Lachy Groom to again India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say

Pronto, an Indian immediate house-help startup, is finalizing a funding spherical led by tech investor Lachy Groom that might worth the fast-growing firm at about $200 million after funding, TechCrunch has realized.

The deal is predicted to usher in about $20 million in contemporary capital and would mark a pointy soar from the $100 million valuation at which the corporate raised $25 million in a Sequence B spherical led by Epiq Capital in early March, doubling its valuation in a matter of weeks, two folks conversant in the matter mentioned.

Bengaluru-based Pronto accomplished about 500,000 orders final month and is at present dealing with round 24,000–25,000 orders each day, up from about 18,000 each day bookings in March and roughly 1,000 final yr.

Based in 2025, Pronto connects households with on-demand home assist for providers comparable to cleansing and chores, promising fast turnaround instances via a managed community of employees.

In March, Pronto founder Anjali Sardana informed TechCrunch the startup had expanded from one metropolis to 10 — together with Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, and Mumbai — and from 5 to greater than 150 micromarkets. Nonetheless, a lot of its exercise stays concentrated in a handful of markets, with the Nationwide Capital Area accounting for about half of complete bookings.

The startup has over 4,500 lively professionals on its platform, round 99% of whom are ladies, Sardana mentioned final month, including that demand continued to outpace onboarding of recent employees as bookings grew about 20% week over week.

Earlier than this funding, Pronto had raised about $40 million in complete. Its buyers embrace Epiq Capital, Glade Brook Capital, Normal Catalyst and Bain Capital Ventures.

Pronto and Groom didn’t reply to requests for remark.