Thumbtack

Founder/s: Marco Zappacosta, Sander Daniels, Jonathan Swanson, Jeremy Tunnell
Key people: Sander Daniels (Co-Founder), Jonathan Swanson (Co-Founder & President), Marco Zappacosta (Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer), Samuel Finegold (Analytics Associate), Ivan Babushkin (Software Engineer) and Cameron Crump (Recruiting)
Number of employees: 251 – 500

Thumbtack is the destination for getting things done—from house remodeling to event planning to music lessons and more. The company was created on the belief that hiring a great local pro should be as easy as buying a book online.

Each year, more than 200,000 professionals across the country service a growing 5 million Thumbtack projects in almost 1,100 unique categories. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, Thumbtack has raised more than $275 million from Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Javelin Investment Partners, Baillie Gifford, and Google Capital.