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...
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...
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.
Home services firm LocalOye to launch online services; eyes tier II, III citiesLocalOye provides dozens of home service options offline in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Gurgaon, and currently receives 3,500 service requests a ...
Bengaluru-based startup Qyk raises Rs 6.5 croreQyk, which aggregates piano teachers to tax consultants, has raised Rs 6.5 crore in pre-series A funding from Growx Ventures, an early stag...
Zovi founders raise $50 million, launch new venture 'Little'Little has seen has already enrolled over 5,000 merchants in 11 cities across India and expects to hit a GMV run rate of $170 million, by M...
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...
Orios on road to raise Rs 1,200 crore; looks to invest in financial tech and B2B companiesThe fund will have the option to raise up to Rs 1,200 crore, taking it in the league of larger VC firms like Kalaari Capital and Helion Ven...
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.
Online local services player UrbanPro raises Rs 13 crore from Nirvana VentureUrbanPro has raised about Rs 13 crore from Nirvana Venture Advisors, joining a clutch of players in the market that have received early fun...
Quikr ropes in former Citibank executive to head services verticalOnline and mobile classifieds company Quikr has appointed former Citibank executive P.D. Sundar as head of its services vertical.
- 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...