Avo

Online convenience store for residential and office buildings

Y CombinatorSummer 2018InactiveConsumerHome and PersonalGroceryE-commerce

What they do

Problem

Residents and office tenants lack a convenient, cost-effective way to access everyday goods and services within their buildings without fragmented logistics and high delivery costs.

Solution

Avo provides a virtual marketplace embedded into residential and office buildings that consolidates deliveries and services like groceries and cleaning through building operators.

Who it's for

Residential and commercial building operators and their tenants (residents and office workers) use the platform to offer and buy goods and services.

Founders

Dekel Valtzer

Founder/CEO

Idan Hershko

Founder

Idan Hershko is a serial entrepreneur and consumer product builder. He started with Startup Camel, Israel’s leading startup podcast, then joined Monday.com as an early employee. He later co-founded Avo, a YC-backed company that raised over $100M and scaled globally. Today he is Co-CEO of Defender Razor, a patented consumer brand with fully in-house manufacturing. Defender has sold over 8 million units and is now expanding worldwide.

Nir Smadar

Founder/CTO

Product builder with a background in software engineering and experience leading product teams in fast-paced startups. Most recently led product at Deel, helping scale AI, API, WL, and more. Previously co-founded an eCommerce business. Enjoys working across disciplines—engineering, design, data—to bring clarity to messy problems and ship real solutions.