Craftwork

Digital-native home painting franchise

Y CombinatorSummer 2023ActiveReal Estate and ConstructionConstructionProptechHome ServicesHome Automation

What they do

Problem

Homeowners and painting operators face a slow, opaque, and inefficient process for estimating, scheduling, and managing home painting projects.

Solution

Craftwork provides a full-service home painting franchise powered by software that streamlines quoting, scheduling, and project management for a better homeowner and operator experience.

Who it's for

Homeowners who need residential painting services and local painting franchise operators who run the jobs.

Founders

Tim Griffin

Founder/CEO

Tim is an active angel investor and two-time YC founder. He's currently the co-founder and CEO of Craftwork (YC S23) and previously founded Cloosiv (YC S19), a company that he successfully completed a merger of equals with Odeko and grew annual revenue from $0 to $150M+ in just 18 months. Odeko is currently #115 on Y Combinator’s top companies list.

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Mike Bifulco

Founder

Co-founder and CTO of Craftwork, co-founder of APIs You Won't Hate, author at mikebifulco.com. Co-founder of smpl (acquired 2020). Past work includes DevRel at Stripe, DevRel manager and TL for Google Assistant, UX at Microsoft, and Technical Director at Gymnasium 💌 Tiny Improvements: https://mikebifulco.com/newsletter

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Suzanne Griffin

Founder

I've been an early stage employee at two YC startups (CareRev S16, and Plato W16) and I'm the Co-founder of Craftwork (YC S23).

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Joey Skavroneck

Founder

Joey scaled Zoomo from a seed stage company to the global leader in their category, leading their North American business and largest global partnerships. Previously, he was a management consultant, sold his OOH advertising company, and earned his MBA from Stanford GSB.