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Homejoy
Based in
San Francisco, California, United States
Internet, Hospitality, Consumer, Service Industry
B2C
Home cleaning service.
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Attended an Accelerator
Dates
Launch
1 January 2010
Closure
17 July 2015
Duration (months)
5 years, 6 months
Failure
Reason
High cost of customer acquisition and poor business model
Submitted Failure Story
Failure categories
Legal Challenges
Business model
Founders and team
Investment
Number of investors
14
Investors
Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, GV, Redpoint, Signatures Capital, Pear Ventures, Resolute Ventures, Max Levchin, Fuel Capital, Oliver Jung, Augusta Investments LLC, Darian Shirazi
Accelerator program
Y Combinator & 500 Startups
Acquisition status
Homejoy has acquired GetMaid on May 22, 2014
Acquisition date
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Funding
Total funding
$65,890,945
Number of funding rounds
6
Funding round(s) amount(s)
Venture - Series Unknown - $1,700,000, Series B - $38,000,000, Seed - unknown amount, Seed - $1,700,000, Seed - unknown amount, Series A - $24,490,945
Last funding
$65,890,945
Last funding date
5 December 2013
Last funding type
Series B
Funding Status
Early Stage Venture
Online
Website
Public synopsis
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