SweepSouth, an on-demand home cleaning services on the African continent, says it has secured R10 million in new funding.<\/p>\n
The funding comes from the Vumela Fund, as well as from its existing investor, Vinny Lingham and Llew Claasen\u2019s firm, Newtown Partners.<\/p>\n
The Vumela Fund is capitalised by the First Rand Group and the Jobs Fund and managed by FNB in an alliance relationship with Edge Growth.<\/p>\n
SweepSouth is an online platform for booking, managing and paying for home cleaning services using a laptop, phone or tablet. The platform makes it easy and convenient for anyone to book and pay for cleaning services, and connects clients with efficient, reliable and trustworthy cleaners.<\/p>\n
In April 2015,\u00a0SweepSouth\u00a0 Series Seed funding round from a team of top tech investors, led by Vinny Lingham and Llew Claasen\u2019s firm Newtown Partners and including Pule Taukobong\u2019s Africa Angels Network (AAN) and Polo Leteka Radebe\u2019s Identity Development Fund (IDF).<\/p>\n
The startup finished the year as the first South African startup selected to participate in the 500 Startups accelerator in Silicon Valley, between July and November 2015.<\/p>\n
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