Opendoor, the online real estate giant that lets people directly buy and sell homes online, has acquired Seattle-based startup Pro.com and San Francisco-based Skylight. Terms of the deals were not… Read More
Tech-powered general contracting platform Pro.com laid off 52 employees as the ongoing pandemic impacts home construction. Pro.com CEO Matt Williams confirmed the job cuts, which were first revealed in a WARN… Read More
— David Shim, founder and former CEO of Seattle startup Placed, was appointed CEO and a member of the board of Foursquare, which acquired Placed from Snap in May. Shim… Read More
Pro.com — the Seattle startup that aims to transform the general contractor industry — had a pretty good 2018, and 2019 could be even bigger with expansion on the horizon… Read More
For all of Jeff Bezos’ accomplishments, one accolade he hadn’t attained was leading a company sitting atop the GeekWire 200, our ranking of privately held Pacific Northwest tech companies. Until now.… Read More
When former Digg CEO and Amazon manager Matt Williams founded his latest startup Pro.com four years ago, he focused on what he knew best: marketplaces. The company’s original mission was to transform the… Read More
—Elise Worthy left Ada Developers Academy, the women-only coding school she co-founded, to get back into building software. “Founding Ada was a passion project and something I wanted to do to give back… Read More
You can now request home improvement services from Pro.com with a few text messages or directly within Facebook Messenger. The Seattle startup that’s looking to create one-stop shopping for home… Read More
There’s a war brewing in the home improvement tech industry with giants like Amazon and Google just starting to get involved and plenty of established brands already in the space, from Porch to… Read More
After months of speculation, Google has entered the home services market, by making it easier for homeowners to find plumbers, locksmiths and handymen without ever leaving the search box. But its launch is not… Read More
HomeAdvisor, a Colorado-based home services company, today launched Instant Booking, which allows homeowners to schedule up to 500 different tasks online without ever making a single phone call. The announcement… Read More
Pro.com, the Seattle startup looking to create one-stop shopping for home repairs, has released a new service for real estate agents who are looking for ways to remain close with clients. Called… Read More
About four months ago, Amazon launched a brand new division that enabled customers to not only buy water heaters and TV wall mounts from the retailer, but also find someone to install… Read More
Google may be close to launching a home improvement service that would help connect users of its search engines to plumbers and electricians. The potential launch closely follows Amazon’s entrance into… Read More
Amazon is famous for selling so many things online that no one thought was possible. Now, the Seattle retailer is tackling yet another challenging category — home improvement and repair —… Read More
Amazon.com customers are able to buy water heaters or TV wall mounts online, but now Amazon can also help them find someone to install and service items in their home. Starting today,… Read More
Pro.com, a Seattle startup focused on the home improvement space, is joining an eight-month long accelerator program, offered by The National Association of Realtors, in the hopes of getting people in the real estate… Read More
Pro.com has launched a new mobile app, which will help home improvement experts manage job requests on the go as traffic begins to increase on its marketplace. Since launching in May, the company… Read More
—Liz Howekamp Powell, the former vice president of marketing at WhitePages, has landed a new gig as head of organic growth at Seattle startup Pro.com. The home improvement marketplace is… Read More
Education. Big data. Health. Telecommunications. Clean tech. Seattle is producing groundbreaking startups in a host of industries, generating a crop of impressive entrepreneurs who are truly attempting to change the… Read More
Pro.com, the Seattle startup that’s looking to make it easier to find home improvement specialists, from plumbers and electricians to roofers and landscapers, has attracted $14 million in fresh funding… Read More
Seattle startup Pro.com announced today that it has has teamed with online home improvement retailer Build.com to make it easy for people to find and price materials they need to… Read More
Home owners should have little trouble these days finding plumbers, house painters and other service providers to work on their home projects. That’s because there is no shortage of new… Read More
Seattle startup Pro.com — which is trying to transform the way consumers find home improvement professionals — emerged on the scene last week with an impressive management team and lineup… Read More
There’s a new online home improvement startup in town, and this one comes with an experienced tech executive at the helm and some serious deep-pocketed investors. Former Digg CEO Matt… Read More