| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.08.2016 | Washio on-demand laundry service shuts down operations | Washio, the on-demand laundry startup that launched in 2013, has today announced that it will shutter its service.
In a letter posted to the website, Washio founders announced that the company will shut down operations, effective immediatel... |
| 01.06.2016 | On-demand laundry company Cleanly goes profitable | Doing well in New York City, the company has launched a subscription service for repeat buyers
Looks like I missed a notable laundry tech company when I last wrote about this sector.
Cleanly, a Y Combinator graduate that has raised a total ... |
| 19.04.2016 | Rinse raises $6M for on-demand dry cleaning | Javelin Venture Partners leads a round for startup in the crowded laundry market
Editor's Note: Our annual Vator Splash Spring 2016 conference is around the corner on May 12, 2016 at the historic Scottish Rite Center in Oakland. Speakers in... |
| 19.04.2016 | Rinse raises $6 million to expand its laundry pick-up and delivery service | Rinse Inc. has raised a $6 million Series A round of venture funding to pick up and clean anything in its customers’ closets.
According to Chief Executive Ajay Prakash, who cofounded Rinse in 2013 with Chief Operating Officer James Joun, “W... |
| 01.03.2016 | The future of on-demand: Where are we going, and are we getting a Lyft? | Ash Rust Contributor
Ash Rust is the CEO and co-founder of SendHub.
If the on-demand economy was a young pup in the late 2000s, then it has since evolved into a much more sophisticated animal: strong, resilient and capable of adapting to it... |
| 08.02.2016 | On-demand laundry service hits Joburg | Don’t have enough time to organise your laundry? Well, for those living in Johannesburg, Just Laundry is here to make your life easier. Similar to the likes of Washr in Cape Town, Just Laundry lets you place an order for someone to pick up ... |
| 08.02.2016 | On-demand laundry service hits Joburg | Don’t have enough time to organise your laundry? Well, for those living in Johannesburg, Just Laundry is here to make your life easier. Similar to the likes of Washr in Cape Town, Just Laundry lets you place an order for someone to pick up ... |
| 15.10.2015 | The 5-Step Uber Playbook That Will Disrupt The On-Demand Economy | Dan Storbaek Contributor
Dan Storbaek is the founder and CEO of Skarpline.
Most people are familiar with Uber as the ridesharing king; it has taken the world by storm, and with much fanfare. Less has been written about its new family member... |
| 03.09.2015 | Seven New Startups From Silicon Valley’s Favorite New Demo Day | For the second time in its two-year history, in a small space that’s easy to miss on a leafy Palo Alto street, the boutique venture firm Pejman Mar brought together seven startups yesterday to present their fledgling ideas to some of the be... |
| 13.08.2015 | Why A High-Profile Washio Customer Tweeted Then Deleted What Looked Like A Used Condom In His Laundry Bag | Vimeo co-founder Zach Klein tweeted this morning that he’d found what looked like a used condom in a freshly cleaned bag of baby clothes from laundry startup Washio.
“Hi @washioapp,” wrote Klein, “Thanks for the bonus gift returned with my ... |
| 27.06.2015 | Making Decisions for Your Customers Is the Next Evolution | If you walk into any grocery store, you’ll find a dizzying number of toothpaste varieties: gel or paste, cinnamon or mint, whitening or sensitive. Retailers offer a wide range of products because they’ve traditionally seen choice as a benef... |
| 18.06.2015 | You Can Now Order an STD Test on the New Planned Parenthood App | Along with ordering your laundry, your lunch, your groceries, your ride, your booze, your weed, and your butler, you can now order an STD test with a few swipes on your smartphone. This week, Planned Parenthood joined the mobile delivery ma... |
| 09.06.2015 | Rinse Raises $3.5 Million So Millennials Can Continue Getting Other People To Do Their Laundry For Them | Millennials in SF seem to have it made with on-demand everything, including services that will pick up their dirty clothes and wash them so they don’t have to.
