Acquisition
Mar 2020Cleanly merged with NextCleaners in an all-stock deal to form ByNext; Tom Harari became chairman and Next CEO Kam Saifi became CEO of the combined company.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Cleanly is a New York-based on-demand laundry, dry-cleaning, and home-cleaning service that launched in the YC Winter 2015 cohort and merged into ByNext in March 2020; cleanly.com now redirects to the ByNext brand.
Primary product
On-demand laundry and dry-cleaning pickup/delivery, plus home cleaning.
Founded
2014
Headquarters
Manhattan, New York, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Consumer Services
Sub-industry
Laundry and dry-cleaning services
Offices
Manhattan, New York, United States
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Kearny, New Jersey, United States
Business model
On-demand B2C local services
Pickup-and-delivery logistics
Per-order laundry and dry-cleaning service
Subscription membership
Funding
People & investors
Work & culture
Public employee sentiment is mixed: LinkedIn's employer rating is 2.6/5.0, with especially low work-life, compensation, culture, and career scores; external reviews are a mix of praise for flexibility/pay and criticism of disorganization and limited growth.
Compensation
No public salary bands were found. Third-party salary estimates put average U.S. pay around $89.6k/year with an approximate range of $78.6k-$102.4k, while employee reviews are mixed on pay.
Product & market
Pricing
Per-order laundry and dry-cleaning pricing, plus subscription/membership options (Cleanly Reserve); early public pricing included $1.50/lb for regular laundry and per-item dry-cleaning rates.
Differentiators
- —Mobile-app booking and scheduling
- —Route optimization using building-specific delivery data such as buzzers, doormen, and parking
- —Free pickup and delivery or self-dropoff options
- —Recurring membership / subscription options
- —Eco-friendly and vertically integrated clothing-care model after the ByNext merger
Technology
CSS
Python
Angular
HTML
Django
Zendesk
Slack
Well
Customers
Residential consumers in New York and Washington, D.C.
Busy urban professionals
Households needing laundry, dry cleaning, or home cleaning
Competitors
Rinse
FlyCleaners
Jeff
Cowash
ZipJet
Laundryheap
HappyNest
TIDY Home Cleaning
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$3M-$5M (reported annual revenue: $3.8M)
Signals & risks
Latest news
TechCrunch · Mar 2020
Cleanly announced an all-stock merger with NextCleaners to form ByNext; the article notes Tom Harari as chairman and Kam Saifi as CEO of the combined company.
Newswire · Mar 2020
Company press release describing the merger, the ByNext brand, and the strategic rationale of combining Cleanly's technology with Next's physical footprint.
TechCrunch · Apr 2017
Cleanly raised a $5M Series A led by AddVenture, with returning investors including Initialized Capital and Altair Capital.
TechCrunch · Jul 2015
Cleanly expanded service from Manhattan into Brooklyn neighborhoods, showing early geographic expansion within New York City.
TechCrunch · May 2015
Cleanly announced a $2.3M seed round with a long list of angel and VC backers, including Ludlow Ventures, Initialized Capital, Paul Buchheit, Semil Shah, Joe Montana, 500 Startups, Funders Club, Soma Capital, Altair Capital, and Chloe Sladden.
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