WASH BUDDY

  • Bangalore, India
  • ServicesLaundry, ServicesBags and Shoes Care, Consumer Internet

Wash Buddy - One stop solution for all Cleaning Needs

Founded:
2014
Stage:
Steady Revenues
Market:
B2C

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WashBuddy acquires Sleeves and Collars | Hariharan Jeeva

Mar 27, 2017


Founded

Founded as a small washing unit named BubbleZpoint Laundromat- Proprietorship

Jan

2014
New Product Release

Wash+Iron introduced. First of its kind in any Laundromat.

Jun

Second Store

Second store launched @ Marathahalli. Proprietorship became LLP

Jan

2015
Funding

Anand Kakarla Partner, BDO India LLP Joins the team as Mentor & Angel Investor

Jun

Third Store

Third store Launched @ Tavarekere

Jun

Online Service Launched

Bookings through Online and Mobile App launched.

Nov

Fourth Store

Fourth store Launched @ Electronic city. LLP became Pvt Ltd Company

Nov

BRANDED as WASHBUDDY

BubbleZpoint has been rebranded to WASHBUDDY

Nov

Call center services Launched

Customer service at its best. Another medium - Call center.

Dec

New Team Member

Vijay Geddam Ex-CMO Uninor Joins the team as Mentor

Jan

2016
First Franchisee

First MINI Franchisee Store launched @ BTM Layout

Apr

Second Franchisee

Second MINI Franchisee Store launched @ HSR Layout

Apr

Third Franchisee

Third MINI Franchisee Store launched @ K.R Puram

May

Fourth Franchisee

Fourth MINI Franchisee Store launched @ JP Nagar

Jun

Company Owned Stores converted as Franchisee

First four company owned stores converted as Hub Franchisee Stores

Jul

Franchisee formula that worked

Extensive Franchisee operating model developed by the team.

Aug

New Product Release

Dry Cleaning, Bags & Shoes care services launched

Nov

Acquisition of Sleeves & Collars

Bangalore based Sleeves & Collars acquired by Wash Buddy in a all cash deal

Dec

Sleeves & Collars Stores adds to the total

Two MINI stores and Drycleaning Factory added to Wash Buddy totaling 10 Stores

Dec

Eleventh Franchisee

Eleventh Franchisee Store launched @ AECS Layout, Kundalahalli

Mar

2017
Twelth Franchisee

Twelth Franchisee Store Launched @ Ananth Nagar, Electronic city

Mar

Thirteenth Franchisee

MOU Signed for the thirteenth Store @ Kaggadasapura

Mar

Jobs

Team Summary

Hariharan Jeeva (Founder, Director) | 10 Years of IT experience as Project Manager | Education from NTTF
Visalakshi Natraj (Co-Founder, Director) | 8 Years of IT experience as Security consultant | Education from Avinashilingam University

Team

Founding Team

Hariharan Jeeva

Hariharan Jeeva


Founder, Board of Directors

Founder, Director @ Washbuddy Laundromats Pvt Ltd

WORK

Washbuddy Laundromats Pvt Ltd (2015 - present)
Founder, Director

Wipro Technologies India (2012 - 2015)
Project Manager

ANZ (2010 - 2012)
Project Manager

EDUCATION

NTTF (Nettur Technical Training Foundation)
Diploma in Computer Engineering • 2000 - 2003

Visalakshi Natraj

Visalakshi Natraj


Co-Founder, Board of Directors

Co-Founder, Director @ Washbuddy Laundromats Pvt Ltd

Mentors & Advisors

Anand Kakarla

Anand Kakarla


Investor, Mentor
Vijay Geddam

Vijay Geddam


Mentor

Product/Service Summary

"WashBuddy" bootstrapped with the motto that any successful business should remove obstacles of people which will make their life easy and enable them to spend their time in achieving their vision in life.

Laundry - necessary evil - not affected by recession.

There is a huge gap between the non-affordable premium laundries and low cost unorganized laundries.
This made the founders envisage the "Washbuddy Laundromat" concept which is an idea that clicked. With more than 10000+ customers built over a short period of time with most of the customers being repeat customers it speaks a lot about washbuddy's commitment to deliver. Washbuddy is already the largest chain of laundromats in Bangalore and looking to expand much faster in the franchising route.

Product/Service Descriptions

Laundry | Dry Cleaning | Bags & Shoes Care

Clothes washed in the Franchisee HUB Stores.
Dry Cleaning and Bags & Shoes are sent to the centralized factory to process.