Recommend Group (previously RecomN.com), a Singapore-based provider of on-demand home and local services in Indonesia and Malaysia, has raised US $4 million in a Series A round.
Morning Crest Capital (MCC), a Chinese venture capital company, led the round, which included previous investors such as Singapore-based Brain-Too-Free Ventures.
MCC was a major shareholder in AirTasker, a local services platform that is publicly traded on the Australian Stock Exchange.
The funds will be used to expand Recommend Group’s operations in Indonesia and Malaysia. In the second half of 2022, it plans to expand into additional Southeast Asian markets.
It also intends to beef up its product and engineering, data analytics, and market-based teams.
Customers may engage suggested service providers for their houses through Recommend Group’s platform. It operates under the Sejasa.com name in Indonesia and Recommend.my in Malaysia.
Home maintenance, appliance servicing and repairs, home remodelling, cleaning and disinfection, and lifestyle and beauty services are among the more than 200 services accessible over ten verticals.
“We want to enhance the customer user experience on our app and web platforms, improve the job-matching algorithm and build features that empower service workers to manage and grow their business,” said co-founder Alex Tan.
Customers may engage suggested service providers for their houses through Recommend Group’s platform. It operates under the Sejasa.com name in Indonesia and Recommend.my in Malaysia.
Home maintenance, appliance servicing and repairs, home remodeling, cleaning and disinfection, and lifestyle and beauty services are among the more than 200 services accessible over ten verticals.
Customers have the option of booking a home maintenance service directly or receiving numerous quotes for home remodeling and renovation services from a variety of service specialists. Based on reviews, ratings, competence, geography, and availability, the platform connects the task to the correct specialist.
In Indonesia and Malaysia, Recommend Group has validated over 40,000 small businesses and independent service providers. It collaborates with them to standardize service scope and costs, enhance service quality, enable cashless payments, and give comprehensive service warranties and insurance coverage.
In Indonesia and Malaysia, it has supplied 1 million households.
“There has been a significant increase in demand for professional home services, especially during the pandemic when people spent a lot of time at home and wanted to make their homes more beautiful and comfortable. Demand in some categories grew by 3x during the pandemic, driven by customers’ need for speed, quality, reliability, and adherence to SOPs,” said Jes Min Lua, co-founder, and CEO of Recommend Group.
