India’s urge for food for immediate comfort — as soon as confined to meals and grocery supply — is increasing into home assist. That shift has helped Snabbit, an on-demand home-help startup, safe $30 million in new funding and raise its valuation to $180 million, up from $80 million 5 months in the past.
The all-equity Sequence C spherical — Snabbit’s third fundraise in 9 months — was led by Bertelsmann India Investments, with participation from present backers Lightspeed, Elevation Capital, and Nexus Enterprise Companions. The newest infusion brings the startup’s complete funding to $55 million.
Snabbit’s recent funding follows a pointy rise in exercise, with the Bengaluru-based startup rising from about 1,000 jobs a day in Could to greater than 10,000 each day bookings. The corporate crossed 300,000 complete orders in October, founder and CEO Aayush Agarwal stated in an interview with TechCrunch.
Based in 2024, Snabbit gives a variety of on-demand residence companies for city households, together with cleansing, dishwashing, laundry, and kitchen prep by way of a 100% women-led fleet of 5,000 consultants. The startup operates by way of a hyperlocal community of skilled employees stationed round dense residential clusters, promising service inside 10 minutes.
Presently, Snabbit serves 40 micro markets throughout 5 main cities, specifically Mumbai, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Noida, and Pune. It plans to broaden its presence in these cities and enter Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, and Calcutta very quickly, Agarwal instructed TechCrunch.
Snabbit has served greater than 300,000 clients, up from 25,000 in Could, and expects so as to add one other 100,000 as early as subsequent month. Most of its customers are between 30 and 40 years outdated, together with bachelors and dealing professionals.
A few of Snabbit’s clients are those that don’t want full-time home assist however choose an advert hoc resolution. “We’re mainly taking inefficiency within the mannequin and plugging that, moderately than saying, ‘Hey, this was taking place offline, and now we’ll do it on-line’,” stated Agarwal.
The startup studies a 30–35% retention charge and initiatives to achieve annual recurring income of $11 million this month. Furthermore, it has a buyer acquisition value of “nicely under” ₹500 (roughly $6), Agarwal instructed TechCrunch.
Snabbit’s companies are priced at round ₹150 (about $2) per hour, with a median ticket measurement of round ₹240 (roughly $3).
Staff on the platform earn between ₹25,000–₹30,000 (roughly $284–$340) a month, relying on the hours they work. The startup has additionally decreased the common strolling distance for its employees between two jobs from 300 meters to 250 meters, giving them extra time to serve clients.
Snabbit will not be alone within the race to supply fast, on-demand residence companies in India. City Firm pioneered the pattern and was later adopted by startups equivalent to Broomees and Pronto. City Firm now plans to double down on instant home services to remain forward of rising competitors, although Snabbit says it doesn’t see that as a problem.
“In a hyper-local enterprise, you don’t win pan India, you don’t win cities, you win micro markets. And at present, out of the micro markets the place we each [Snabbit and Urban Company] are current, Snabbit is main in additional micro markets as a result of we’ve got taken a really constructive technique to construct depth versus construct breadth,” Agarwal stated.
The brand new funding will assist Snabbit strengthen its presence and broaden into high-frequency classes equivalent to cooking, little one care, and aged care.
