# Roombus

We're using technology and human-centered design to create the future of housing

## Elevator pitch
We build beautiful, intelligent and affordable homes in a factory. Our first product is a Smart House is called Nest.

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- Last updated: 2026-06-15T22:01:48Z
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## Quick facts
- 🔥 $25m+ in potential revenue from purchase requests and pre-orders
- Highly experienced leadership team with multiple successful businesses and exits
- Eco-friendly, affordable, modular home designed to withstand storms, earthquakes and stop burglars
- Desirable product with established market fit. People absolutely LOVE our smart houses! ❤️
- Potential for substantial ARR from our upcoming subscription model. ✨📈
- A multi-model business that caters to home buyers, renters and various hybrid models in-between
- Potential future play in renewable energy with our High-Density Energy Storage batteries

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:39749: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)

## Story
We present to you a high quality and eco-friendly modular Smart House that is affordable for everyone. It is engineered to withstand storms, earthquakes and even stop burglars. Nest comes built-in with IoT sensors and an operating system for health, security and comfort. It is built in a factory with precision engineering that is difficult to achieve in traditional field construction.Why we built Nest. There’s a severe housing shortage that is affecting millions of people across the globe today. In the United States, it’s a crisis. The demand for affordable housing is enormous and the supply is limited. Over three million affordable homes must be built quickly to make an impact.Due to low supply of housing, home prices are rising at twice the rate of wage growth. The cost of renting or owning a home is becoming an increasingly large percent of household income — even for the middle class. Homelessness is on the rise.Conventional methods of building homes are slow, expensive, and produce high amounts of waste. The timeline for building a single-family home could span anywhere from 6 to 18 months, and could easily go two times over budget. We need to build high quality inexpensive eco-friendly homes to make a difference in the global housing crisis.Traditional houses in the US are not built to withstand severe storms. These weather-related disasters are becoming more common due to significant changes in the earth’s climate caused by global warming. Each year, it takes longer to rebuild communities after a hurricane or other natural disasters.So we assembled a team of architects, civil engineers, human interaction designers, and software/hardware engineers to rethink housing.We have created an affordable home that’s both elegant and functional, light on the environment, built tough to survive natural disasters, and promotes health and happiness for everyday living. A home thoughtfully designed to be loved and enjoyed.Nest is a beautiful Smart House built with a rigid steel frame core. It’s lightweight, burglar-proof and disaster-resistant — so you can put it virtually anywhere: in a backyard, or completely off-grid in the middle of nowhere.It’s built with eco- and health-friendly materials and comes in three sizes: Solo (12' x 40' — 480 SQ FT), Nano (12' x 28' — 336 SQ FT) and Pico (12' x 20' — 240 SQ FT).To make Nest truly affordable for everyone, we had to embed clever value engineering into the entire product lifecycle:Take advantage of economies of scale by building homes like a product in a factoryDemocratize high-end architecture for everyone by designing the models once and reusing the blueprint (architecture fees are a significant cost item in building)Design homes to withstand storms and earthquakesMake homes highly efficient by design to utilize less energy over its lifetimeUse technology for automation to reduce power usage and increase lifetime valueOptimize homes for easy adaptation into multi-family dwelling unitsFEATURESSmart HouseNest is a fully integrated high-end house. Think of it like hardware, with all components working in tandem to provide comfort for everyday living. The house offers a mobile app with built-in automation for Android and iOS.A Healthy HomeBuilt with your health in mind using toxin-free materials. Nest features embedded sensors that intelligently monitor indoor air quality and filters out dust, viruses, and other pollutants hundreds of times daily.Highly Efficient by DesignWe use four layers of glass for windows, premium insulation in walls and a smart HVAC to reduce the need for heating or cooling all year round. The external glass façade is a tough composite burglarproof layer that is rated to survive debris impact from hurricanes.Fully Fitted KitchenEnjoy happy cooking with full-size appliances. You get an electric induction cooktop, dishwasher, pullout pantry, over-the-range oven, and a French door fridge. Choose your built-in kitchen from GE, Bosch, Miele, LG or Samsung.Yes to Shower TimeCheers to a compact house with a spacious bathroom! We spent months optimizing every square inch of the bathroom floor. Features accessible shower and toilet spaces, washing machine and dryer, rain shower, bidet spray, and a ceiling speaker.A Space that WorksEvery aspect of Nest is thoughtfully designed to match form with function. We've centered its elegant design around modern day lifestyle and activities. Each Nest features a cozy WFH corner that's great for deep work.Let there be LIGHTLIGHT is a modern dual inverter and battery system. Enjoy up to 6KWh of solar energy storage for all year off-grid living, or as backup power — even to your main home.Our Smart Houses come with a powerful computer and encrypted operating system called RoomOS. It runs on modern Intel and ARM coprocessors. With up to 10TB of local storage, there is enough space to hold security feed history for years. No cloud storage subscription needed.Extend your Happy Space. Let's go Modular.Roombus XO is an “Extended Option” for adding blank modular spaces to increase your home floor space up to 5,000 SQ FT. With many configurations, the possibilities are endless.Roombus XO features 3 module sizes that can be mixed and matched in any orientation. This modularity of Nest/XO can cover several use-cases — from home offices, to family rooms, and private gyms.Let's Go VerticalThe structural steel core of Nest allows it to be stacked for truly affordable housing. It is engineered to be stacked up to 4 floors in seismic-active areas, and up to 6 floors in inactive areas.The Market is RIPE for the taking.We believe our addressable market will grow 2X in five years. There is currently no market leader in Smart Housing. We believe we are positioned to become the company that pieces together the software, hardware, and design components into a compelling product everyone wants. In this case, a well-built home.In a nutshell...Well designed affordable high-end homes. (Yes! High-end can be affordable.)Eco-Friendly construction with safe materialsDisaster-Resistant steel frame designIoT Automation powered by AI built-inSolar and intelligent high-density battery storage systemStreamlined purchase process that includes home financing and installationRapid click-to-installation timeline in as little as 2-4 weeks (depending on local city permit processing times)We have beautiful homes that people absolutely love. From design to lifecycle and pricing, our homes are made to be loved and enjoyed.The future of housing is smart. Join us.Need more? Visit Our Website

