Clean Fanatics, a premium marketplace specializing in high-quality home services has raised INR 17 Cr ($2M) in a seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures, one of India’s largest angel investing platforms. The round also saw participation from Blume Founders Fund, Let’s Ventures, Trica, TiE Angels, and other prominent angel investors. The funds will be directed towards team expansion, technology enhancement, and scaling new verticals such as civil construction and home renovation.
Founded in October 2024, Clean Fanatics offers services like deep cleaning, painting, marble polishing, and civilrenovations. The Company is led by an experienced founding team: CEO BJ Arun, is a serial entrepreneur and has worked as CEO, July Systems (acquired by Cisco Systems in 2018), Librato (acquired by SolarWinds in 2014), and California Digital. Arun has also served as President of TiE Silicon Valley (2020), as well as Chairman of TiE Global Board of Trustees (2022). COO Nishant Prasad, an alum of NIT Surat and IIM Mumbai, has worked in senior roles in companies like Glenmark, Hewlett Packard, and Renoir Consulting. He has been running profitable home services organizations for the past 10+ years.
Mitesh Shah, Co-Founder, IPV says, “The home related services is a large untapped market with only a handful of companies currently addressing this gap. Given the geography of India and rise in disposable incomes, we believe that this market will continue to grow and platforms that are able to provide best in class services to their consumers and good business to their service partners will be the ultimate winners. Clean Fanatics is setting itself apart by providing on time and highly professional services to its customers and we are excited by how this market is shaping up.”
Clean Fanatics’ people-first approach has led to 40% of their revenue coming through word-of-mouth referrals. Backed by continuous innovation in technology and operations, the company delivers high-quality services faster and more efficiently. Operating at significant scale, the company currently services over 2,500 homes every month and generates an average of ?2 crore in monthly revenue from Bangalore alone.
“Partnering with Inflection Point Ventures to raise funds has been a highly rewarding experience. Their due diligence process was exceptionally rigorous, reflecting the depth of their commitment to backing businesses with strong fundamentals. We’re excited to have IPV as part of our journey as we scale Clean Fanatics to new heights,” says BJ Arun, Co-Founder & CEO, Clean Fanatics.
“What stood out with IPV was the speed, transparency and the will to go beyond the regular funding diligence,” says Nishant Prasad , Co -Founder & COO, Clean Fanatics.
Clean Fanatics has grown their top line by 8x over the past 24 months. Its strong focus on partner satisfaction has led to a 95% retention rate underscoring the strength of its model.
The home services industry in India is estimated to be a $20 billion opportunity. As new service verticals get added and given the repeat demand by the customers, Clean Fanatics is positioning right to capture this market in some high repeat segments and grow further from there.
