LawnStarter is an American online platform for

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. It is based in

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History

LawnStarter was founded in 2013 by Steve Corcoran, Jonas Weigert, and Ryan Farley in

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and later moved to

. A year later, they joined Techstars Austin accelerator program. In January 2015, LawnStarter raised $1 million in seed funding. Later, in the same year, they received an additional investment of $6 million as part of

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funding. By June 2015, they were active in 12 cities of the U.S. LawnStarter studies are picked up by the major news outlets in the US In November 2019, it received an additional investment of $10.5 million. In 2020, LawnStarter was included in ''

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s Greater Austin Top Employers list. In August 2021, LawnStarter acquired Lawn Love for an undisclosed amount. By 2022, LawnStarter had expanded its reach nationally and was operating in more than 3,000 cities in more than 300 markets. In 2023, LawnStarter recorded its first annual profit. In 2024, LawnStarter added 198 markets and 440 cities and expanded lawn care and other outdoor services it offers to customers.

Platform

It is an online platform that allows to reserve lawn care and mowing services through a website or a mobile application. It also tracks weather and accordingly revises the schedule as needed. LawnStarter has been called an Uber for lawn services.

References

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