SkillSlate explained
| SkillSlate |
| Company Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | 2009 |
| Location City: | New York, New York |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Area Served: | New York City area |
| Key People: | Bartek Ringwelski
Brian Rothenberg[1]
Mike Nelson |
| Num Employees: | 7 |
| Website Type: | Classifieds |
| Language: | English |
| Advertising: | None |
| Registration: | Optional |
| Launch Date: | 2009 |
| Current Status: | Acquired by TaskRabbit |
SkillSlate or SkillSlate.com was a New York City-based firm that matched individual service providers with customers via the Internet.[2] [3] The firm raised $1.1 million in capital in October 2010 with investments from Canaan Partners and First Round Capital.[2] [4] [5]
SkillSlate helped small individual service providers, such as dog walkers, DJs, handymen, tutors and movers, market themselves on the web. According to a website description, SkillSlate helps the pages of service providers surface more prominently in search engine results. SkillSlate served the New York metropolitan area.[2] Competitors included Craigslist, Geotoko, FoundTown, Closely, Proposable, Resource Nation, Flowtown, Buzzuka, Spoke, GoBuzz, Traindom, Hooray, Thumbtack, and others, as well as classified advertising in newspapers. According to Fortune Magazine, the idea for the site was conceived by venture capitalist Barkek Ringwelski while working at Canaan Partners when he found he could not find a cleaning person; he raised $50,000 from family and friends in May 2009 and launched the firm.[6]
The company was acquired by TaskRabbit in early 2012.[7]
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Notes and References
- News: Ramon Nuez (interviewer) Brian Rothenberg (interviewee) . Video Interview: Brian Rothenberg of SkillSlate . Huffington Post . I was impressed with the pitch and appreciated the simplicity of the SkillSlate site. . February 22, 2011 . 2010-02-22.
- News: Cody Barbierri of VentureBeat . SkillSlate Grabs $1.1M to Find Local Service Providers . The New York Times . SkillSlate, a website for easily finding local service providers such as dog walkers, DJs and movers, today announced it has secured a first funding round of $1.1 million. The company plans on using the funds to expand the service outside of the New York area and add more work categories. . October 20, 2010 . 2010-11-12.
- News: Katie Colaneri of The Jersey Journal . Hoboken Tech Meet-Up joins forces with Stevens for next event . Newark Star-Ledger . SkillSlate.com is a new tool for small businesses and local people who provide a myriad of services to get the word out to their communities. . 2010-11-12.
- Web site: SkillSlate | First Round Capital | Seed Stage Venture Capital Fund in San Francisco, New York and Philadelphia . 2010-11-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101125003016/http://www.firstround.com/portfolio/company/skillslate . 2010-11-25 .
- News: SkillSlate Raises $1.1 Million of Series A Funding . Venture Capital Update . SkillSlate, a New York-based online directory of skilled workers such as tutors, cleaners, dog walkers and the likes based in the locality has raised a Series A financing of $1.1 Million. The funding came from the CEO’s former company Canaan Partners. SkillSlate was founded by Bartek Ringwelski ... . October 2010 . 2010-11-12.
- News: Jill Priluck . The founder's life for young VCs . CNN-Money-Fortune Magazine . In early 2009, Bartek Ringwelski was spending his days In May of this year, after raising $50,000 from friends and family, Ringwelski launched SkillSlate, ... . December 8, 2010 . 2010-12-07.
- Web site: TaskRabbit Acquires Service Provider Directory SkillSlate . Tsotsis . Alexia . Alexia Bonatsos . 10 January 2012 . . 13 October 2021.
