A tight Bay Area housing market hasn’t hurt Bungalow, a San Francisco startup trying to connect homeowners looking to lease out their property and renters looking for space. Bungalow recently raised $14 million from investors, prompting it to trend on the startup database Crunchbase. It signs long-term leases with homeowners and then matches roommates, typically early-career professionals.

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