Co-Tasker

Co-Tasker operates a mobile marketplace that matches people and businesses needing help with local service providers. Users post a free task ad describing the job, its location and a budget; nearby professionals and "helping hands" respond with offers, and the requester compares profiles, reviews and quotes before booking. Payment is held in the platform's Co-Wallet and released once the requester marks the task complete, after which they leave a review. The company operates as Co-Tasker GmbH and is based in Berlin.

Task categories span home maintenance and repair (plumbing, painting, carpentry, furniture and kitchen assembly, appliance installation), cleaning including deep and handover cleaning, moving, transport, local delivery and errands, and people-based services such as event staff, pet sitters, gardeners, personal and online assistants, and translators covering English, Arabic and German. A separate Co-Tasker for Business offering targets self-employed individuals, small businesses and larger companies for needs such as shop, office and restaurant repairs, product packaging, recurring cleaning, event staffing, admin and customer service, marketing and promotional work, local courier help and seasonal demand, with automatic invoices issued in the business name after each task.

For supply-side users, registration and quoting are free, providers set their own rates, schedule and working area, payments are reserved before work begins, and invoices are generated automatically. All providers are ID-verified before they can take work and are rated by the community after each completed task, with a Reliability Rating aggregating reviews, response times and completion rates.

Founding story

Founder and CEO Tarek Abousamra arrived in Berlin from Syria in December 2015 and, while learning German, looked for short-term work he could do around his studies. He found existing channels for temporary work outdated or unsuitable for flexible short jobs, and also saw no convenient, safe place for people to find help with one-off tasks. After co-founding a general services and international logistics company with his brother, he decided to build a platform connecting both sides, aiming to make booking and performing tasks as simple as ordering a taxi and to remove language barriers through security checks and secure payments.

Business model

Two-sided local services marketplace: requesters post free task ads and providers bid with quotes. Bookings and payments are processed in-app through the Co-Wallet, which holds funds until the task is confirmed complete, and the platform issues automatic invoices to both business customers and providers.

Posting task ads is free for requesters, and registering and quoting are free for providers; transactions are settled through the platform's in-app payment system rather than in cash.

Traction

The Android app records more than 50,000 downloads, and the iOS app holds a 4.9 average rating from 81 ratings. The platform covers 23 German cities and publishes business case studies with Liberteco, Era Zero Waste and horticure. Press coverage describes it as among Germany's fastest-growing startups.

Latest developments

As of mid-2026 the platform operates across 23 German cities and has stated ambitions for broader European expansion. The Android listing was last updated in September 2026.