Kandua
Home Appliances · Local Services Marketplaces
Overview
Kandua is a Cape Town marketplace founded in 2017 that connects households with vetted home service professionals. Plumbers, electricians and other trades get customer leads, payments and business tools. The company operates across South African metros.
Funding and backers
Latest round
Seed
Jul 2021 · 5 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
The money's age
Long since its last round
63 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 29
Launched Santam-owned Kandua launches AI tool to fix home repairs faster · Bizcommunity
May 27, 2024
Acquired Santam buys home services startup Kandua · Bizcommunity
Jul 21, 2021
Raised a round Seed · IT-Online
Sep 25, 2018
Partnership Kandua partners with Leroy Merlin to increase work opportunities · htxtafrica
2017
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Jul 2021 | — | — | IT-Online |
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Financials
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2021 | — | Details |
News
Kandua Launches South Africa's First AI-Powered Home Services Companion
Kandua Launches South Africa's First AI-Powered Home Services Companion - IT News Africa - African Business Technology News
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Santam-owned Kandua launches AI tool to fix home repairs faster
Kandua, a Santam subsidiary, has launched Jess, South Africa's first AI-powered home companion designed to improve trust, safety and convenience in home services.
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Odd-job marketplace Kandua acquired by Santam - Hypertext
Santam has wasted no time in moving Home+ users to the Kandua platform.
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Santam buys Kandua as it eyes new market segments
The short-term insurer acquires the local online marketplace company for home services for an undisclosed sum.
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Santam buys home services startup Kandua
Kandua will merge with Santam's existing home service offering, Home+, forming a wholly owned, independent subsidiary of the insurer.
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Online home services marketplace Kandua raises funding round
Johannesburg-based online marketplace for home services Kandua has announced that it has raised a significant Pre-Series A funding round from a consortium of investors that include Knife Capital and Allan Gray E-Squared Ventures (AGEV). Kandua provides a
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Kandua brings disinfection system to SA
South African online home services marketplace, Kandua, has partnered with Singapore-based Disinfection2U to bring their commercial, vehicle and residential disinfection services to South Africa.
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Kandua partners with Leroy Merlin to increase work opportunities - Hypertext
The partnership will give Leroy Merlin customers the option to hire a trained Kandua artisan to install their homeware goods.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Cape Town
South Africa
HQ
10-50 est. staff