notable women super achiever in the field of real estate in India, which until, recently was a much unorganized sector, in spite of the growing deman...

Having faith in one’s capabilities always brings s...

31 August, 2019

In a culture where home-buying is considered the ultimate financial investment, living on rent for life might seem like an odd choice. But in a generation that’s always on the move, a lot of millennia...

How Indian real estate is coping in the aftermath ...

30 December, 2020

Square Yards, India’s foremost online platform for real estate transactions, has highlighted how sales figures in the housing sector came down by a whopping 80% for the quarter between April to June i...

October-December housing sales recover strongly an...

30 December, 2020

India’s residential real estate segment has apparently bottomed out for the year 2020 although momentum remained strong in the period between October and December for the year. 2021 should witness the...

What reinforces the affordability quotient of affo...

30 August, 2019

Most Indians know it is difficult to find affordable and quality housing in metro cities. People living in houses that they struggle to afford, often find themselves to be less happy. Housing insecuri...

Should You Purchase an Older Home? Here are Some P...

29 November, 2022

Older homes also give buyers an opportunity to see the property for themselves before buying. Also, tax benefits can be availed instantly without any additional pre-EMI costs as well. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Authored Article by Ms. Kanika Gupta Shori on Budg...

29 January, 2019

Budget 2019 - Authored Article by Kanika Gupta Shori ( Co-founder & COO Square Yards ) As India moves closer to the general elections 2019, a lot of responsibility rests on the current government to s...

2020 packed with real estate sector surprises as p...

29 December, 2020

Multiple experts from the real estate industry have shared their views regarding 2021 and how it will augur for Indian real estate. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

How will 2022 pan out for Indian real estate? - - - - -

28 December, 2021

Square Yards COO and Founder, Kanika Gupta Shori, predicts a hot housing market in 2022, where more fence-sitters will convert into actual buyers while residential prices will go higher due to pent-up...

Vital home makeover tips from the top experts - - - - -

27 September, 2021

Vases may be considered for the home, especially in colours like golden and with metallic work as well. They can hold flowers for Puja ceremonies in this period while standing out with their sheer cra...

Square Yards’ Kanika Gupta Shori Bags Huge Global ...

27 November, 2023

She has been recognized by leading publications like The Economic Times and Business World, while having won laurels like the Business World 40 under 40 Young Achievers and Innovators (2020), Woman En...

How Square Yards Is Scaling By Integrating Tech Wi...

27 June, 2019

Thanking Inc42 Media for featuring Square Yards in its ‘Startup Stories’ column, talking about how the company is changing the real estate industry with technology and innovation today. Read more abou...

Square Yards announces big hiring drive, ESOPs and...

27 July, 2020

Square Yards has confirmed hiring plans for 2,500 new employees across technology, operations and sales teams in the Gulf and India alike. 500 people will be recruited for GCC operations in FY2020-21 ...

Indira Nooyi is one of the role models, women entr...

27 February, 2019

In a recent publication by Entrepreneur India, talking about role models that women entrepreneurs look up to, Ms. Kanika Gupta Shori, Co-Founder & COO, Square Yards, shared how she considers Indira No...

Indian Real Estate Market to Become More Robust in...

27 December, 2023

In recent times, increase in the number of young professionals to offices will further increase the demand of properties in cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Noida and Delhi. Also, property de...

What lies behind the high interest in residential ...

26 April, 2021

More than 65% of inventory of 100+ plots in the Century Greens Phase II project at Bengaluru, were sold out successfully within only 10 days from the pre-launch this February. Shriram Earth is another...

Kanika Gupta Shori and her beautiful journey with ...

25 March, 2022

Kanika Gupta Shori was always passionate about home décor, furnishings and design. Her own creativity desired an outlet for a long time and finally, when signals were rife from existing Square Yards c...

Homebuyers Prefer More High-end and Mid-range Prop...

