| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.06.2019 | Laundry startup FlyCleaners confirms major layoffs | FlyCleaners, a New York startup offering on-demand laundry pickup and delivery, has laid off “a large number” of its employees, co-founder and CEO David Salama told TechCrunch.
This confirms a story earlier this week in Crain’s New York rep... |
| 18.02.2017 | 5 Clever Ways to Outsource Your Work and Save Time | While modern technology has certainly provided people with many benefits, toys, and creature comforts, it has also sped up the pace of their lives, which can be pretty unbearable at times. It is especially difficult if you are trying to bal... |
| 07.02.2017 | How on-demand laundry startup Laundrapp plans to take on the world | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
U.K.-based laundry startup Laundrapp has announced plans to expand beyond its native Blighty this year, kicking off with Australia and ... |
| 07.02.2017 | How on-demand laundry startup Laundrapp plans to take on the world | U.K.-based laundry startup Laundrapp has announced plans to expand beyond its native Blighty this year, kicking off with Australia and New Zealand this month and a further 13 markets to come shortly — including the U.S.
Founded out of Londo... |
| 06.10.2016 | Buying Washio’s assets, Rinse cleans up part of the on-demand laundry market | Nearly a month after the on-demand laundry service Washio shut its doors, its assets have been starched, pressed and folded into the operations of one of its main competitors — Rinse.
For a while, competition for on-demand laundering seemed... |
| 30.08.2016 | Washio on-demand laundry service shuts down operations | Washio, the on-demand laundry startup that launched in 2013, has today announced that it will shutter its service.
In a letter posted to the website, Washio founders announced that the company will shut down operations, effective immediatel... |
| 19.04.2016 | Rinse raises $6 million to expand its laundry pick-up and delivery service | Rinse Inc. has raised a $6 million Series A round of venture funding to pick up and clean anything in its customers’ closets.
According to Chief Executive Ajay Prakash, who cofounded Rinse in 2013 with Chief Operating Officer James Joun, “W... |
| 08.02.2016 | On-demand laundry service hits Joburg | Don’t have enough time to organise your laundry? Well, for those living in Johannesburg, Just Laundry is here to make your life easier. Similar to the likes of Washr in Cape Town, Just Laundry lets you place an order for someone to pick up ... |
| 08.02.2016 | On-demand laundry service hits Joburg | Don’t have enough time to organise your laundry? Well, for those living in Johannesburg, Just Laundry is here to make your life easier. Similar to the likes of Washr in Cape Town, Just Laundry lets you place an order for someone to pick up ... |
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| 20.03.2015 | 9 Tech Tools to Make Spring Cleaning Actually Happen | Despite the snow today in NYC, believe it or not, it’s actually the first day of spring.
With the transition from winter to spring comes the yearly desire to finally clean up your apartment—to transform it from a dark, festering, take-out-c... |
| 14.02.2015 | My on-demand Valentine’s Day | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Valentine’s Day is not only a day for celebrating love — it’s also a day for celebrating my love.
February 14 is the anniversary of the... |
| 14.02.2015 | My on-demand Valentine’s Day | Valentine’s Day is not only a day for celebrating love — it’s also a day for celebrating my love.
February 14 is the anniversary of the day I met my partner (yes, we are that perfect!) And this year, dear readers, I am working on this most ... |
| 24.11.2014 | Built In Brooklyn: FlyCleaners Saves You A Trip To The Laundromat | For this episode of Built in Brooklyn, producer Steve Long and I visited the Bushwick garage of FlyCleaners, an on-demand laundry service — and Steve even went for a ride in one of those blue FlyCleaners vans (they’ve become a common sight ... |
| 18.11.2014 | Alfred raises $2M & launches in NYC to glue all your on-demand services together | New York is overrun with on-demand startups.
Before San Francisco even wakes up, I can Wunwun my morning coffee, Postmates a fresh juice, Uber or Lyft a car to work, schedule lunch with Seamless, clean my apartment with Handy, get a desk ma... |
| 18.11.2014 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 22.05.2014 | Washr collects your dirty clothes, brings you clean ones | If you’re not keen to slouch through the rain with a few kilograms of dirty socks, shirts, shorts and underwear once a week, maybe you’ll enjoy what Washr has to offer.
Washr was started by a group of guys with a lot of experience in the wo... |
| 22.05.2014 | Washr collects your dirty clothes, brings you clean ones | If you’re not keen to slouch through the rain with a few kilograms of dirty socks, shirts, shorts and underwear once a week, maybe you’ll enjoy what Washr has to offer.
Washr was started by a group of guys with a lot of experience in the w... |
| 26.03.2014 | Blue Apron is distributing 500k meals each month [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting money?
Williamsburg’s online-only, direct to consumer men’s shoe brand, GREATS, raised $1,268,294 on an offered $2 million equity round, according to an SEC filing. On its About page, it says the company was started in 2012 by... |
| 19.02.2014 | Susty Party will have 26 jobs for visually-impaired [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting money?
Crowdfunding campaigns we covered: Makeraser blew away its $10,000 Kickstarter goal, raising slightly over $25,0000. SunFarmer hit its IndieGogo goal of $25,000 and beat it by $50.
Who’s making moves?
Wadjet Eye Games a... |
| 08.01.2014 | FlyCleaners: laundry delivery service is logistics management fast | The sort of logistics management software that made just-in-time inventory possible to create trends like ridesharing and flash fashion is spreading.
That technology was built into the very conception of the new laundry service startup FlyC... |
| 18.12.2013 | FlyCleaners Raise $2M In Seed Funding |
BROOKLYN, NY, FlyCleaners has raised $2 million in seed funding to expand its on-demand laundry service.
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| 18.12.2013 | FlyCleaners Raises $2M in Seed Funding | FlyCleaners, a NY-based on-demand laundry and dry-cleaning app, raised $2m in seed funding.
Backers included a group of private investors and Zelkova Ventures.
The company also announced the launch of a private beta for the mobile app for A... |
| 18.12.2013 | Stealth mode security operation from Gilt alumni [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting money?
Security Scorecard raised $900,531 in a Series A equity round, according to an SEC filing. No other information appears to be available about the company online, other than the names of its cofounders: Sam Kassoumeh and... |
| 17.12.2013 | FlyCleaners, An On-Demand Laundry Startup Rolling Out In Brooklyn, Raises $2M | FlyCleaners, a startup that picks up your laundry, cleans it, and drops it off on-demand, is announcing that it has raised about $2 million in seed funding from Zelkova Ventures and undisclosed angel investors.
There are a number of variati... |
