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Rated People
Connecting homeowners with network of trades businesses
- 101-200 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Marketplace
- Home improvement
- London, UK
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Company mission
Rated People's mission is to make home improvements stress free and enjoyable for both homeowners and tradespeople, to drive trust and make the process as smooth as possible.
Our take
Rated People are the biggest marketplace in the UK connecting homeowners with tradespeople. They have over 50,000 tradespeople specialising in over 30 trades on their platform, with 1,000,000 jobs a year posted to their site by homeowners.
Rated People have been around for a long time, having been founded in 2005. Their business model is not unique, e.g. MyBuilder operates in a similar space (they were acquired by HomeAdvisor, which is backed by IAC). However, the market size is big, with the UK market for home services estimated to be worth around $60bn, so there's still plenty of room for Rated People to grow.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life assurance
- Travel loans
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- Empathise
- Enable
- Empower
- Experiment
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2014
$8m
EARLY VC
Feb 2011
$3.7m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $11.7m
Leadership
Andrew Skipwith
(CEO & Advisor)Also founded HulaHub, a startup in the leisure space.
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