No Indian home can deny the kind of effort that is required to keep things right. Every day a new problem pops out – either the fan stops running or the taps start leaking. Every Indian home have their own set of phone numbers that are dialled too frequently for a regular maintenance and it’s no less than a headache if someone denies to drop by. Reliability is another issue that needs to be dealt with. According to an industry estimate, the market for local services in India is currently estimated to be worth INR 9 billion. Seeing this opportunity, a number of home service startups came up in the last few years while only a couple of them could survive.
These startups are providing their customers with reliable service professionals for every kind of work that an Indian home requires – plumbers, electricians, fitness instructors, wedding photographers, tutors, musician, Ac Repairer, home cleaners, beauticians and much more. Here are top 10 home service startups in India for all your regular needs:
1. Urban Clap
UrbanClap helps you find the right service professionals for activities important to you. Whether you are looking to decorate your home, get candid pictures of your wedding, get your doorbell repaired, plan your kid’s birthday or get healthier, they are a sure shot destination for your service needs.
Their vision is to use technology and smart processes to structure the highly unorganized services market in India and emerging markets. UrbanClap aspires to make hiring a service professional as easy and straightforward as eCommerce companies have made buying products.
Co-founders: Varun Khaitan, Raghav Chandra, Abhiraj Bhal
Based Out Of: Delhi
Founding Year: 2014
Operational In: Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata
Funding Received: UrbanClap has received a total of $57.5 Million in 5 rounds from 7 investors including VC networks like Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, SAIF Partners, Trifecta Capital, Vy Capital.
Contact: help@urbanclap.com
2. House Joy
Housejoy is an online home services marketplace which connects home service professionals to the customers. Housejoy acquired Bangalore based online laundry & dry cleaners Mywash in a no cash deal and fitness app Orobind for an undisclosed fee in Feb 2016.
Co-founders: Arjun Kumar, Sunil Goel
Based Out Of: Bangalore
Founding Year: 2014
Operational In: Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune and Chandigarh
Funding Received: Housejoy received $4 Million Series A funding from Matrix Partners, announced on June 19, 2015. The company then received around $23 Million in a Series B funding from Amazon, Matrix Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, ruNet among other participants.
Contact: cs@housejoy.in
Also Read: Top 7 Indian startups dealing in home décor and furnishing segment
3. LocalOye
LocalOye is a commerce engine for the events industry, and their first product is a is a platform to discover and book venues. The LocalOye engine takes into account exhaustive meta-data like pricing fluctuations, locality preferences, amenities and catering specialties etc. to suggest venues. LocalOye is also building SaaS solutions for venues to manage incoming leads and build business analytic dashboards.
Founder: Aditya Rao
Based Out Of: Bangalore
Founding Year: 2013
Operational In: Bangalore, Mumbai, Gurugram, New Delhi, Noida
Funding Received: Raised $5 Million in series Afrom Lightspeed Venture Partners and Tiger Global Management in 2015
Contact: aditya@localoye.com
4. Zimmber
Got acquired by QuikrServices in 2017 at an estimated $10 million all-stock deal. Zimmber provides on-demand home services like plumbing, carpentry, pest control, deep cleaning, and sofa and carpet cleaning, among many others. The platform is available on mobile app, mobile website, and desktop website. Zimmber notes that it pre-checks all its service partners before enrolling them on the platform and further trains them to fill any gaps in professionalism and service quality. Around 1500 service providers have been on-boarded on the platform till date and over 1 lac customers have been served.
Co-founders: Gaurav Shrivastava, Anubhab Goel, Amit Kumar
Based Out Of: Mumbai
Founding Year: 2014
Operational In: Bangalore, MMR, NCR and Pune
Funding Received: Raised funding in various rounds from IDG Ventures India, Omidyar Ventures, Aarin Capital and other angel investors. Most recent funding include $5 Million from IDG Ventures in July 2016.
Contact: anubhab@zimmber.com
Also Read: Top 9 Indian startups in the laundry segment you should know
5. UrbanPro
UrbanPro.com serves as an online marketplace that allows students and professionals to connect with tutors, trainers and institutes, to accomplish their learning goals.[10][9] Tutors and Institutes create their online profiles, highlighting their teaching expertise and experience on UrbanPro.com and find Students for their classes.
Founder: Rakesh Kalra
Based Out Of: Bangalore
Founding Year: 2015
Operational In: Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai
Funding Received: In 2014, UrbanPro raised an undisclosed amount of funding from a US-based angel investor, Raman Sud. The company raised $2 million (approx. 12 crores) from Nirvana Venture Advisors, in 2015
Contact: contact@urbanpro.com
6. Helpr
Helpr provides on-demand household service such as cleaning, electrical, plumbing, pest control, carpentry etc through mobile app. We have a team of 22,000 plus in-house, police verified and background checked professionals.
Co-founders: Vignesh Rengasamy, Vijayramkumar Veeraraghavan, Rajesh Sankarappan
Based Out Of: Bangalore
Founding Year: 2015
Operational In: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Coimbatore
Contact: team@helpr.in
Also Read: A list of 40+ edtech startups from India – Who is gonna disrupt?
7. Frapperz
Frapperz is an online community that connects home improvement experts with individual residents and home owners. Professionals currently available on the platform include architects, interior designers, kitchen designers, lifestyle experts, vastu experts, feng shui experts, landscaping and gardening experts and home painters.claims to have over 10,000 active mobile downloads, clocking gross transaction values of $10,000 per month. claims to have more than 250 professionals on its platform, onboarding about 20 new verified professionals every month.
Co-founders: Rimjhim Ray, Jyotirmay Kanthal
Based Out Of: Kolkata
Founding Year: 2015
Operational In: Kolkata
Funding Received: Raised $100K in seed funding in March 2017
Contact: support@frapperz.com
8. GetBlu
GetBlu offers a location-based platform that enables its users to find, compare prices, and book services such as plumbing, carpentry, electrical, carpentry, painting, car rental, home cleaning, pest control, and more.
Co-founders: Chetan Patil, Madhvendra Kumar, Karthik CV, Jeet Kumar, Srriram Sekhar, Rohit Harlalka
Based Out Of: Thane, Maharashtra
Founding Year: 2015
Operational In: Mumbai, Bangalore
Funding Received: Raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding
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