Kitchen chores or laundry work, there's an app for that

On-demand home services are the new frontier for startups looking for the next big idea

- Sowmya Ramasubramanian

Consumer tech companies are venturing into on-demand home services including kitchen chores, babysitting and even laundry, eyeing a share of the growing urban market for these services.

Earlier this month, Snabbit, a new venture by a former Zepto executive, raised $5.5 million from Elevation Capital, Nexus Venture Partners and other investors.

Food and grocery delivery player Swiggy launched Pyng, an app to aggregate fitness trainers, astrologers and financial consultants.

Zomato-owned Blinkit is said to be working on building an Urban Company-like offering to provide services like plumbers and electricians to customers.