The demand Economy (On-demand Economy), which has Uber achieved great success, is currently in vogue abroad, and a large number of startups are appearing as "the Uber of X" in various sectors. Billion European network according to BusinessInsider "the ' On-demand Economy ' is reshaping Companies and careers", combined with the O2O industry map, a simple inventory of foreign on-demand services O2O start-up company inventory.
Handy: Cleaning and maintenance on-demand service company
Founded in 2011, Handy (formerly known as Handybook) is a company providing cleaning and maintenance services on demand, serving in 29 major cities in the United States, as well as 6 cities in Toronto, Vancouver and the UK. Handy platform currently has 5,000 service personnel, according to Handy, most of the service staff to provide 5-35 hours of work per week, more than 20% of the service staff from the handy to obtain more than 2500 dollars of income. Handy previously received two rounds of $40 million trillion in financing, and currently has 200 full-time employees. Domestic similar companies include e home cleaning, cloud housekeeping, aunt Help and so on.
Instacart: omnivorous Purchase on-demand service company
Founded in June 2012, Instacart is an on-demand service O2O company that provides omnivorous department stores, created by former Amazon logistics engineer Apoorva Mehta, headquartered in San Francisco, USA. July 2013, Instacart acquired Sequoia Capital (Sequoia) 8.5 million U.S. dollars in a round of financing, June 2014, Instacart received by Andreessen Horowitz 44 million U.S. dollars in the B-round financing December 2014 billion European Network reported Instacart completed a new round of more than 200 million U.S. dollars of financing, valuation of about 2 billion U.S. dollars. Instacart is currently serving in nearly 20 major cities in the United States. 2015 will cover major U.S. cities. Domestic similar companies including the Community 001, Mei Life and so on.
Washio: Online Laundry on demand service company
Founded in 2013, Washio is an on-demand service O2O company that offers online dry cleaning and is currently serving in five cities in Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, with more than 20 full-time employees and more than 120 people serving pick-up services. January 2014, Washio received 2.3 million of the angel investment, June 2014, Washio won a round of 10.5 million dollars investment. Compared with the traditional delivery service, Washio more environmentally-friendly concept, Washio refused to use disposable plastic packaging, but repeated use of clothing bags. Similar domestic companies include e-bag washing, Thai flute washing, dry cleaners, lazy days, lazy cat laundry and so on.
Bloomthat: Flower distribution on-demand service company
Bloomthat was established in February 2013 to provide flower distribution on-demand services and is currently serving mainly in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, with a 2015-year plan to expand to cities outside the Bay Area. Bloomthat flowers in 90 minutes delivery, bloomthat only provide a few flowers with choice, trying to use professional degree to let consumers reduce choice, order amount of more than 35 U.S. dollars free distribution fee (the cost of the price between 25 dollars to 65 U.S. dollars). In February 2014, Bloomthat received 2.4 million dollars in seed investment. Similar companies in the country include roseonly, Mr. Beard and so on.
TaskRabbit: Paid errand agent on-demand service company
TaskRabbit company was founded in 2008, headquartered in San Francisco, United States, is a company to provide paid errands on-demand services, service category covering cleaning, maintenance, moving, assistance and so on. Most of the TaskRabbit's service providers are retirees with free time and skills, full-time parents, unemployed waiters and artists. In the profit model, TaskRabbit gains from 13% to 30% of the cost of each job done. TaskRabbit's range of services covers Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. May 2011 received 5 million U.S. dollars a round of financing, December 2011 received the 17.8 million dollar B-round financing, July 2012 received 13 million U.S. dollars C-round financing.
Fancy hands: Personal assistant work on-demand service
Founded in April 2010, Fancy Hands, headquartered in New York, USA, is a company that offers private assistants on-demand services. Fancy Hands Services cover the United States, the type of service is also very wide; unlike other technology start-ups, Fancy hands has not relied on external venture capital to develop. Fancy hands has less than 10 full-time employees, and its services depend on the service party on its platform. Fancy hands solves this problem for companies or individuals who want professional services in the short term and are unwilling to hire for a long time.
SpoonRocket: Heavy-mode catering booking on-demand service
Founded in 2013, SpoonRocket is headquartered in Berkeley, Calif., and is a company that offers reservations O2O services. SpoonRocket is known for its fast delivery, with an average of 15 minutes to deliver the meal, and the quality of the whole process from the raw material to the final delivery to the user is a typical takeaway O2O model. SpoonRocket only prepare several dishes a day, to win less, to create quality-oriented. In September 2013, SpoonRocket received $2.5 million in angel investment and received $11 million a round of financing in May 2014.
Medicast: Doctor's door-to-door service O2O reservation platform
Founded in January 2013 and headquartered in Palo, California, Medicast is a O2O company that offers doctor's on-demand service and is currently serving in cities such as Miami, Los Angeles, and Santiago in the United States. In the area of service, users can click on the app to direct the order, the nearby doctor will be within 2 hours door-to-door service; The minimum charge is 200 dollars per time.
Shyp: Convenient delivery service O2O Company
Founded in July 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, Shyp is a O2O company that delivers shipping services to individual users and corporate users. Shyp take socialization crowdsourcing way recruit personnel, get package, combined with customer's parcel size, delivery location for customers choose the most cost-effective large courier delivery company. In July 2014, Shyp received 10 million dollars of investment from Sherpaventures.