Welcome to HappyCo
HappyCo builds mobile applications for enterprise workforce operations.
The company was founded in 2011 and is privately held.
Leading Mobile Enterprise 3.0
HappyCo builds beautiful mobile and cloud-based applications for smarter business operations. We’re leaders in Mobile Enterprise 3.0, — a new era in enterprise computing that embraces vertical, mobile-first solutions that delight business users and don’t demand a large IT department to run. Our mission at HappyCo is to transform a business’s relationship to operations and its employees’ relationship to work by delivering software that gives executives real-time visibility into operations and empowers employees by engaging their intelligence and making work happier.
- 6+ Yrssince company
launched - 30+staff across
two continents - 1.5M+units under
management - 2.6M+inspections
and counting - 86M+photos
captured
The Path to Happiness
In 2011, CEO Jindou Lee, a successful entrepreneur turned real estate investor, found himself over-leveraged when several properties he owned turned simultaneously. He needed to recoup his residents’ deposits to quickly rehab the properties and put them back on the market and avoid loan default, but he soon discovered he had no recourse to those deposits as his property management companies lacked sufficient documentation. The reasons congregated around a central theme: the paper property inspection process had failed as the inspection documents couldn’t be located or lacked accompanying photographic evidence. A friend bridged the necessary loans and saved Jindou from default, but the experience set Jindou on a course.
He first investigated what mobile solutions in the market could provide property inspections and operations functions and found zero existing solutions that met his business requirements. So Jindou enlisted his friend, Andrew Mackenzie-Ross, a brilliant software developer. They built the first version of Happy Inspector in 2012, working with early customers to understand how they conducted inspections, identifying their pain points and collaborating on an ideal solution for property operations. The mobile app gained immediate traction in Australia, quickly becoming the leading mobile inspection app with hundreds of businesses signing on in the first year.
As strong interest from other verticals emerged organically, the founders realized the relevance of Happy Inspector across multi-unit businesses, or businesses with multiple business locations. Each of these businesses had a common pain point: they lacked real-time visibility across their distributed locations, so they couldn’t monitor operations metrics like workforce performance, property conditions, regulatory compliance and more. With the introduction of Happy Manage in July 2015 and Happy Insights in December 2015, the HappyCo platform developed from a real-estate specific application into an operations solutions platform used by leading brands across multiple verticals, including Equity Residential, Angie’s List, Westfield, Marriott Hotels and Fox and Hound bars.
The Journey So Far
fundraising
milestones
product
2011
Founded in December 2011Jindou Lee and Andrew Mackenzie-Ross found Happy Inspector in Adelaide, Australia to address lack of standardized documentation in property inspections
2012
Happy Inspector on iOS launches
PRODUCTJAN 2012JAN '12
Happy Inspector team moves to Silicon Valley to participate in 500 Startups incubation program
MILESTONEAPR 2012APR '12
Team raises its Seed Round from 500 Startups and leading angel investors
FUNDRAISINGOCT 2012OCT '12
Company hires first employee, Joe Guarna, to lead customer success
MILESTONENOV 2012NOV '12
2014
Australian office opens in Adelaide
MILESTONEJUN 2014JUN '14
Team raises its Series A with Point Nine Capital leading the round
FUNDRAISINGDEC 2014DEC '14
2015
Happy Manage launches, the platform’s control center for field operations
PRODUCTJUL 2015JUL '15
Happy Inspector on Android launches
PRODUCTOCT 2015OCT '15
Happy BI launches, the platform’s business intelligence app for monitoring operations performance in real-time
PRODUCTNOV 2015NOV '15
December 2015Company changes name from Happy Inspector to HappyCo to reflect the multiple enterprise applications nature of its platform
Company signs on leading customers in key verticals such as Equity Residential, Angie's List, Westfield, Marriott Hotels and Fox and Hounds bars
MILESTONE2015
2016
Company hires Jennifer Tyson, an Apple veteran, to lead marketing
MILESTONEJAN 2016JAN '16
Company hires Andy Larson, an ex-Real Page executive to lead Sales
MILESTONEJAN 2016JAN '16
Buildium and HappyCo partner for improved property inspections
PRODUCTFEB 2016FEB '16
Company hits One Million inspection mark
MILESTONEAPR 2016APR '16
Yardi Voyager Integration launches providing a better MIMO process for Yardi users
PRODUCTAPR 2016APR '16
Top NMHC Manager, GoldOller Real Estate Companies selects HappyCo for MIMO and site inspections
MILESTONEAUG 2016AUG '16
Team raises its Series A2 funding round of $7.5 million
FUNDRAISINGOCT 2016OCT '16
Company hits 25 Million inspection photos mark
MILESTONENOV 2016NOV '16
HappyCo deploys first integrated Yardi and HappyCo solution for Tarragon Property Services
MILESTONENOV 2016NOV '16
2017
Happy API launches simplifying integration of HappyCo data into corporate applications and databases
PRODUCTMAY 2017MAY '17
Trusted by Industry Leaders
Our Amazing Investors
Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas such as Software as a Service (SaaS), marketplace and mobile technology.
Navitas Capital is a venture capital firm at the intersection of the IT and Energy industries with a specific focus on the Intelligent Building and Enterprise sector.
500 Startups is the #1 most active seed fund and startup accelerator in the world. We're based in Mountain View, California but our companies, mentors, and advisers come from 50+ countries around the world.
Flight Ventures is a venture capital firm providing funds that fit its clients’ investment goals covering the areas of SaaS, financial services, and more. It has over 2,000 entrepreneurs and angel investors.
Michael Catalano
Michael has nearly 20 years of leadership experience in developing real estate firms. He is currently the CEO of Real Estate Connections, a real estate investment and property management firm based in Los Gatos, California.
Scott & Cyan Banister
Scott is a technologist and capitalist. He co-founded and was CTO at IronPort Systems, acquired by Cisco Systems for $830 million in 2007. Cyan is a partner at Founders Fund, co-founder at Signal Media Project and Owner at Banister Capital.
Mark Goldstein
Mark, 12-time entrepreneur, manages early stage investment fund Efficient Capacity LLC and runs the Bad Ass Advisors network.
Matt Price
Matt founded the European business at Zendesk and is now SVP of Emerging Business where he manages the portfolio of new and acquired businesses. Prior to Zendesk, Matt held sales and marketing leadership positions at a variety of growth businesses.
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