## FAQ
1. **What prices do you foresee the market accepting for each type of module?**
   - Hello David. We carefully considered pricing while creating the modules. This process included talking to almost a hundred potential customers; to be sure we were building something people loved and could afford. Here’s where we settled: Solo (480 SQft): $89k, Nano (336 SQft): $69k, Solo (240 SQft): $59k. I hope this answers your question. I'm here if you have more.
2. **Hi Dami, A few questions: 1. Why the name Nest? Nest is already a known brand owned by Google. 2. When will the first home be delivered? 3. How does one hook up utilities? Thanks.**
   - Hello Kevin.1. I see the concern you have here. We agree the name sounds "taken". We've contemplated dropping the Nest keyword to settle for a simpler naming convention. This will likely be the case. We'll keep you posted. (Thanks!)2. We're targeting our first batch of deliveries to start in April, and ramp up production by summer this year.3. We've designed utility hookups to be plug and play. External wall mounted I/O for easy powe...
3. **Question: If I were to invest and wanted a unit for a market test in the Midwest how early could I reasonably expect to be able to acquire the solo (480 SQ ft model)**
   - Hi Sean, The earliest delivery date for new orders will be around June. However, depending on the opportunity the market test affords us, we definitely could move things around for an earlier date.
4. **The concept has potential. Your proposed prices make this solution slightly more expensive than traditional housing, since there are other costs to consider, such as land purchase. A few questions: 1. How will you market this as a premium housing solution? 2. Who is your targe...**
   - Hello, David. Yes, it's slightly more expensive (on paper), but when you look at the unrivaled benefits we offer, it's the best bang for your buck. For instance, durability, security and health already beat anything you can find from a traditional home. 1. Perception is key to this. We're working on building the brand into a high-value one. We have several strategies we've already mapped here. 2. Target demographic is very interesting for us: Single professionals, newly weds/new families, sta...
5. **Do you plan larger size rooms, such as 16' x 24' or more?**
   - Hello, Jeanette. Yes we absolutely do! We have larger models coming later this year.

