A year can make a big difference to how the world sees a business model. A year ago it seemed every entrepreneur was looking to be the “Uber of” something, and every VC with a checkbook and a functioning pen seemed willing and at the...
The dry cleaning business as we know it is changing. We have seen the rise of Cleanly, FlyCleaners and Washio, which all have similar business models: streamlining laundry delivery using a smartphone app. San Francisco-based Rinse wants to take it a nudge further, as it convinced...
June 23, 2017
The dry cleaning industry isn’t working. Customers feel it, vendors feel it— but both parties need it to work. Everyone needs clean clothes, and those working in the industry have to make a living. Rinse has a solution for both, and thanks to a $14 million Series B funding round led by Partech, it’s taking that […]
June 10, 2015
The dry cleaning business as we know it is changing. We have seen the rise of Cleanly, FlyCleaners and Washio, which all have similar business models: streamlining laundry delivery using a smartphone app. San Francisco-based Rinse wants to take it a nudge further, as it convinced investors to pour another $3.5 million in seed money into […]