home services
Durable cements $14M to build bots and other AI tools for small businesses in service industries
Builders, bakers and body conditioners might not be the first trades that come to mind when you think about how AI is transforming how we work. But today a startup…
Walmart expands its home services offerings via new partnership with Angi
Walmart is expanding into home services. The retailer today announced a new partnership with Angi (previously Angie’s List), which will make service professionals available to Walmart customers in nearly 4,000…
ServiceTitan acquires Aspire to move into landscaping, raises $200M at a $9.5B valuation
With a lot of us spending more time at home these days, home improvement has continued to be a booming market. Now, one of the big players in that space…
Home services platform Thumbtack raises $275M on a $3.2B valuation to double down on home management
On the heels of making an acquisition in December of home management startup Setter, Thumbtack — one of the pioneers in the home services gig economy — has raised a…
Super raises $50M to cover home repairs and maintenance via a subscription model
The real estate sales market has been in an upswing this year, and today a startup that’s addressing one of homeowners’ biggest needs — repair and maintenance services, and specifically…
With a team that helped build the brain behind Alexa, HomeX raises $90M
HomeX, a home services platform for homeowners and service providers, has raised $90 million in a funding round led by New Mountain Capital. New Mountain Capital, a New York-based investment…
Super raises $20M to fix the home services and repairs market with its subscription service
Home owners in the U.S. spend upwards of $300 billion annually on home repairs and maintenance — a huge sum that often comes with another, more hidden cost: the stress…
ServiceTitan raises $165M for its home services software, now valued at $1.65B
ServiceTitan, a startup out of Glendale, Calif. that has built a software platform for home services businesses — in areas like air conditioning, plumbing and electrical repairs — to manage…
eBay adds home services to its site via new partners Handy, Porch and InstallerNet
eBay shoppers will now be able to buy installation services along with their purchases. The company this morning announced new partnerships with Handy, Porch and InstallerNet, which will allow online shoppers the option of booking…
Facebook Marketplace expands into home services
Facebook is entering the home services market. Starting today, U.S. Facebook users browsing the Facebook Marketplace will be able to search thousands of home service professionals through a new feature…
Walmart to sell Handy’s in-home installation and assembly services in over 2,000 stores
Walmart this morning announced a partnership with home services provider Handy, which will allow customers to purchase in-home installation and assembly assistance in over 2,000 of Walmart’s stores. News of…
Kaodim raises $7M for its home services platform in Southeast Asia
There’s more funding for Southeast Asia’s growing local services space after Kaodim, a Malaysia-based startup that operates in four countries in the region, raised $7 million. Founded three years ago, Kaodim…
Framebridge adds $17M in funding as it takes custom framing mainstream
We throw around the word disruptor a lot in the startup world, especially at TechCrunch. But Framebridge, a custom framing startup launched in 2014, is actually worthy of that title. And…
Amazon’s latest service helps you set up your Alexa-powered smart home
Amazon has been quietly rolling out its own repair and installation service, a competitor of sorts to something like Best Buy’s Geek Squad, according to a report from Recode out…
Angie’s List will merge with HomeAdvisor after finally accepting IAC’s acquisition offer
After two years of wooing, Angie’s List has finally agreed to be acquired by IAC. After the deal closes, Angie’s List will combined with HomeAdvisor, IAC’s home services marketplace, into…
Amazon’s Home Services adds 20 more metro regions as it preps new “Assistant” role
Amazon is beefing up its Home Services business — a marketplace rival to the likes of Angie’s List, HomeAdvisor, Thumbtack and Handy for helping people find and hire contractors for everything from plumbers…
The Happy Home Company shuts down, team members move to Google
The Happy Home Company is the latest home services startup to call it quits. The company was founded by Doug Ludlow, who sold his previous startup, Hipster, to AOL (which…
Move Loot, a YC-backed furniture resale marketplace, shuts down, sells customer list to Handy
There’s some closure (literally and figuratively) for Move Loot, the furniture resale marketplace that we wrote earlier this month was up for sale. The startup — backed by nearly $22 million in…
Home services marketplace Angie’s List to drop paywall for a freemium model
While Angie’s List continues to reject acquisition offers, the home services marketplace is taking a big step to boost its online audience, and hopefully the number of people using it…
Facebook Takes On Angie’s List And Yelp With New Site For Finding Top-Rated Local Businesses
Facebook is quietly testing a new feature that will direct users to the best-rated and reviewed local service providers in their area. At the easy-to-access URL Facebook.com/services, the social network has…
Handybook Hoovers Up $10M To Bring Its On-Demand Cleaning And Household Services To 5 New Cities
Are you unhappy with your cleaning service? Your local handyman? Thanks to the advance of the Web and adoption of mobile services, a handful of startups have popped up to…
