Canadian Startup News, Innovation By, MilestonesApril 16, 2014<April 16, 2014 New Invoke Labs Startup Cleanify Joins the Home-Cleaning Race by Joseph Czikk Vancouver’s incubator Invoke Labs has welcomed a new startup to the rolling program in Cleanify. Cleanify is a service…
Canadian Startup News, Growth, LaunchesApril 16, 2014<April 16, 2014 New York’s Handybook, the “Uber for Household Services” Expands to Toronto by Joseph Czikk Yesterday was a big day for Handybook, the New York-based startup backed with $15.7 million in venture capital. The startup…
GrowthMarch 14, 2013<June 25, 2013 Exec Expands to NYC, Chicago, LA, & Boston to Be the Amazon of Local Services by Humayun Khan There’s been a lot of activity in the peer-to-peer marketplace space, with startups increasingly wanting users to outsource…
GrowthMarch 11, 2013<June 25, 2013 Handybook Launches iPhone App, Lets Customers Book Vetted Servive Providers On The Go by Humayun Khan BetaKit last covered Handybook, the online home services booking platform, when it raised $2 million in seed funding, recently…
GrowthMarch 8, 2013<June 25, 2013 Kutoto is Canada’s Answer to TaskRabbit, Zaarly, Exec, & Other P2P Marketplaces by Humayun Khan Peer-to-peer service marketplaces let people one side of the equation save time by outsourcing their tasks, while on the other…
FundingOctober 16, 2012<June 26, 2013 Handybook Adds $2M to Connect Homeowners With Vetted Service Providers by Humayun Khan Boston-based Handybook announced today that it has closed $2 million in seed funding for its online home services booking…