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August 19, 2013 05:00 am GMT

Behind The Scenes At Homejoy, A Cleaning Startup That Says It's Really A Tech Company

HomejoyIf I were ranking startups based on how much I value their services, Homejoy would place pretty darn near the top every month or so, one of their cleaners comes by my apartment and in two or three hours it becomes more sparkly than I've ever been able to make it. All for just 20 bucks an hour.Homejoy's been growing quickly, too it raised $1.7 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, and others, and about 10 months after its official launch, the company says it now has a workforce of more than 50 employees in its San Francisco office. And yet ... when I'm asked about exciting startups, Homejoy isn't the first one that comes to mind.

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