24 July, 2023

Reports indicate how sales figures grew to 38% for mid-segment homes from 35% in H1 2022, while premium units saw growth to 30% from 25% in the same period earlier. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Sizable public stimulus spending is need of the ho...

24 August, 2020

Kanika Gupta Shori, the Co-Founder and COO at Square Yards, has highlighted how urban policies need to re-align with sustainable needs of tomorrow. The ongoing pandemic has thrown up and exposed fault...

Ms. Kanika Gupta Shori Presented with Businessworl...

23 October, 2019

Kanika Gupta Shori, is now a part of the coveted BW Businessworld 40 under 40 club, 2019! One of the most influential women leaders in the industry, Kanika has made an appearance in the list along wit...

Will Diwali benefit the Indian real estate market ...

22 October, 2021

Founder and COO at Square Yards, Kanika Gupta Shori, feels that home buying sentiments are highly positive before this Diwali with builders offering both ready to move and under-construction propertie...

Kanika Gupta Shori Steers Square Yards to Greater ...

22 July, 2022

Kanika Gupta Shori is also a certified scuba diver, while being associated with several other initiatives. She has also taken Square Yards to number one in the tally of women-driven future unicorns in...

Square Yards Interior Company Redefines the Home I...

22 February, 2022

Kanika Gupta Shori feels that the affordable interior design segment will have a vital role to play in fuelling the growth of the interior design industry to $38.2 billion in 2027 from $23.2 billion i...

The Art of Succeeding- Kanika Gupta Shori - - - - - - - - -

22 February, 2021

Square Yards is a Red Herring Asia Top 100 & ET Growth Champion 2020 entity, having witnessed skyrocketing growth in relatively shorter durations. The company is ranked amongst Indias top 20 consumer ...

E-auction by SBI for properties- Should you invest...

22 December, 2020

Kanika Gupta Shori, COO and Co-Founder at Square Yards, India’s predominant real estate platform, has opined that the bank will only have possession of the property which is of a symbolic nature. Post...

Upcoming Festive Season Makes Indian Realty Bullis...

21 September, 2023

Several developers are already gearing up for the festive season with attractive payment and financing plans, good locations, ready-to-move inventory, and reasonable prices. These are factors that sho...

Tier 2 and 3 cities to be showstoppers of post-COV...

20 August, 2020

Co-Founder and COO at Square Yards, Kanika Gupta Shori, has stated how inquiries and searches have gone up sizably in the post-COVID months for property in tier-II cities in comparison to pre-COVID mo...

SquareYards gets Times Group on board as investor ...

19 September, 2019

Square Yards has raised $20-million equity capital from multiple investors that include Times Group, Genkai Capital, PropertyGuru founders Steve Melhuish & Jani Rautiainen, and former chairman of Sing...

Kanika Gupta Shori Talks About Difficulties Faced ...

19 March, 2024

COO and Co-Founder, Square Yards, Kanika Gupta Shori also talked of how the entrepreneurial environment is steadily turning positive for women, giving them more access to resources, mentorship, and ne...

Mrs. Kanika Gupta Shori Featured Among 100 Women F...

19 December, 2018

Mrs. Kanika Gupta Shori has been featured amongst 100 Women Faces 2018 by Womennovator, a non-profit organization. “Lifeless are those who don’t know what they love doing”. Womennovator Kanika Gupta h...

Authored Article by Ms. Kanika Gupta Shori on tran...

18 October, 2018

Are transparency levels in real estate sector improving? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Kanika Gupta Shori highlights key influences on re...

17 May, 2021

Shori feels that the proptech players will be innovating and evolving faster in line with changing industry trends. Developers have now realized the sheer importance of proptech which helped them main...

Income tax deduction of Rs. 5 lakh on interest rep...

17 January, 2022

COO and Founder at Square Yards, Kanika Gupta Shori, feels that hiking the standard deduction of Rs. 2 lakh on home loan interest repayments to Rs. 5 lakh will keep demand strong in the housing sector...

