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Instant househelp startups burn $14-15 million in May as discounts heat upInstant home services platforms like Urban Company, Snabbit, and Pronto are aggressively spending millions on discounts again to capture ma...- Customers unsure about making house help apps a habit even as investors fall for the crazeQuick commerce is transforming domestic help hiring in India. New apps offer on-demand house help, attracting investor attention. These pla...
- Instant domestic help apps face worker unavailability amid rapid scaling, high competitionInstant domestic help platforms like Urban Company, Snabbit, and Pronto are experiencing worker shortages. This is causing limited availabi...
- Snabbit raises $56 million from Susquehanna VC, Mirae, others; valuation doubles to $350 millionSnabbit, an instant house help startup, has secured $56 million in a new funding round. This investment, led by Susquehanna Venture Capital...
- RBI scraps Paytm Bank licence; Pronto's back-to-back fundingRBI has cancelled Paytm Payments Bank licence over compliance lapses. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
- Tech investor Lachy Groom in talks to back Pronto; valuation set to double at $200 millionUS investor Lachy Groom is in talks to invest $15-20 million in Pronto. This funding round values the instant househelp startup at $200 mil...
- Pharmacy startup Plazza in talks to raise $12-15 million from Accel, Nexus, ElevationPlazza, a quick medicine delivery startup, is in talks to secure $12-15 million in funding. This new capital will help Plazza expand its ph...
- Pronto crosses 500,000 bookings in March as platform completes a yearPronto has crossed 500,000 completed bookings and reached 22,000 daily orders by March-end, marking one year since launch. Growth in the ho...
- Urban Company’s quick service vertical InstaHelp surpasses 1 million monthly bookings in MarchUrban Company’s quick-service offering scaled rapidly within a year of launch to hit this milestone, underlining strong demand for instant ...
- Snabbit in talks to raise $50–60 million led by Mirae Asset, BertelsmannOn-demand home help Snabbit, founded by Aayush Agarwal, is raising $50-60 million led by Mirae Asset and Bertelsmann India Investments, wit...
- Inside Anjali Sardana's Pronto journey; Flipkart’s IPO prepHappy Tuesday! Pronto's founder Anjali Sardana is slugging it out in the competitive instant house-help segment. This and more in today's E...
- Househelp apps top 2 million monthly orders amid profitability questionsIndia’s emerging 10-minute househelp segment is scaling quickly, but investors are seeking clearer answers on long-term economics. Market l...
- Gulf crisis weighs on hyperscalers; Instant help’s costly blitzHappy Monday! Hyperscalers are seeking safe havens for data centre ops outside of West Asia. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispat...
- Urban Company slips into loss in Q3; revenue up 33% at Rs 383 croreThe at-home services platform reported a loss of Rs 21 crore in Q3, compared to a profit of Rs 231 crore a year earlier, driven by a one-ti...
- ETtech Explainer: How will removing the 10-minute delivery tagline affect quick commerceQuick commerce firms have dropped explicit 10-minute delivery claims after government intervention over rider safety concerns. Analysts say...
- ETtech in-depth: Instant househelp demand triples as industry scrambles to crack economicsIndia’s newest consumer internet frenzy-- on-demand house help delivered in 10 minutes-- has scaled from zero to several hundred thousand w...
- Urban Company’s fresh investments in house-help category may hit bottomline: AnalystsWhile modest by consumer internet standards, industry executives said the amount is enough to support subsidised pricing, fast customer acq...
- ET Startup Awards 2025: 100X IPO subscription is a responsibility, not a victory lap: Urban Company CEOOver the next two or three quarters there will be ups and downs, but as the management we can’t get distracted. Our focus must be on buildi...
- Urban Company CEO on IPO, competition & more; VCs go soloHappy Wednesday! Public listing bound Urban Company's CEO Abhiraj Singh Bhal details the startup’s plans. This and more in today’s ETtech M...
- Urban Company bets on quick service Insta Help as a growth driverUrban Company is betting on its new Insta Help service, which offers quick access to trained house-helps, to boost user engagement and repe...
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