Helpling takes over competitor Call Jeffrey

The Berlin start-up provides cleaning staff and has also completed a financing round in addition to the takeover.

The Berlin start-up Helpling has two pieces of good news to announce: It has completed a financing round for a double-digit million amount and acquired the company Call Jeffrey. The Munich-based company uses an app to book housekeepers who take care of everything in the household, from washing to cleaning. The team consists of 180 employees who are now part of Helpling. "For the time being, we want to continue Call Jeffrey's business as before and also develop new products together," explains Helpling founder Philip Huffmann. Nothing further is known about the financing round.

Helping is part of the Luxembourg-registered Helpling Group, which claims to be represented in ten markets with various brands. The concept is similar to Call Jeffrey: Helpling provides cleaning staff by working with agencies with permanent staff or with freelance cleaners. The company itself employs 150 people.

Helpling has made its eighth acquisition with the takeover of Call Jeffrey, writes the start-up. This also includes Book a Tiger, the Berlin-based company's strongest competitor at the time, which Helpling bought in 2018. Further acquisitions are planned with the money currently raised.