the demand and expanding their scope beyond traditional house cleaning companies. Homejoy Foundation In December 2013, Homejoy announced the establishment of the Homejoy Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports initiatives for veterans and their families. Controversies A former employee claimed there were other reasons Homejoy shut down besides the worker classification lawsuits, including a costly international expansion and the leakage of its best workers to direct employment arrangements with its own (now former) clients. Some questioned growth of the customers by giving a steep $19 deal for the first cleaning, where other companies charge $85. In October 2015, three months after Homejoy shut down, Aaron Cheung, the Co-Founder of Homejoy and brother of Adora Cheung, bought and used the Homejoy customer database to start a similar company, Fly Maids. Cheung admitted that he was behind the startup after a Homejoy user found his credit card and profile information on the Fly Maid site — without even signing up. Cheung decided to shut down Fly Maids after the news became public to avoid another lawsuits due to seemingly improper usage of Homejoy customer database. See also Handy (company) List of cleaning companies TaskRabbit References External links Cleaning companies of the United States Companies based in San Francisco Y Combinator companies 2010 establishments in California 2015 disestablishments in California Matchmaking software companies