## Team
- Dami Jegede (CEO)
- Adrian Ferraretto (Advisor)
- Peter O’Toole (Advisor)
- Tayo Ajegbile (Architect)

## Recent posts
- January Update (2022-02-01T17:52:31Z)
- 🚀🚀🚀 LIFT OFF IS TODAY!!! Last chance to invest! We are easing the housing crisis and entering an affordable, healthy and sustainable future for all (2021-04-22T14:59:44Z)
- 🚀🚀Just 2 days to go! $$$TRILLIONS. Hear me out. (2021-04-21T13:54:22Z)
- Just 5 days to go! Watchers, it's time to invest! (2021-04-18T18:30:14Z)
- One more week to get in on the ground floor! — A video message from Dami. (2021-04-15T21:01:51Z)
- High Growth Month: Paid Preorders and Purchase Requests grew from $10m to $25m+ in potential revenue — in just 30 days! (2021-03-25T23:50:31Z)
- We got featured on Dwell! (2021-03-19T19:51:30Z)
- Our home batteries are coming along nicely... (2021-02-17T20:15:37Z)
- Introducing Spaces (2021-02-16T03:22:09Z)

## Q&A
- Q: Hi Dami, very interesting opportunity. What I´ve been reading is that before Covid it was already a market that was very promising, due to the necessity of housing and positive regulatory changes. In a post Covid situation this becomes more relevant as people want to leave cities and enjoy extra space. Regarding Roombus I have a few questions. 1. Team: it seems you’re a solo founder. This task surely needs many experts in many fields. Can you give more detail about your employees or partners? 2. Production: Where are you guys going to fabricate these homes? do you have already secured a facility, machines, personnel? From de Q&A I saw that you briefly mention this, though you be more specific. Once Roombus begins shipping units, how many units would it be capable of producing each month? 3. Technology: Which systems (software and hardware) are developed by Roombus. Who is providing the battery and HVAC system? 4. Deposit: it says the deposit is refundable, would this be a problem down the road if a large group of clients want their money back?
  - A: Hello Nicolas, You're right about the post-covid growing size of the market. Inquiries have multiplied recently — with a lot of people looking to embrace the great outdoors. 1. We have an amazing team of architects, civil engineers and software engineers as well. We currently have 5 full-time employees, and a team of consultants across relevant fields for our mission. 2. We have not yet secured a production facility. That's one of the key goals of this raise. As for production capacity, we are taking a ramp-up approach to reach 10 units/month this summer, and 20 units/month by fall. 3. We developed our entire home automation system (RoomOS) from the ground up. It's interoperable with HomeKit, Alexa and Google Home. For hardware, we're using multi-zone HVAC systems from LG and have integrated the thermostat control into RoomOS for automation. Our battery cells are from LG Chem. 4. Yes, our current system online is a reservation deposit, not a purchase — so it's available for instant refunds. Purchase deposits will be handled much differently.
- Q: What happened to the monthly updates? What's going on with the company?
- Q: Hi Dami, this is super cool idea. I love modular, efficient, green, smart homes and would love to see this succeed. I am strongly considering becoming your investor. Some questions: (1) How do you plan to scale down costs? I actually live in a 3-story (+basement) modular smart home and it cost ~$700k to construct including sewage, electrical, etc. It has high end finishes, but dropping costs will be your biggest hurdle IMO. (2) Where are you targeting these homes to be assembled? Anywhere in the country? (3) After your stints in fintech and given the other startups doing the same thing, why are you attempting this? (4) Will construction primarily be manual labor? If so, do you plan to automate this with robots in the future?
  - A: Hello Kishavan 1. Yes, driving down costs is important. We can actualize this as we scale and become capable of ordering larger quantities of components upfront, giving us room for negotiating better pricing and terms. We are working on more affordable units for near future release. But it’s important to mention: I just ran quick numbers, and it would cost about $680k for a 3-floor smart house with a Roombus building system using 6 Solos — including a concrete basement. You get a health-conscious smart house that can survive earthquakes and hurricanes. That’s unbeatable! 2. Yes anywhere in the country. We are employing a modular microfactory method — which enables us easily scale into new locations for a fraction of what our competitors need to enter a new location. 3. :-) Because technology is a stack you can build anything on top of. I’ve always loved architecture and construction. I grew up the son of a successful civil engineer. Site visits were part of my EVERYDAY routine. As you would imagine, my dad is super-excited I’m heading down this lane. For me, it’s passion, the size of the opportunity, and the global impact this could have. 4. For our phase iteration, yes it has some manual components to reduce lead times and greatly minimize CAPEX for setup. We will add robotic arms to our microfactories as we introduce more affordable models in future.
