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Rinse

Rinse is a tech-enabled laundry and dry cleaning delivery service that picks up, professionally cleans, and delivers clothes to customers' doors.

rinse.com · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·RINSE·26
StageSeries DFebruary 2025 · led by LG Electronics[1][2][4][12]
Raised$70Mdisclosed rounds[2][6][7][14][18]
Headcount700as of Apr 2025[2]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2013[1][2][14]
Money

Raised $70M across disclosed rounds.[2][6][7][14][18]

Series D closed February 2025, led by LG Electronics.[1][2][4][12]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include LG Electronics, Partech Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, Arena Ventures, Ff Venture Capital, Accelerator Ventures, Structure Capital, Base Ventures, Otter Rock Capital, Expansion VC, CAA Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, MESA Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures.[1][3][5][12][13][17][18]

People

Ajay Prakash, Co-Founder & CEO[1][2][4][6][7]

James Joun, Co-Founder & COO[1][2][4][6][7]

Sam Cheng, Co-Founder & CTO[1][2][4][6][7]

Jennifer Betka, Chief Marketing Officer[6][7]

Signals
Feb 20 2025fundingRinse Secures $23 Million Series D Funding to Transform the Laundry Industry company claim, not independently confirmed[12]
Feb 20 2025fundingLaundry Delivery Startup Rinse Raises $23 Million Funding Round From Appliance-Maker LG[1]
Apr 9 2025newsTired of doing laundry? These startups want to help.[2]
Sep 3 2025launchRinse launches in Toronto, Canada (first international market)[6]
Jan 1 2025hiringRinse hires Jennifer Betka as Chief Marketing Officer[6]
Comps

NoScrubs · noscrubs.com · Same buyer (consumers outsourcing laundry), same workflow (pickup-clean-deliver), same budget (household laundry spend). NoScrubs is newer (2024) and uses a different infrastructure model.[2]

Washio · rinse.com/getwashio · may be related to the company · Historical direct competitor that failed; Rinse acquired its assets. Illustrates the graveyard of on-demand laundry startups.[1][2][15]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[12]

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Rinse is a tech-enabled laundry and dry cleaning delivery service that picks up, professionally cleans, and delivers clothes to customers' doors.

rinse.com · San Francisco

StageSeries D
Raised$70M
Headcount700
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2013
CompsNoScrubs +1

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