Geekatoo, a Walnut Creek, California-based nationwide platform for in-home tech support, raised $1.7m in seed funding.
Backers included Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, Dave McClure and Parker Thompson of 500 Startups and Mikihiro Yasuda.
The company intends to use the funds to expand to Japan by the end of August, and to Canada by the end of the year.
Led by Kevin Davis, CEO and co-founder, Geekatoo operates a a nationwide platform where electronic repair pros and people in need of their services can get matched up with each other. Services offered through the platform range from computer repair to TV mount installation, and anything in between. It assigns almost all customer job requests to a local geek within one hour, and promises fixed pricing, on-site tech support within 24-48 hours.
It has a national network of over 4,900 certified geeks in both major cities and small towns alike.
FinSMEs
04/08/2014