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Ergeon

Fence installation and repair

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201-500 employees
  • B2C
  • Enterprise
  • Home improvement
  • Construction
Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Company mission

Ergeon's mission is to empower the world to build.

Led by a woman
Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

5% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Considering that the construction industry is worth over $10 trillion globally, it’s got its fair share of issues. Chief amongst these is a labor shortage, particularly in the USA where there are at least a half a million unfulfilled jobs.

The majority of these jobs are smaller, faster home improvement projects which don’t appeal to contractors. Homeowners in turn are often unable to source small businesses, given their lack of online visibility.

Ergeon, whose CTO is Upwork co-founder Odysseas Tsatalos, wants to bridge this divide by allowing customers to order construction projects online, then sourcing local contracting partners to complete the job while freeing them of any admin. Its first offering is fences, but the plan is to quickly roll out more home construction services.

The company was in stealth mode for four years before exploding onto the scene in 2022 with tens of millions in funding, and a global staff headcount already in the hundreds. This early aggression indicates that the plan is to expand rapidly in the US before going international.

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Benefits

  • Co-Working Fund: Meet in groups of 3+ Ergeon friends and get reimbursed up to USD $20 for coffee, co-working, etc (once per quarter)
  • All-Remote since the beginning: We have a diverse team spread across 40+ countries. We stay connected through the best remote work practices such as flexible work hours, team events, remote happy hours, and by sharing our love of food!
  • Equipment: Laptop replacement after 1 year of full-time work. And every 3 years after that
  • Tech, Wellness & Learning fund: You can have a $400USD bonus per year for software and hardware tools, workplace improvements, fitness-related spending (includes things like yoga classes, Fitbit tracker, new running shoes, gym membership, among others), and books, courses, training, or even attending conferences
  • Stock options: All staff is eligible after 6 months of full-time work
  • Flexible Paid time off: You can take 12 days after working 6 months, + 2 extra days per year for a maximum of 20 days
  • Birthday Paid day off: You can take the exact day, or Friday before if it is on a weekend!
  • Free Headset Benefit: You can get a noise-canceling headset since your first day working full-time
  • Language Classes: here at Ergeon you will have the opportunity to learn or improve a language!

Funding (1 round)

Jun 2022

$40m

SERIES B

Total funding: $40m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Served as SVP of Ops, COO, and CEO at outdoor home maintenance startup ezhome between 2015 and 2018. Founding Board Member of Persistence, a community of women executives and founders in tech.

Co-founded now publicly traded freelancing platform Upwork in 2003, serving as CTO until 2015, before co-founding ezhome the same year. Prior to this they co-founded and were CTO of accounting software Intacct which was aquired by Sage for $850 million in 2017.

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