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Fixy raises seed funding from VentureNursery's members

| | Aug 17, 2015, at 08:27 pm
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IBNS) VentureNursery, an angel-backed, start-up accelerator, has announced seed investment by its members in Fixy, an on-demand Home Maintenance Services platform.

Fixy founded by Mumbai twins Tufayl and Nabeel Merchant successfully graduated from VentureNursery’s Season 6 Acceleration Program conducted between March and June 2015.

Speaking of VentureNursery’s acceleration program Tufayl Merchant said, “We gained tremendously from the collective experience and diverse perspectives of VentureNursery mentors and members, each a stalwart in his own field. I believe we are prepared for the real world issues of setting up and scaling a start-up”.

“VentureNursery’s selection process is designed to identify passionate and motivated founders who are out to solve real life problems of customers. At the end of the intensive 13-week BootCamp, Fixy’s founders Tufayl and Nabeel convinced VentureNursery members of their preparedness to disrupt the Home Maintenance Services space,” said VentureNursery member Mr Vishal Maheshwari, former Senior Director, Yahoo! India.

The company said Fixy aims to capture a significant part of India’s Rs 10,000 crore Home Maintenance Service market by instilling in service providers -- plumbers, electricians, carpenters –crucial elements of customer experience such as efficiency, reliability and standardized prices.

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