Month 14. Austin. 70% fill rate.

The day our marketplace started growing itself.

Supply density Shorter wait times Higher conversion Demand growth More supply

The Flywheel

63%
Average wait time reduction
41%
Conversion rate increase
28%
Quarterly organic supply growth

The Legacy Market

$125B
Landscape services market
89%
Independent operators
11 days
Median booking lag

The Grounded Experience

2.1 days
Median booking lag
$3,400
Average job value
68%
Repeat booking rate

Market Density

Austin 340 suppliers Nashville 180 suppliers Phoenix 90 suppliers Chicago Denver Seattle Active markets Target expansion

Network Effect Proof

Every 10 suppliers per 10K households adds 8.4 points of fill rate

80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 0 5 10 15 20 Phoenix Nashville Austin Supplier Density (per 10K households) Fill Rate %

Unit Economics

GMV per active buyer (annual) $6,800
Platform take rate 14%
Net revenue per buyer (annual) $952
CAC (supplier / buyer) $380 / $210
Combined payback period 7 months
LTV : CAC ratio 9.4×
"

Grounded sends me 4 jobs a week that I don't have to chase. I turned down two competing platforms last month.

Diego Reyes

Landscape Architect, Austin, TX

$94K
Avg annual earnings, top-decile suppliers
2.1%
Annual churn, top-decile cohort

Competitive Landscape

Booking Experience → ← Supplier Quality Control High Quality Poor UX High Quality Great UX Low Quality Poor UX Low Quality Great UX Grounded Thumbtack Angi TaskRabbit

Expansion Playbook

Month 1–2

Supply Seed

Recruit 60 vetted suppliers through direct outreach and co-marketing with local nurseries

Month 3–4

Demand Activation

Launch targeted campaigns via neighborhood partnerships and local real estate channels

Month 5–6

Flywheel Check

Target: 55% fill rate by month 6, proving organic momentum before next market

Chicago pilot starts August 2024

Team

Amara Osei

CEO & Co-founder

DoorDash city launch operations, 3 years. MBA Haas. Led marketplace expansion across 14 markets.

Finn Larsen

CTO & Co-founder

Airbnb supply-side infrastructure, 5 years. Built matching and discovery systems at scale.

Nadia Volkov

VP Supply

Rover marketplace supply operations. Managed 40K+ provider network, onboarding and quality systems.

Chloe Kim

VP Marketing

Nextdoor hyperlocal growth team. Scaled user base from 0 to 8M through neighborhood activation strategies.

Gross Merchandise Volume

$50M $40M $30M $20M $0 $3.1M 2022 $9.4M 2023 $21M 2024 (proj) $48M 2025 (3 cities) GMV Net Revenue (14%)

Lead our $9M Series A

50%
Supply acquisition
(3 new cities)
30%
Product development
(booking & review infra)
20%
General & administrative

Close target: August 15, 2024

Existing investors: Seedcamp ($1.2M), Lattice Ventures ($800K)

Amara Osei, CEO

amara@grounded.co