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.

"At Zomato, we run multiple small experiments in which local economies can benefit from technology, which makes products and services more accessible for customers.