Platform hopes to improve treatment of cleaners by allowing them to rate customers Entrepreneur Aisha Pandor has founded an innovative on-demand cleaning service in South Africa. SweepSouth began operations in June 2014, after Aisha and her husband found it difficult to find a house cleaner around the holidays. At the age of 28, she [...]

Online retailer may be introducing home cleaning services for Prime members A new job posting on the Amazon jobs website describes an open position for “home assistant.” As first reported by The Seattle Times, the tech giant may be planning to provide housekeeping as a perk for Prime members. The recruiting ad lists as [...]

Online marketplace created by former Rocket Internet employees Software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup JustMop offers an on-demand home services platform to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar with a model based on “deep learning.” Read more on entrepreneur.com For more articles, subscribe to our newsletter!

Former contractor shines light on the underbelly of the “sharing community” What’s it like to see the “sharing community” of a tech startup, not as a competitor but as an independent contractor? A former cleaner for the home services tech startup Handy has detailed her experience with the company. Read more For more articles, [...]

European on-demand cleaning companies continue to consolidate The Building Skills Partnership (BSP) has developed a curriculum with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Los Angeles chapter (USGBC-LA) Finland's Freska announced that it has acquired the Norwegian company Wipe as the on-demand home cleaning industry continues to consolidate. Read more on TechCrunch.

Road to success for tech startup allegedly littered with greed, deception, racism In a scathing commentary about the tech startup, Handy, writer Josh Raab recounts how the meteoric rise of the home services giant may have taken shortcuts, not just on the law, but with ethics. Read more on LinkedIn.