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Bunk

San Francisco roommate-matching website, later the Roommates iPhone app.

Consumer internetHousing

AcquiredSource [1]Source [3]Last verified Oct 2, 2026

About Bunk

Bunk matched people looking for roommates. Parr has described it as a modest business that paid the bills before it was acquired, about 10 months after it started.Source [2]Source [3]

What happened

Sam Parr and John Havel co-founded Bunk in July 2012 as a roommate-matching website. Apartment List, an apartment search engine, acquired it in 2013 and both founders went to work there; the product became Roommates, an iPhone app Havel developed at Apartment List.Source [1]Source [3]

Timeline

  1. 2013Acquired by Apartment List; Parr worked there from January 2013 to May 2014.Source [1]
  2. 2012-07Founded by Sam Parr and John Havel.Source [1]

People on Founded, and where they went next

1 person on record, connected to 3 other companies.

PersonHereAlso built
Sam ParrCo-founder2012 to 2013Hampton2022 to nowActiveThe Hustle2014 to 2021AcquiredSouthern Sam'sStatus unknown

Sources

  1. Hustle Con Media, Inc. Annual Report (Form C-AR) for fiscal year 2017, SEC EDGAR, 2018-05-11. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  2. Sam Parr (personal site, Welcome page), samparr.com, 2019-02-05. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  3. About Sam Parr and The Anti-MBA, The Anti-MBA. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.

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