Handy Market is an online two-sided marketplace for residential cleaning, installation, and other home services. Founded in 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the now New York-based company operates services in United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. The company was acquired by ANGI Home services in October 2018.
In keeping with the concept of serving the local community. Alan, in 1980, created a Crafts Services arm of Handy Market which would later be named Sunrise to Sunset Catering. Being at the center of the Television and Movie Industry quickly made this a perfect expansion.
When Harry was asked about the challenges of opening a small private market and competing against the big chains. He was known to say, “Getting a onetime sale is easy. Those people will blow in like the wind. My goal is to build a friend and a loyal customer. That’s my rock that will anchor this business.”
Today, Handy Market and Sunrise to Sunset Catering enjoy legions of friends and loyal customers. Our rock-solid foundation is that neighbor or studio around the corner, or the celebrity clientele who returns repeatedly for the quality and service that only a private market and caterer can deliver.
To all our Friends. Thank you for your patronage over these past 39 years and we look forward to seeing you again and again. Always at your service… my friends,
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Handy is the leading platform for connecting individuals looking for household services with top-quality, pre-screened independent service professionals. From home cleaning to handyman services, Handy instantly matches thousands of customers every week with top-rated professionals in cities all around the world.
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Handy was founded in summer 2012 as Handy market by Oisin Hanrahan, Umang Dua, Weina Scott (a computer science graduate from Harvard University) and Ignacio Leonhardt (a graduate of Duke
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University and the London School of Economics). In fall 2012, it moved its headquarters from Cambridge, Massachusetts to Manhattan, New York. The online household services marketplace they created follows a sharing economy approach and a business model that has been compared to Uber. The Handy market name was chosen as it was a place to book handyman and cleaning services.
Handy book was launched with incubation support from the Harvard Innovation Lab. In October 2012 Handy book raised 2 million dollars in seed financing from General Catalyst Partners and Highland Capital Partners. The following year in October 2013, Handbook raised further 10 million dollars from existing investors along with David Tisch’s Box Group and other investors. The same month Handy began talks to acquire the San Francisco-based Exec, a similar service for hiring people to complete household tasks. In January 2014, Handy market completed the acquisition of the company which helped establish its West Coast presence. By May 2014, the company was employing nearly a hundred people.
