Dobby is a home services app that connects homeowners with pre-vetted, top 1% independent service professionals across over 30 categories, ensuring high-quality craftsmanship and fair pricing. By managing the entire project from start to finish, Dobby eliminates the hassle of coordinating multiple contractors, providing a streamlined solution for home renovations and repairs.
Funding
$4.9M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Homeowners often struggle to find reliable and skilled home service professionals, leading to inconsistent quality, price uncertainty, and the burden of coordinating multiple contractors for a single project. Existing online marketplaces may prioritize lead generation over quality, potentially exposing homeowners to unqualified or unreliable service providers.
Solution
Dobby is a home services platform that connects homeowners with pre-vetted, independent service professionals across a wide range of home maintenance, repair, and renovation categories. Dobby manages the entire project lifecycle, from initial job request to scheduling, execution, and payment, eliminating the need for homeowners to coordinate multiple contractors. The platform focuses on ensuring high-quality craftsmanship and fair pricing through a selective, invite-only network of service providers who must maintain a minimum 98% 5-star rating. Dobby also incorporates AI-driven price verification and offers a climate program, planting a tree for every completed job and contributing a portion of revenue to carbon offset programs.
Target Audience
Dobby primarily targets homeowners who seek a convenient, reliable, and high-quality solution for home maintenance, repairs, and renovations, and who value transparency and environmental responsibility.
Features
- Access to a pre-vetted network of independent service professionals across 30+ categories, including handyman, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and renovations.
- End-to-end project management, handling everything from job matching to scheduling and payment.
- AI-powered price verification to ensure fair and transparent pricing.
- Climate program that plants a tree for every completed job and contributes to carbon offset initiatives.
- Mobile app for homeowners to submit job requests, track progress, and manage payments.
- "One-job, one-pro" model for smaller jobs, ensuring dedicated service and accountability.
- Option for multiple quotes on larger jobs to provide homeowners with competitive pricing.