How a funding squeeze is driving entrepreneurs to abandon startups or scale down ambitionsIn 2015, some 140 startups folded up. A year later, over 200 shut shop, and this year more and more founders are discovering that starting ...
Mumbai startups see 44% decline in funding in one yearMumbai struggled as its startup epicenter Powai saw many shutdowns last year, including the likes of TinyOwl, taking away the sheen from th...
Home services startup Taskbob shuts shopThe company, which had raised its last round of funding in February 2016, competed with the likes of UrbanClap and HouseJoy. It claims to h...
With initial target within reach, IvyCap Ventures plans to double size of second fundThe Mumbai-based, early-to-midstage investment firm is currently in the process of raising its second investment vehicle of Rs 600 crore.
Google Launchpad Accelerator announces second lot of startups from IndiaThe programme includes $50,000 in equity free funding and a two-week all expenses paid bootcamp, apart from a six months of ongoing mentors...
IvyCap Fund 2 hits the target, raises Rs 300 croreVenture Capital firm Ivy-Cap Ventures has achieved the first close for its second fund of Rs 600 crore. The fund raised Rs 300 crore with s...
Home services startup Taskbob raises Rs 28 crore in Series A fundingTaskbob is a Mumbai-based startup which provides pre-screened servicemen across a range of home services like cleaning, handymen services a...
Quikr plans to invest Rs 250 crore in home services market to beat rivalsIt plans to spend this money on product development including technology as well as marketing and for strategic investments in startups.
Housejoy raises Rs 150 crore from ecommerce giant AmazonCurrently, there are about 460 local services startups and more than 100 home service companies, according to startup data tracker Tracxn.
Amazon leads Rs 150 crore funding in home services startup HousejoyBengaluru-based door to door repairing and maintenance service provider to use fund for acquisitions, partnerships and expanding network
Taskbob acquirese Zepper Services to expand into Bengaluru marketTaskbob has acquired Zepper Services Pvt Ltd. The deal would help Taskbob expand into the Bengaluru market for house cleaning, drivers and ...
Hiring mantra for TaskBob's Aseem Khare : It's time to rope in the familyTaskBob's Aseem Khare found out that sometimes for hiring an employee, you have to convince the parents of the employee as well.
UrbanClap hits $10 million mark; becomes one of the fastest growing internet service companiesUrbanClap has 10,000 live professionals on the platform across four cities — Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai.
Here are the perks of working at on-demand service companies like Homecare, Housejoy, LocalOye and UrbanClapWhile the industry is slowly maturing, these ambitious companies are not only fighting for customers, but are competing to bring onboard as...
Home Services Startups like UrbanClap, LocalOye eye beauty, fitness and at-home personal careAs many as two dozen companies have sprung up in the business of connecting local service providers and users online in the past two years.
- VCs rush to local and home services mobile marketplaces
Risk investors are rushing to fund a clutch of early-stage mobile marketplaces in the local and home services space.
Surge in services startups raising scope for investorsAn increasing number of services startups are aggregating handymen together in a highly fragmented but huge market mostly on mobile-only pl...