{"id":48704,"date":"2016-10-12T23:42:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T22:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=48704"},"modified":"2021-02-03T11:35:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T11:35:34","slug":"peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/","title":{"rendered":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Laundrapp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Start-up name: <\/strong>Laundrapp
\nFounders: <\/strong>Edward Relf, Antony Pink and Nick Bransby-Williams
\nStarted in: <\/strong>2014
\nBased in: <\/strong>London
\nBusiness description: <\/strong>Laundry and dry cleaning app<\/p>\n

Shortlisted category:<\/h3>\n

App of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n

The Laundrapp story:<\/h3>\n

It’s been a stellar couple of years for the app that’s on a mission to “revolutionise the global laundry industry”. Laundrapp – nominated in the Rising Star of the Year category <\/a>last year – is already cleaning up across London, Edinburgh, Birmingham and over 100 other locations across the UK.<\/p>\n

Available for free on iOS, Android and Amazon devices, Startups 100-featured<\/a> Laundrapp brings professional quality laundry and dry cleaning services to the doors of its customers, with free collection and delivery.<\/p>\n

It now claims to offer the “world’s first” fully voice activated laundry service – carried out in partnership with Amazon Echo – alongside more than 50 other services and products including door-to-door shoe repair and cleaning, real-time driver tracking and profiling, and an ‘instant order’ feature .<\/p>\n

Along the way, Laundrapp has secured a number of commercial laundry partnerships with some illustrious names such as Amazon, Lloyds Banking Group, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer and Virgin.<\/p>\n

Now backed by £10m in funding, thanks to a £5m investment in August, Laundrapp is set to complete its nationwide service before targeting international expansion.<\/p>\n

Why Laundrapp made our shortlist:<\/h3>\n

Downloaded 250,000 times, Laundrapp has continued to innovate and excel in the burgeoning on-demand laundry sector, adding “world-first” features that provide even more convenience for its rapidly growing customer base.<\/p>\n

Where to find out more about Laundrapp:<\/h3>\n

Website:<\/strong> www.laundrapp.com
\n<\/a>Twitter: <\/strong>twitter.com\/laundrapp<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Start-up name: Laundrapp Founders: Edward Relf, Antony Pink and Nick Bransby-Williams Started in: 2014 Based in: London Business description: Laundry and dry cleaning app Shortlisted category: App of the Year The Laundrapp story: It’s been a stellar couple of years for the app that’s on a mission to “revolutionise the global laundry industry”. Laundrapp – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64422,"featured_media":48773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finalists-2016"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPeople\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Laundrapp - Startups.co.uk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Laundrapp - Startups.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Start-up name: Laundrapp Founders: Edward Relf, Antony Pink and Nick Bransby-Williams Started in: 2014 Based in: London Business description: Laundry and dry cleaning app Shortlisted category: App of the Year The Laundrapp story: It’s been a stellar couple of years for the app that’s on a mission to “revolutionise the global laundry industry”. Laundrapp – […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/startupstowers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-12T22:42:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-03T11:35:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Laundrapp-Profile1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ian Wallis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@startupstowers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ian Wallis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ian Wallis\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/3bbf6611a9cf1902d274aab1cf07b59b\"},\"headline\":\"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Laundrapp\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-12T22:42:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-03T11:35:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Laundrapp-Profile1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Finalists 2016\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2016\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/\",\"name\":\"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Laundrapp - Startups.co.uk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Laundrapp-Profile1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-12T22:42:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-03T11:35:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/3bbf6611a9cf1902d274aab1cf07b59b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Laundrapp-Profile1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Laundrapp-Profile1.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":390},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Startups Awards\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Finalists\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/finalists\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Finalists 2016\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/finalists\/finalists-2016\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Laundrapp\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/\",\"name\":\"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\",\"description\":\"The UK's No.1 service for starting a business\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/3bbf6611a9cf1902d274aab1cf07b59b\",\"name\":\"Ian Wallis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e5ae2ddfe65ff08626b59f23fc30caa8e2ecaf37a469b5dc8fa62bcc116a555?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e5ae2ddfe65ff08626b59f23fc30caa8e2ecaf37a469b5dc8fa62bcc116a555?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e5ae2ddfe65ff08626b59f23fc30caa8e2ecaf37a469b5dc8fa62bcc116a555?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ian Wallis\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/startups.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/startupstowers\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/@startupstowers\"]}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Laundrapp - Startups.co.uk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Laundrapp - Startups.co.uk","og_description":"Start-up name: Laundrapp Founders: Edward Relf, Antony Pink and Nick Bransby-Williams Started in: 2014 Based in: London Business description: Laundry and dry cleaning app Shortlisted category: App of the Year The Laundrapp story: It’s been a stellar couple of years for the app that’s on a mission to “revolutionise the global laundry industry”. Laundrapp – […]","og_url":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/","og_site_name":"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/startupstowers","article_published_time":"2016-10-12T22:42:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-03T11:35:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":390,"url":"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Laundrapp-Profile1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ian Wallis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@startupstowers","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ian Wallis","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/"},"author":{"name":"Ian Wallis","@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/3bbf6611a9cf1902d274aab1cf07b59b"},"headline":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Laundrapp","datePublished":"2016-10-12T22:42:23+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-03T11:35:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/"},"wordCount":264,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Laundrapp-Profile1.jpg","articleSection":["Finalists 2016"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2016","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/","url":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/","name":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Laundrapp - Startups.co.uk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Laundrapp-Profile1.jpg","datePublished":"2016-10-12T22:42:23+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-03T11:35:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/3bbf6611a9cf1902d274aab1cf07b59b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Laundrapp-Profile1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/images.startups.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/Laundrapp-Profile1.jpg","width":640,"height":390},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-laundrapp\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Startups Awards","item":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Finalists","item":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/finalists\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Finalists 2016","item":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/finalists\/finalists-2016\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Laundrapp"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website","url":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/","name":"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","description":"The UK's No.1 service for starting a business","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/3bbf6611a9cf1902d274aab1cf07b59b","name":"Ian Wallis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e5ae2ddfe65ff08626b59f23fc30caa8e2ecaf37a469b5dc8fa62bcc116a555?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e5ae2ddfe65ff08626b59f23fc30caa8e2ecaf37a469b5dc8fa62bcc116a555?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e5ae2ddfe65ff08626b59f23fc30caa8e2ecaf37a469b5dc8fa62bcc116a555?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ian Wallis"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/startups.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/startupstowers","https:\/\/x.com\/@startupstowers"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64422"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}