Atlanta's Hux Receives $1.25M in Seed Funding
Staff Report From Metro Atlanta CEO
Thursday, February 18th, 2016
Hux is an online marketplace where you can book a local house cleaner with more services on the horizon. Hux makes it easy to choose a service provider, get your total price upfront and instantly schedule and pay without ever picking up the phone.
Hux Vision and Expansion Plans
Hux aims to disrupt the $800B local service industry by creating a thin layer of technology that connects customers to local service providers. Instead of working for a service company, Hux technology empowers local service providers to create and run their own micro-business.
With this seed funding, Hux will expand into cities like Charlotte, Austin and Miami. After establishing a sizeable geographic footprint, Hux will rapidly add new services for the home and beyond. In the future you can
expect to book someone to mount your new TV, paint your room, mow your lawn, walk your dog or tutor your child.
Hux seeks to empower local service providers to manage and grow their micro-business without working for a
company. Some house cleaners on Hux are already earning $30K-$40K per year. To aid in expansion, Hux will also hire developers and marketing/ operations professionals.
Our Seed Investors
Dau Group is the investment arm of the Dau family and founders of PT Sole Company. Teresa Dau is the managing director and invests broadly with a focus on companies local to Atlanta.
Tim Draper (via Draper Associates) is a third generation venture capitalist. He's known for investing in "big crazy ideas." Investments include Tesla, Skype, Theranos, Overture, Baidu, Parametric Technology, Hotmail, Digidesign, Twitch.tv, and hundreds of others. He was ranked 52 on the list of the 100 most influential Harvard Alumni and seven on the Forbes Midas List.