Purple Quarter, a tech leadership search firm, has closed yet another Tech Head role for Urban Company, closing their mandate for Vice President of Engineering. The Bespoke CTO Search firm had previously closed Rishabhdhwaj Singh as VP of Engineering for their Supply vertical, who joined in May this year. Ananda Matthur joined Urban Company’s marketplace…
Urban Company, a tech-enabled home services marketplace, has raised Series F funding of USD 255 million. The Series F round was led by Prosus Ventures, Dragoneer and Wellington Management, with participation from Vy Capital, Tiger Global and Steadview. With this latest investment, Urban Company is now valued at $2.1 billion. The latest round includes a…
Urban Company, an on-demand home service provider, has raised $190 million from investors led by Prosus (formerly Naspers), regulatory filings sourced from Tofler show. The deal more than doubles the company’s valuation to $2 billion. In its last funding round, led by Tiger Global in 2019, it was valued at $933 million. Urban Company is…
Home services company, Urban Company has appointed Abhinav Tyagi as Senior Vice President, Marketing. Abhinav is an alumnus of the Delhi College of Engineering and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, with experience of over 17 years’ in the sales and marketing function at Hindustan Unilever. Abhinav has had a varied and deep experience working across…
The coronavirus has impacted many businesses worldwide. The novel virus which originated in China has now spread to 160 countries while 180 positive cases and four deaths in India alone. Businesses have been forced to resort to cost-cutting measures and put a halt on expansions. Some are even asking the government to step in. A…
Urban Company, a Gurugram-based company that allows skilled and experienced professionals to connect with users looking for specific services, announced it has acquired Glamazon, the Australian on-demand beauty company. According to the Company’s statement: Lauren Silvers, a cofounder of Glamazon, will now lead the launch of Urban Company’s beauty and wellness offerings in the Australian…
Urban Company ( formerly Urban Clap), a home services marketplace, has rolled out COVID-19 health insurance and income protection cover for service professionals on its network. The move is expected to support around 30,000 professionals active on the platform. The company founded in 2014 has emerged as India’s largest services market place with presence in over…
UrbanClap announced the creation of its new brand, Urban Company. The new umbrella brand captures the company’s ambition to be a horizontal gig marketplace, with a global footprint and leadership position across service categories, Beauty & Wellness and Home Repairs & Maintenance. UrbanClap was launched in Delhi in November 2014 with a handful of service…