HomeTouch, the U. K. home care marketplace, is announcing its nation-wide launch today, along with revealing that it now counts 500 Startups as a backer.
HomeTouch , the U. K. home care marketplace, is announcing its nation-wide launch today, along with revealing that it now counts 500 Startups as a backer.
TechCrunch understands that the Silicon Valley VC has invested $200,000 in a round that closed in January, joining HomeTouch’s existing investors, which include Passion Capital , Bupa, Nominet Trust, and Rocket Internet’s venture arm GFC .
I’m also told that HomeTouch’s full U. K. expansion comes in part via an acquisition of the assets of LiveInCareJobs.com from previous owner Target Recruitment. This includes its database of 25,000 registered live-in carers who are being automatically invited to HomeTouch’s application process, but will still be subject to its standard face-to-face vetting process.
Should the majority make the cut, HomeTouch claims it makes the company the U. K.’s largest online provider of care professionals.
Regards the decision to invest in HomeTouch, 500 Startups’ Matt Lerner tells me that the early-stage investor has seen home care marketplaces growing quickly in a lot of markets, “which really validates the opportunity”.
