Improovy

Improovy is a managed marketplace for on-demand home improvement services, with an initial focus on residential and commercial painting. The platform lets homeowners obtain a quote through a guided 15-25 minute video walkthrough, by phone with a painting expert, or through a self-service tool that scopes a project room by room, and then schedule the job with an assigned project manager. Work is carried out by professional painters the company screens for licensing, insurance and skill.

The service catalogue spans interior painting (walls, ceilings, cabinets, patching and drywall repair, caulking, sanding and priming), exterior painting (siding, soffits, fascia, trim, doors, windows, garage doors, decks, fences and porches) and commercial painting for offices, storefronts and multi-unit properties. Ancillary offerings include carpentry and drywall repairs, free color consultations, a two-year warranty and a 30-day touch-up guarantee. The company states it uses Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore paints. Improovy also publishes homeowner-facing cost and how-to content, such as guides on room painting costs, painter day rates and cabinet painting prices.

The company positions itself as an operator-led business built by people with backgrounds in the trades, framing its purpose as improving working conditions and workflow for painting contractors while reducing friction for homeowners.

Founding story

Improovy was founded on September 19, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Founder Andre Kazimierski grew up in a Chicago family of first-generation Polish immigrants who ran home service and construction businesses, and says he spent roughly 15 years building and scaling home service companies before starting the company to address what he viewed as structural problems facing painting contractors.

Business model

Improovy operates as a managed marketplace: it takes the homeowner relationship end to end — quoting, contracting, scheduling, project management and completion — and delivers the work through a vetted network of professional painting contractors across locally operated locations.

Sources describe paid residential and commercial painting projects booked through the platform, with quotes generated per project; no pricing or take-rate structure is disclosed.

Traction

The company reports more than 2,100 houses painted and thousands of customer reviews, and says it has served thousands of interior and exterior painting clients. At the time of its 2022 seed round it operated in four cities (Chicago, St. Louis, Ann Arbor and newly launched Dallas); its website currently lists nine locations across Illinois, Colorado, Florida, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Latest developments

Improovy's site lists nine operating locations and reports more than 2,100 houses painted. Leadership listed on the company team page includes Andre Kazimierski as Founder, Carr Lanphier as CEO, Mike Kremsreiter as Head of Production, Eddie Alvarado as Production Coordinator and Bridget Morales as Administrative Assistant.