Rinse, an SF-based on-demand laundry startup, is just the latest to join the ran... |
| 13.05.2015 | 25 hot Los Angeles startups you need to watch | Los Angeles may be a few hundred miles south of Silicon Valley, but it’s a hub brimming with up-and-coming tech startups.
We’ve compiled a list of 25 of the hottest startups in the Los Angeles area. To do so, we spoke with investors, employ... |
| 12.04.2015 | The Uberization of personal services | We live in an increasingly "on-demand" world, and all sorts of new businesses are scrambling to get on board. Here's Rita Braver:
For Sean and Kellee Glass, the value of a session with yoga master Adeyoye Mabogunje is not just the... |
| 08.04.2015 | Sydney startup Whizz brings sparkle to the home cleaning industry | The number of on-demand services available in Australia is steadily increasing and the latest startup to launch in this area is Whizz.
Founded by former SkyFii director Mark Bernberg, Julian Tobias and Adam Abrams, Whizz allows users to boo... |
| 25.03.2015 | General Assembly And 500 Startups Partner For Accelerator Prep Program | General Assembly and 500 Startups are putting their collective heads together to provide an accelerator prep program designed for alumnae of GA’s programs.
The month long training bootcamp is taking applications now and will give capital an... |
| 11.03.2015 | Four US services that would go gangbusters in Australia | Whether it’s getting chai-flavoured milkshakes delivered to your door at 11pm or hiring your own manservant to feed you grapes while you lie in repose, San Francisco has some pretty excellent – and all-out whacky – services available to its... |
| 18.02.2015 | Washio Goes Truly On-Demand With Launch Of ‘Washio Now’ | For a little more than a year, Washio has provided a simple way for lazy consumers to do their laundry, by placing an order via mobile app. Now it’s speeding up the process by enabling them to have true on-demand pick up of their goods.
Bef... |
| 16.01.2015 | The Magic Of Marketplace Expansion Playbooks | Mike Townsend Contributor
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A prescription for healing the healthcare industry
Editor’s note: Mike Townsend is the founder of HomeHero.
Since the early days at Flowtab and now HomeHero, it had long been an assum... |
| 15.01.2015 | There’s an app for that | Share this article:
These days, it seems like there is an app for even the most obscure need or interest. Apple in 2009 started using the phrase “There’s an app for that” in TV ads to show off the multitude of apps available for iOS devices... |
| 31.12.2014 | Ten Ways The World Changed In 2014 | David Hirsch Contributor
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In New York And LA, New Startup Communities Flourish
American Re-Urbanization Drives More On-Demand Innovation
Editor’s Note: David Hirsch is a founder of Metamorphic Ventures. The fir... |
| 01.10.2014 | Watch Vator Splash LA Live Web stream 10/2 | Jessica Alba, Brian Lee, Michael Heyward, Bill Gross, Mike Jones, Scott Painter, and more
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Please stay tuned for a live stream of Vator Splash LA with Jessica Alba and Brian Lee, the co-founders of T... |
| 29.09.2014 | 10/2 Splash LA Agenda w/ Alba, Lee, Heyward, and more | Need a reason why you can't miss Splash LA on 10/2? Check out the agenda
If you haven't already registered to Vator Splash LA, you better do so quickly. The event is three days away. If you need reasons to attend, just check out the agenda.... |
| 09.09.2014 | Alfred Club, Because Automatic Is Better Than On-Demand | It’s no surprise that the on-demand space will continue to grow, but that doesn’t mean that on-demand services are saving us entirely from the stresses of tedious chores. That’s where Alfred Club comes in.
Alfred, which launched today at Di... |
| 10.06.2014 | Washio Raises $10.5 Million | - |
| 10.06.2014 | Washio Raises $10.5M in Series A Funding | Washio, a Santa Monica, CA-based on-demand laundry startup, raised $10.5m in in Series A funding.