Square Yards Raises $10 Million From Multiple Inve...

17 January, 2017

Square Yards, online to offline (O2O) real estate transaction player, has raised $10-million investment in the form of convertible notes from multiple individual investors primarily based outside Indi...

Kanika Gupta Shori Wins the ‘Women Icon of the Yea...

16 June, 2023

Square Yards is exceptionally proud to be a vessel to simplify the home buying experience for its customers and be valuable contributor to the proptech industry. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Real Estate Contributes Significantly to India’s G...

14 September, 2023

Industry watchers have reported historical highs achieved in terms of residential property sales with a year-on-year increase of 22%. This has naturally been a major contributor towards the overall gr...

While we try to teach our children all about life,...

14 November, 2019

"Children are the best teachers", I learn from mine everyday as much as I teach them. Just yesterday when we were doing Aarav’s homework, Aarav had to write about an Inequality which he had observed r...

A Glimpse of an Evening Spent Well with Queens Bri...

14 August, 2019

Queen’s Brigade interviews Square Yards COO, Kanika Gupta Shori where she shares inspiring chronicles of her successful journey from a mother to a full time Real Estate Entrepreneur and why she believ...

Meet Kanika Gupta Shori, the dynamic and multi-tal...

14 April, 2019

Kanika is a multi-talented and versatile personality who has been associated with various social causes such as empowerment of women and supporting women entrepreneur with COWE, Vision First (An NGO s...

Kanika Gupta Shori featured in Businessworld - - - - - -

13 November, 2019

Kanika Gupta Shori has been featured alongside other rising corporate leaders like Madhav Sheth, who is the CEO and Co-Founder at Realme India which was established in the year 2018. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Real estate ends year on a high note after weather...

13 January, 2021

The Co-Founder and COO at Square Yards, one of Indias foremost real estate platforms, Kanika Gupta Shori, has opined that while real estate sector recovery is still some time away, it can be said that...

Ways to make best of your notice period -Ms. Kanik...

13 February, 2019

Ways to make the best of your notice period – Inputs by Ms. Kanika Gupta Shori. The Economic Times (online and print edition), dated 12th February 2019 has featured Ms. Kanika Gupta Shori, Co-founder ...

Digital home sales achieve resounding success - - - - -

13 August, 2020

Kanika Gupta Shori opines that while all these expectations hover in the minds of buyers, the million-dollar decision about the timing of the home purchase is another major aspect. She states that mil...

Real Estate Industry Turns Attention to Tier 2 Cit...

12 October, 2023

Several smaller cities are making efforts to attract industries and businesses with easier access to permits and licenses, higher availability of land, and a wider talent pool that is attracting sever...

Proptech Startup - Square Yards Is The Next Big Th...

11 March, 2019

Gurugram-based proptech startup Square Yards announced that it has clocked a revenue of Rs 220 crore ($32 million), with 11,500 transactions for the financial year ending March 31, 2019 (FY19). - - - - - - -

MBA graduates head back to business school - - - - - - - -

10 May, 2018

Delighted to announce that Kanika Gupta Shori, COO- SquareYards, was featured on the cover of the print edition of the Financial Times EE Ranking magazine. Kanika talks about how the Management Progra...

My Journey to the top of the world.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

10 December, 2019

As someone rightly said, best things happen often without any planning, just like our adventure packed trip to Finland.. A sucker for thrill & adventure, I could not resist the offer when my friend S...

Experts hail mergers as positive for Indian econom...

09 September, 2019

Industry Experts are upbeat about the recent public-sector Bank Mergers as a milestone decision for Indian Economy. For realty sector, they believe the lending capacity of banks will increase, which w...

What does Indian real estate expect from the upcom...

09 December, 2021

Kanika Gupta Shori, the COO and Co-Founder at Square Yards, feels that with PPF, PF, life insurance and other investments already covered under Section 80C, middle-class taxpayers often exhaust most o...

