Urban Company explores home ACs under Native
By Abha Lohia ·
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- Urban Company is a home services marketplace that also sells its own Native range of water purifiers and smart locks
- Its board gave in-principle approval to study residential air conditioners as a new Native category
- It will launch only if the product clearly beats current options, and it plans just one new category at a time
What happened
- Board approved exploring home ACs.
- The product would sit under the Native brand.
- Water purifiers and smart locks stay the priority.
Why it matters
- It already services millions of AC units yearly.
- It sees gaps in existing products.
- Only one new category at a time.
The business
- Urban Company connects customers with home service professionals.
- Native sells hardware such as purifiers and locks.
The founders
- IIM Ahmedabad
- IIT Kanpur
- UC Berkeley
In numbers
₹537.3 CrQ2 revenue · Q2 FY27
What happens next
- A launch depends on a clearly better product.
Terms in this story
- Marketplace: A marketplace is a platform that connects buyers with sellers and earns money from the transactions between them, without owning the goods or services itself. Its value grows as more people on both sides join.
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