Ecommerce startup TaskHer raises £650k led by Trust for London and Resolution Ventures
This article covers TaskHer, an ecommerce startup that has raised £650k in a seed funding round to expand its marketplace and deepen partnerships with housing associations, women's refuges and lettings agencies. The development aims to increase access to skilled trades work for women while providing homeowners and housing organisations with a verified platform for trusted home repairs.
TaskHer, an ecommerce startup connecting homeowners with verified tradeswomen, has raised £650,000 in a seed funding round to expand its marketplace and deepen partnerships with housing associations, women's refuges and lettings agencies. The round matters because the platform combines a consumer-facing service for trusted home repairs with an explicit mission to open up skilled trades work to more women, addressing a persistent gender imbalance and a wider UK skills shortage.
Why it matters
The UK trades sector faces rising demand for trusted home services alongside a chronic shortage of skilled workers. Women make up less than 3% of the skilled trades workforce in the United Kingdom, a gap TaskHer aims to narrow by improving visibility, safety and access for tradeswomen. By focusing on both customers and the supply side, the company is positioning itself as a marketplace that could help diversify the labour pipeline for property maintenance and domestic services.
Inside the product
TaskHer verifies tradeswomen before they appear on the platform and connects them with homeowners and organisations for a range of home services and property maintenance tasks. Since launching in 2022, the company says it has connected over 4,000 customers with verified tradeswomen across London.
Proceeds from the seed round will fund platform development, the growth of the network of verified tradeswomen and initiatives to bring more women into skilled trades. The business also plans to scale B2B relationships with housing associations, women's refuges and lettings agencies, which could provide repeat work and social impact pathways into employment for tradespeople.
Who are the investors?
The £650,000 seed round was co-led by Trust for London and Resolution Ventures, with participation from Ufi Ventures and Second Century Ventures, the latter investing as part of the REACH UK programme. The round also includes angel participation from investors associated with Daring Capital.
These backers frame the round as a blend of impact and commercial potential. Their stated rationale focuses on increasing access to well-paid work for women shut out of the trades, and on building a future talent pipeline for the sector.
In the announcement, Luke Kavanagh, Investor at Trust for London, said:
TaskHer really aligns with our mission to build a fairer London by opening up access to good, well-paid work for women who've been shut out for too long. We're excited by the team's vision and the real difference this platform can make.
In the announcement, Louise Marston, Investor at Resolution Ventures, said:
We're really pleased to continue supporting TaskHer's mission, creating better work opportunities for tradeswomen as well as building the future talent pipeline in the trades, and addressing the gender pay gap. This investment will mean that the platform is able to help many more people in the UK.
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Founder perspective
Anna Moynihan and Paul Moynihan founded TaskHer in 2022 after managing a home renovation that exposed a lack of female tradespeople on site. The founding story underlines the platform's dual aims: making hiring safer and more transparent for customers, and removing barriers for women entering the trades.
In the announcement, Anna Moynihan, Co-founder at TaskHer, said:
For too long, the skilled trades have been seen as a closed shop, but we know that representation is recruitment. This seed round is a vote of confidence in our mission to normalise women in the trades and provide a more inclusive experience for homeowners, strategic partners, and tradeswomen alike. With this investment, we aren't just scaling a marketplace; we are actively tackling the UK's skills shortage by empowering a new generation of tradeswomen to build thriving businesses. We're proving that property maintenance can be built on trust, whether we're working in a family home or supporting housing providers and frontline organisations.
The bigger picture
TaskHer sits at the intersection of marketplace ecommerce and workforce development. If it can convert initial traction in London into sustainable B2B partnerships and training or recruitment pathways, it could offer a repeatable model for addressing both consumer demand for trusted tradespeople and the labour shortages that affect maintenance and housing sectors.
The seed round also reflects a strand of UK investment that mixes social impact with commercial returns, demonstrated by participation from philanthropic and mission-focused backers alongside venture investors. How effectively TaskHer scales beyond London and maintains verification standards will determine whether it becomes a notable channel for diversifying the trades workforce across the UK.
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