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Taskrabbit
AcquiredFounded 2008 · 1,896 employees on LinkedIn · 20 known investors
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TaskRabbit operates a marketplace connecting people who need help with household, moving, and cleaning tasks to local service providers in their area.
Also known as RunMyErrand · TaskRabbit, Inc.
Founders & leadership
Taskrabbit was founded in 2008 by Leah Busque.
Investors · 20
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Taskrabbit, Inc. (d/b/a Taskrabbit) operates an online marketplace that matches freelance labor with local demand, letting customers find help with personal assistance, furniture assembly, moving, delivery and handyman work. Customers select a Tasker by price, skills and reviews, schedule work as early as the same day, and chat, pay, tip and review through the platform's website and iOS/Android apps.
The service catalog spans furniture assembly (including IKEA-specific assembly), mounting and installation (TVs, shelves, ceiling fans, blinds, smart home devices), moving and junk removal, house and office cleaning, yard work and landscaping, painting and home repairs, shopping and delivery errands, seasonal/holiday and winter tasks, personal and virtual assistance, office services and baby-proofing. Published entry prices on the company's site include furniture assembly from $49, TV mounting from $69, help moving from $67, a flat-rate move from $139 and home cleaning from $49.
Trust and safety features cited by the company include background checks for all Taskers before they join the platform, a 'Taskprotect' program offering up to $1,000 in coverage for claims, and daily customer support. The company is a subsidiary of IKEA and operates as a distributed company with no physical headquarters.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Founder mafia
The Taskrabbit mafia →6 people who came through Taskrabbit went on to found or lead other companies.
Related companies · 5
Companies working in the same space as Taskrabbit.
Timeline · 25
launches, deals, and filingsTaskrabbit acquired Dolly, a Seattle-based moving services company; the two brands continued to operate separately.
Taskrabbit announced closure of its physical offices, including its San Francisco headquarters, moving all employees to remote work. It also introduced a global brand refresh with a lower-case wordmark and removal of the rabbit from its logo.
In a class action in which 10,000 Taskers alleged improper classification as independent contractors rather than employees, the plaintiff was awarded $1.75 million by the court.
$1.8M source ↗
Stacy Brown-Philpot resigned as CEO and Taskrabbit named Ania Smith, previously of Walmart, Expedia, Airbnb and UberEats, as its new CEO.
Operations opened in Berlin, Bochum, Cologne, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Krefeld, Monchengladbach, Oberhausen, Wuppertal and the Rhine-Ruhr region.
Launched in Brighton, Cardiff, Coventry, Liverpool, Warrington, Oxford and Reading.
The company was affected by a data breach; at the time it had 60,000 Taskers and 1.5 million users.
Taskrabbit was acquired by the IKEA Group; IKEA is listed as the company's parent.
Brown-Philpot moved from COO to CEO; founder Leah Solivan became executive chairwoman.
In late 2016 Taskrabbit discontinued its 15% service fee for repeat customers and introduced a 30% service fee for all tasks, and raised its Trust & Support fee from 5% to 7.5%.
Service allowing businesses to hire temporary workers from Taskrabbit's user base, with a 26% commission.
Brown-Philpot, formerly of Google, became the company's first chief operating officer.
Founder Leah Solivan returned as CEO; Grosse remained on the board of directors advising on strategy and operations.
Taskrabbit launched a mobile app for iOS; the company had 1,500 active Taskers at the time.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
- Taskrabbittaskrabbit.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Taskrabbit do?
- IKEA-owned online marketplace matching customers with freelance 'Taskers' for furniture assembly, moving, cleaning and handyman work.
- Who founded Taskrabbit?
- Taskrabbit was founded by Leah Busque in 2008.
- Who are Taskrabbit's investors?
- Taskrabbit's investors include 500 Global, Baseline Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Felicis Ventures, Floodgate, Ingka Investments, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and 9 more.