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

In Brief

Pronto, an Indian instant house-help startup, is finalizing a backing circular led by tech capitalist Lachy Groom that would worth the fast-growing institution astatine astir $200 cardinal aft investment, TechCrunch has learned.

The woody is expected to bring successful astir $20 cardinal successful caller superior and would people a crisp leap from the $100 cardinal valuation astatine which the institution raised $25 cardinal successful a Series B circular led by Epiq Capital successful aboriginal March, doubling its valuation successful a substance of weeks, 2 radical acquainted with the substance said.

Bengaluru-based Pronto completed astir 500,000 orders past period and is presently handling astir 24,000–25,000 orders daily, up from astir 18,000 regular bookings successful March and astir 1,000 past year.

Founded successful 2025, Pronto connects households with on-demand home assistance for services specified arsenic cleaning and chores, promising speedy turnaround times done a managed web of workers.

In March, Pronto laminitis Anjali Sardana told TechCrunch the startup had expanded from 1 metropolis to 10 — including Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, and Mumbai — and from 5 to much than 150 micromarkets. However, overmuch of its enactment remains concentrated successful a fistful of markets, with the National Capital Region accounting for astir fractional of full bookings.

The startup has implicit 4,500 progressive professionals connected its platform, astir 99% of whom are women, Sardana said past month, adding that request continued to outpace onboarding of caller workers arsenic bookings grew astir 20% week implicit week.

Before this funding, Pronto had raised astir $40 cardinal successful total. Its investors see Epiq Capital, Glade Brook Capital, General Catalyst and Bain Capital Ventures.

Pronto and Groom did not respond to requests for comment.

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