- Q: It's been 8 months since we've heard from you Dami. Would you please give us a status update?
- Q: Are there any updates as for 2025?
- Q: Dami - Please provide updates quarterly or at least semi-annually.
- Q: Hi, Any updates (good or bad) on the progress of this project? Is it anywhere close to what Boxabl is doing - in both progress & fundraising? .Thanks.
- Q: Hi there, I just reserved a Nest and also joined Wefunder. Your concept is really great and exactly what I searched. But my question is, will there be another funding round? Unfortunately I found your pitch some months too late and would be interested to join the investor community. Kind regards, Michael
- Q: I noticed that the information says that these homes are "eco-friendly," but I don't see much information spelling out just how in one place. Could you explain what features make them eco-friendly? Thank you.
  - A: Hi Scott. This centers around the construction industry notoriously producing one of the highest amounts of waste in the world today. Building homes on lots are highly inefficient from cost, labor and waste perspectives. You may have passed by homes under construction and seen the amount of wasted materials on site — broken wood framing, off-cuts from roofing sheets, insulation and drywall. Most of that new junk is heading to a landfill near you. Our prefab method (building in a factory), and precision manufacturing reduces material wastage by a whooping 95%! Our steel framing system is 100% recyclable, and we use bamboo to replace as much wood as possible. Bamboo grows super-fast and is extremely light on the environment. We utilize above-code insulation to save energy and reduce the need for heating and cooling all year round.
- Q: Are you interested in building a tiny house community in this area? I own over 32 acres of land in this area. Plans for a high speed train, go through this area (see below link). Newberry Springs is an unincorporated community in the western Mojave Desert of Southern California, located at the foot of the Newberry Mountains in San Bernardino County, California, United. My email is Yashica30@msn.com States.https://www.applevalley.org/services/economic-development/brightline-west
  - A: Hello Yashica. The team will reach out to you.
- Q: Hello i heard your pitch and enjoyed the Q&A session. My question to you sir if the grid goes down as it did it Texas this frigid winter is there a back up system that allows said user’s to exit or enter their units? Also how do these units fair against the elements and what is the annual cost of maintaining a unit?
  - A: Thanks a lot, Lius. Yes, there are backup systems to ensure you do not get locked out of your unit. The mechanism of the locks (as required by code) will fallback to manual access in the event of fire or power loss. Our units fair excellently well against the elements. We have R32 walls(!) — that's amazing for residential construction. So many interesting campaigns we plan around this... Stay tuned! ;)
- Q: 1) Has there been third party testing of extreme weather or disaster resistance? Any reports that we can look at? 2) How is this delivered and are their special transit permits that need to be requested? 3) Upon delivery, how long is the approximate setup time on site?
  - A: Hi Andi. Great questions. 1. Part of the things we've planned after the raise is a test at the Wall of Wind — where we can get real world performance of the unit in category 5 hurricane wind gusts. I'm so looking forward to that. We will share with the public once that's done. 2. No special transit permits needed since the units are less than 12 feet wide. No pilot cars or Ahead-of-Time permits needed. For smaller country roads, the transportation company will sort out scheduling. No stress to customers. 3. Takes 2 hours or less to setup. However, the site should have been prepared before arrival of the unit so it's just a utility hookup: Water in/out, sewage out, and electricity in.
- Q: Hi. I invested in you early stage and don't ever hear from you. Can we get more frequent updates and maybe a chat group. I forget I have your stock sometimes. Where are you at now and what is the schedule for 2022.
- Q: Hi Dami, it's been awhile since we heard anything. Advise what's going on ASAP!! We'd love to hear about your progress.
  - A: Hey Tracye. We've got updates! We unveil 11/07. We're so excited, we know you'll be excited to see what we've been up to! Thanks for your patience!
- Q: Hi Dami, what's the latest update? What percentage are using for sales and marketing?? Tracye