Lawnstarter
TypePrivate
IndustryMowing
Founded2013 (2013) in Washington, D.C.
Founders
  • Jonas Weigert
  • Ryan Farley
  • Steve Corcoran
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
,
United States
Areas served
Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Texas, Dallas-Ft Worth, Charlotte, North Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida, Orlando, Richmond, Virginia, and Washington, DC[1]
Key people
Arman Panjwani (CFO)[2] Christian Lavender (CMO)
Websitewww.lawnstarter.com

Lawnstarter is an American online platform for mowing.[3][4] It is based in Austin, Texas.[5]

History

Lawnstarter was founded in 2013 by Jonas Weigert, Ryan Farley, Steve Corcoran in Washington, D.C. and later moved to Austin, Texas.[6][7] A year later, they joined Techstars Austin accelerator program.[6][8]

In January 2015, Lawnstarter raised $1 million in seed funding.[8] Later, in the same year, they received an additional investment of $6 as part of Series A funding.[9] By June 2015, they were active in twelve cities of the U.S.[9]

Lawnstarter is also active in research studies, and in 2017, they found in a research study that Austin had enough population to become a new state.[10][11][12]

In November 2019, it received an additional investment of $10.5 million.[13][14]

In 2020, Lawnstarter was included in Austin American-Statesman's Greater Austin Top Employers list.[15]

In August 2021, Lawnstarter acquired Lawn Love for an undisclosed amount.[6][16][17]

Platform

It is an online platform that allows to reserve lawn care and mowing services through a website or a mobile application.[14][18] It also tracks weather and accordingly revises the schedule as needed.[9]

LawnStarter has been called an Uber for lawn services.[5][19]

References

  1. ↑ "The mowing middle men". Lawn & Landscape.
  2. ↑ "Arman Panjwani".
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Heather. "Lawn care app powers back up in Richmond". NBC12.
  4. ↑ Patel, Sujan. "Ryan Farley: How Being Scrappy Propelled LawnStarter To Success". Forbes.
  5. 1 2 Schwartz, Eric Hal. "LawnStarter Brings Uber-Style Service to Your Backyard".
  6. 1 2 3 Wistrom, Brent. "Austin's LawnStarter acquires former rival Lawn Love".
  7. ↑ Anderson, Will. "Millennials on a mission: The startup grinder".
  8. 1 2 "Techstars grad LawnStarter bags $1M from Gary Vaynerchuk, others". VentureBeat. January 14, 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 "LawnStarter Raises $6M To Become Your "Lawn Care Concierge"". TechCrunch.
  10. ↑ Webb, Eric. "Webb Report: Statehood for Austin? We've got population to back it up". Austin American-Statesman.
  11. ↑ Kolomatsky, Michael (March 3, 2022). "Which Cities Are Best for Walking Your Dog?" – via NYTimes.com.
  12. ↑ Kolomatsky, Michael (May 27, 2021). "Where to Appreciate the Joys of Naked Gardening" – via NYTimes.com.
  13. ↑ "Austin-based LawnStarter rakes in the green with $10.5M funding round".
  14. 1 2 "Austin's Lawnstarter raises $10.5M for growth". Austin American-Statesman.
  15. ↑ "Greater Austin Top Employers 2020". Austin American-Statesman.
  16. ↑ "LawnStarter acquires Lawn Love". Lawn & Landscape.
  17. ↑ "Tech startups target lawn care market". San Diego Union-Tribune. June 12, 2015.
  18. ↑ Hawkins, Lori. "Five Austin-based apps that can make your life easier". Austin American-Statesman.
  19. ↑ Watson, Rachel (November 22, 2019). "'Uber for lawn care' lands $10.5M to expand in GR". Grand Rapids Business Journal.
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