The round was led by Canaan Partners, with participation from existing investors Pejman Mar Ventures, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Sherpa Vent... |
| 10.06.2014 | Washio Raises $10.5 Million to Launch App-Based Laundry Service in More US Cities | Washio has been providing door-to-door laundry service in D.C. since January but the year-old company has much bigger ambitions. Thanks to raising $10.5 million in Series A funding, the goal of operating in every major U.S. city has gotten ... |
| 09.06.2014 |
Washio Adds $10.5M For Laundry Pickup and Delivery Via Smartphone
| Santa Monica-based Washio, which operates a smartphone driven, laundry and dry cleaning pickup and delivery service, said today that it has raised $10.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Canaan Partners, and also included ... |
| 09.06.2014 | On-Demand Laundry Startup Washio Raises $10.5 Million Led By Canaan Partners | On-demand laundry service Washio wants to be available in all the major cities throughout the U.S. With that in mind, the company has raised $10.5 million in Series A funding, led by Canaan Partners.
Founded a little more than a year ago, W... |
| 22.05.2014 | Washr collects your dirty clothes, brings you clean ones | If you’re not keen to slouch through the rain with a few kilograms of dirty socks, shirts, shorts and underwear once a week, maybe you’ll enjoy what Washr has to offer.
Washr was started by a group of guys with a lot of experience in the w... |
| 22.05.2014 | Washr collects your dirty clothes, brings you clean ones | If you’re not keen to slouch through the rain with a few kilograms of dirty socks, shirts, shorts and underwear once a week, maybe you’ll enjoy what Washr has to offer.
Washr was started by a group of guys with a lot of experience in the wo... |
| 15.01.2014 | Washio Cleans Up with $2.25M Seed Round |
LOS ANGELES, CA, Laundry delivery service, Washio has raised $2.25 million in seed funding.
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| 15.01.2014 | Washio Raises $2.25M in Seed Funding | Washio, a Los Angeles-based startup that offers a mobile platform for on-demand laundry, raised $2.25m in seed funding.
According to TechCrunch, the round was led by Pejman Mar Ventures with participation from Sherpa Ventures, AME Cloud Ven... |
| 14.01.2014 |
Washio Gets $2.25M For Laundry Pickup, Delivery
| Los Angeles looks to be the center of the mobile-phone enabled, personal services market, as Wash.io--a new startup--announced today that it has raised $2.25M in a seed funding round. Wash.io offers up a smartphone app-driven service which ... |
| 14.01.2014 | On-Demand Laundry Startup Washio Raises $2.25 Million In Seed Funding | Uber-for-laundry startup Washio wants to make its on-demand service ubiquitous in cities across the U.S. Now available in just Los Angeles and San Francisco, the company is looking to expand aggressively this year. To do that, it’s raised $... |
| 22.12.2013 | How Elance’s merger with oDesk will impact the freelance space | Elance and oDesk, the two largest freelance labor marketplaces on the planet, announced a merger this week. The two have been competing in the freelance space for over a decade and decided to leverage their respective resources to “create f... |
| 22.12.2013 | How Elance’s merger with oDesk will impact the freelance space | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Elance and oDesk, the two largest freelance labor... |
| 22.11.2013 | Uber-For-Laundry Startup Washio Uses Ninjas To Get Your Dirty Clothes Clean | There’s no shortage of on-demand services popping up these days, as different startups each attempt to win the favor of users in specific verticals. One of the latest startups to launch in an “Uber-for-X” category is Washio, which is seekin... |
| 25.07.2013 | Prim Does Your Laundry. Pickup, Wash, Fold, Delivery, Awesome | You can call it a first-world problem. Or you can say it distracts people from their passions and contributions to the world. Either way, laundry is a chore, and new Y Combinator startup Prim wants to do it for you. You can schedule Prim on... |
| - | Meet your new digital butler | Ali Ahmed’s newly launched on-demand shopping and delivery app Dispatch is riding the wave of a trend that should continue to pick up steam in 2016.
Call it the rise of the digital butler, in the form of smartphone apps and assistive servic... |
