HouseCall provides a mobile operations software platform that helps home service companies manage estimates, scheduling, dispatching, job management, invoicing, credit card processing and re-marketing. The app is available for iOS and Android and also online. Since launching nationwide at the beginning of 2015, the platform has been adopted in over 700 cities in the US and Canada. Led by CEO Ian Heidt and based in San Diego, CA, the company targets businesses such as carpet cleaning, window washing, maid services, plumbing, HVAC and electrical. HouseCall intends to use the new funding to expand its marketing, sales and customer service teams to grow adoption of its mobile operations software. Housecall operates a mobile platform that surfaces service providers for the long tail of home services, offering more than 20 types of work such as housekeeping, junk removal, plumbing, painting, locksmith, window cleaning, electrical, pool work and carpet cleaning. The app lets users pick service categories, view providers, prices, and book jobs; the company emphasizes the homeowner–provider relationship. The team is six people and originated from Qualcomm Labs, where CEO Ian Heidt worked on a context-awareness platform called Gimbal. Housecall is available only in San Diego and is expanding carefully ZIP code by ZIP code. The company has marketed initially through personal networks and was part of the EvoNexus pro bono technology incubator. Financially, Housecall has raised $1.5 million from investors, including e.ventures; fee splits with providers and other detailed financial terms have not been disclosed in the article.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Sep 2015