Culture’s influence on the Hiring Of Women- Quote ...

08 February, 2019

“No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.” Well said! Recently, SheThePeople TV published an article on the influence that culture has on the hiring of women ...

Authored Article on women-led startups by Kanika G...

08 February, 2019

Women-led startups - Authored Article by Kanika Gupta Shori ( Co-founder & COO Square Yards ) India, the 3rd largest start-up hub in the world, harbors only 9% of women startup founders. In India, Wom...

How Do Women Led Startups Survive To Achieve A Bil...

08 February, 2019

The Economic Times published an article on how women are building fascinating ventures, despite facing gender based challenges and bias. The article quoted leading women entrepreneurs on their experie...

Green Home Demand Goes up Throughout India - - - - - - - -

06 June, 2023

Some of these features include solar rooftops, water and waste management, wind turbines, environment-friendly construction material, EV charging stations, comp...

Global citizenship is it even a real thing? - - - - - - -

05 February, 2020

A global citizen is a person who is well read, well traveled, respects cultural diversity and human rights, advocates global social justice & is responsible towards humanity - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Square Yards started after Kanika Gupta Shori’s se...

04 May, 2021

Kanika Gupta Shori ensures that she is always connected to her children, both when she is present and also virtually when she is absent. Her well-planned routines run seamlessly even when she is trave...

Inspirations, multitasking and perseverance- What ...

03 September, 2021

Kanika has followed in Indra Nooyi’s footsteps with regard to achieving an ideal balance between her personal and professional lives. She is also greatly inspired by Bruce Lee’s quote- if you want to ...

Many people are choosing to rent for a lifetime - - -

03 September, 2019

Let’s hear from a successful woman entrepreneur about how she keeps the balance and maintains synergies between personal and professional life. “Where there’s self-belief, inhibitions must make way. - -

Better real estate market forecasted in India for ...

02 January, 2021

Developers and buyers are forecasting a much better 2021 for the Indian realty sector owing to several Government measures and other factors propelling a recovery in the residential category. Experts ...

Women are Steadily Reshaping Indian Real Estate Na...

01 March, 2024

Many industry experts also highlight how a majority of women investors in real estate are married and their husbands also encourage them to become co-owners of properties. The proportion of single wom...

Should home buyers cash in on favorable conditions...

01 July, 2021

This is already putting pressure on the slim margins of real estate developers. Co-Founder and COO at Square Yards, Kanika Gupta Shori, stated that real estate prices may increase by 5-8% at the end o...

Women Icon Award Singapore 2016 | KanikaGuptaShori...

01 January, 2016

The Woman Icon Award was held in Singapore in 2016 to honor and felicitate women who had dedicated their lives to social work. 11 of the 25 Asian and South Asian ladies were Indians and it was a great...

Young Achiever Of The Year 2014' by Franchise Indi...

01 January, 2014

Kanika Gupta Shori, the young and dynamic COO and Co Founder of Square Yards was awarded the Young Achiever of the Year Award by Franchise India in 2014, a year after Square Capital went online. - - - - - -

Changer Makers & Innovators Celebrated at 4th Edit...

01 February, 2021

The list of winners included the Founder & COO at Square Yards, Kanika Gupta Shori, who has been a trail-blazer in the mainstream Indian real estate space. Here is the full list: Deepak Sahni (Fou...

Square Yards is a technology-enabled, global real estate aggregator and India’s largest player for primary residential real estate. It’s subsidiary Square Capital is one of the largest marketplace for secured mortgages in India. Square Yards platform offers an integrated consumer experience & covers the full real-estate journey from search, discovery to research, transactions, home loans and post-sales service – fully integrating buyers to an extensive network of 500+ partner real estate developers, and 90+ banks & NBFCs. Square Yards is led by accomplished professionals, ex-bankers, and Ivy school alumni and is backed by the competence of more than 2500 employees in 30 cities and ten countries.