草坪上的愛

2021年8月22日

草坪愛賣給了奧斯丁有限公司LawnStarter,隨需應變的草坪和戶外保健的領先供應商,已經獲得了聖地亞哥的草坪愛公司現金及股票交易,但未透露交易金額。此次收購將使企業更好地利用按需服務的增長,說草坪愛首席執行官傑裏米•山口,它將合並後的公司作為一個明確的市場領導者地位。“這筆交易有效地把草坪愛和LawnStarter年後的未來,“山口說。“這是一個戲劇性的加速度朝我們的目標讓小企業主通過提供技術和工具來幫助他們發展他們的業務,和大品牌一較高下,最終茁壯成長。“交易LawnStarter聯合創始人兼首席執行官史蒂夫·科克蘭說這筆交易創造了最大的按需修剪和戶外服務在美國創業的組合預計給戶外家庭服務的能力承擔更多的工作,而增加了成千上萬的小型企業的收入。“LawnStarter和草坪愛按需經濟將進一步推動增長對草坪護理和其他戶外服務,”科克蘭說。“聯合使LawnStarter和草坪愛更加破壞性一起在我們繼續革新戶外服務行業。“基本信息隨需應變的企業受益於上升市場占主導地位的公司,如乳房,Lyft, Doordash GrubHub,普華永道的預測,全球分享經濟價值——主要由千禧一代——到2025年將達到3350億美元。兩家公司作為市場,消費者可以使用一個應用程序或網站訂購草坪割草,景觀樹保健、害蟲防治和其他服務由專業草坪護理公司審查。《盜夢空間》以來,草坪愛已從兩名全職員工超過100名全職員工,根據山口。 The company has partnered with more than 5,000 lawn care companies, and it has hundreds of thousands of homeowners on its platform. Moving Forward LawnStarter and Lawn Love will operate as separate brands, led by Corcoran as CEO. LawnStarter’s headquarters will stay in Austin. Yamaguchi is remaining with the combined company. Both companies have a nationwide footprint, covering all major metro areas. The companies aren’t planning any reductions as a result of the acquisition. Instead, Lawn Starter will expand its engineering staff to help with integration of Lawn Love’s platform and build new features. “I’ve spent the last seven years assembling a group of folks who are incredible human beings. I am very happy to continue working with this team,” said Yamaguchi. “I’ve been building businesses in San Diego for a long time now, it’s a special place.” Lawn Love has collected $6.7 million in funding since its founding in 2014. Investors include Bullpen Capital, Y Combinator, Alexis Ohanian, Joe Montana and Barbara Corcoran. LawnStarter and Lawn Love are graduates of two prominent accelerators, Techstars and Y Combinator. Lawn Love