{"id":48700,"date":"2016-10-12T23:44:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T22:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=48700"},"modified":"2019-06-30T14:05:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T13:05:11","slug":"peoples-champion-finalist-2016-housekeep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-housekeep\/","title":{"rendered":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Housekeep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Start-up name:&nbsp;<\/strong>Housekeep<strong><br>\nFounder:&nbsp;<\/strong>Avin Rabheru<strong><br>\nStarted in:&nbsp;<\/strong>2014<strong><br>\nBased in:&nbsp;<\/strong>London<strong><br>\nBusiness description:&nbsp;<\/strong>A booking platform for professional home cleaners<\/p>\n<h3>Shortlisted category:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/service-business-of-the-year-2016-meet-the-finalists\/\">Service Business of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Housekeep&nbsp;story:<\/h3>\n<p>Online cleaning service Housekeep was founded in January 2014 by Avin Rabheru, a former VC investor and active angel investor.<\/p>\n<p>The cleaning business raised $1m in investment just three months after launch &ndash; a sign of things to come.<\/p>\n<p>Quickly establishing itself as one of the leading online cleaner booking platforms in the UK, the start-up has now scaled to over 10,000 customers and 1,000 cleaners, delivering nearly 10,000 cleans every single month.<\/p>\n<p>Not one to sit back and let all the cleaners have the fun, Rabheru even spent the first couple of months cleaning alongside the &ldquo;housekeepers&rdquo;, so he could fully understand how to improve the service.<\/p>\n<p>Not just a great service for consumers, Housekeep also provides its housekeepers with a phone app (that provides &ldquo;everything a cleaner requires&rdquo;) and travel expenses &ndash; which it claims has saved cleaners a total of &pound;260,000 in travel costs since launch.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Housekeep made our shortlist:<\/h3>\n<p>In just under three years, Housekeep has turned heads in the enterprise space with a growing customer base and acquisitive activity. Its vision to become the leading provider of services to the home appears in reach.<\/p>\n<h3>Where to find out more about:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Website:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.housekeep.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.housekeep.com<\/a><strong><br>\nTwitter: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_housekeep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twitter.com\/_housekeep<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start-up name:&nbsp;Housekeep Founder:&nbsp;Avin Rabheru Started in:&nbsp;2014 Based in:&nbsp;London Business description:&nbsp;A booking platform for professional home cleaners Shortlisted category: Service Business of the Year The Housekeep&nbsp;story: Online cleaning service Housekeep was founded in January 2014 by Avin Rabheru, a former VC investor and active angel investor. 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