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July 12, 2013 10:00 pm GMT

Houzz Founder Adi Tatarko To Join Us At Disrupt SF

931211_10151707432727952_690478213_nHome remodeling and inspiration platform Houzz is one of those secret gems of Silicon Valley that has avoided the hype cycle in favor of quietly building an innovative, compelling company. And the brains behind the idea and operation originate from co-founder Adi Tatarko, who started Houzz with her husband Alon Cohen, because of the design challenges they both faced renovating their own home. And we’re excited to have Tatarko join us on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF to tell us about how she is disrupting the $300 billion home remodeling market. Tickets areon sale now, and with our extra early-bird discount going until July 15. Houzz provides homeowners with inspiration platform for their projects and connecting them with the designers, architects and contractors who can turn their ideas into reality. And the startup just raised $35 million in new funding from all-star investors such as New Enterprise Associates, GGV Capital, Sequoia Capital, Comcast Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Yammer founder David Sacks. Tatarko will be joining a top list of industry leaders. We’vealready announcedYahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Salesforce CEOMarc Benioff, LinkedIn CEOJeff Weiner and distinguished investorDoug Leone, and we have lots more to come. The conference starts September 7 and runs until the 11th at our favorite location, the San Francisco Design Concourse.Stay tuned for more speaker announcements and a few surprises to be announced soon. Our sponsors help make Disrupt happen. If you are interested in learning more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact our sponsorship team [email protected]. Adi Tatarko is the CEO and co-founder of Houzz, a platform for home remodeling, bringing together both professionals and homeowners via mobile, local and social tools. Adi and her husband and cofounder, Alon Cohen, started Houzz out of challenges that they faced during their own remodeling process. Tired of cutting pages out of magazines for their inspiration file and limited by word of mouth recommendations for professionals to help them with the renovation process, they decided to create an online photo database and gathering place for people in the process of building, remodeling and decorating. Today, millions of homeowners and more than 250,000 architects, designers, contractors and other remodeling professionals are connecting through Houzz.com and its mobile apps every month, sharing their photos, advice and product recommendations. Earlier in her career, Tatarko founded a software company which developed products and services for the high tech industry. She worked in NYC

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