BIZZBY, a UK-based on-demand services marketplace, has secured $10m in funding from a US investment group.
The company, which only announced its ‘soft launch’ in London in January, will use the funds to to expand its operations and launch its services across three further UK cities.
BIZZBY is a JavaScript-based service which allows users to book on-demand professional services such as cleaners, plumbers, electricians, handymen, in the local region.
All the service providers are fully vetted, verified by a patent pending process and interviewed in person before being able to provide a service. Strict quality control means that anyone not meeting the BIZZBY customer happiness pledge and high rating requirements is immediately removed from the platform automatically, essentially taking the hard work out of making a choice.
Headquartered in Tech City, Shoreditch, the service provider is also planning to offer better engagement between customers with professional services.So far, BIZZBY has seen around 50,000 downloads and secured over £1m worth of jobs.
BIZZBY founder and CEO Rohan Sinclair Luvaglio said the services space is in desperate need of a revolution.
"Classifieds and directories are dead and searching the internet or classifieds are time consuming," Luvaglio added.
"We’ve made it so simple that it’s faster than making a call.
"Our technology instantly connects consumers with professional services at the tap of a button."
So far the company has achieved an average arrival time of 77 minutes and is planning to decrease it to less than 60 minutes.
