Lavapp

Company overview
Headquarters: Argentina
Countries of Operations: Argentina, Mexico, Other Countries
Women owned /led: Founded by at least one woman, At least 30% women in senior leadership positions
Year of founding: 2019
Number of FTEs : 5 to 20 FTEs
Legal status of the organization : For-profit

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Company overview
Headquarters: Mexico
Countries of Operations: Mexico
Legal status of the organization : For-profit
Year of founding: 2018
Number of FTEs : 5 to 20 FTEs
Women owned / led: Founder
Care economy activities and business model
About the organization:
Lavapp is the first App in Latin America that connects people with the best laundry stores in their neighborhood, allowing them to manage their orders from their smartphones without leaving their homes and with free delivery. Lavapp's team's goal is to become an economic alternative for thousands of people who need an additional income. They are addressing the challenge of the lack of affordable solutions to reduce the amount of time spent on care and domestic work, and the limited redistribution of care and domestic work to other actors in the care economy. The app has been recognized as a dignified and rewarding work tool that helped more than 100 families in 2020.
Activities in the care economy: Provision of technology & services that train/upskill domestic & care workers (e.g. technology that links employers to domestic/care workers), Provision of technology, services & policies/practice that improve condition for domestic & care worker (e.g. apps that calculate decent remuneration), Provision of affordable time and labour saving technology and products (e.g. product that makes washing, cooking more efficient)
Stage of growth: Mass roll-out/Expansion
Type of services: Elderly-care (Ages 60 and above)
Number of customers (2020): Less than 1K
Number of customers (2019): Less than 1K
Number of customers (2018): Less than 1K
Financials
Profitability status: Financially profitable
Revenue USD (2020): 100K- less than 250K
Revenue USD (2019): 100K- less than 250K
Revenue USD (2018): 100K- less than 250K
Pathways to impact
Challenge addressed: Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work (Reduce), Limited redistribution of care and domestic work to other actors in the care economy (Redistribute)
Pathway to impact - 4 Rs: Reduce, Redistribute
Populations affected: Unpaid care workers, Paid care workers, Elderly people
Number of people served (2020): Less than 1K
Number of people served (2019): Less than 1K
Number of people served (2018): Less than 1K