TaskHer raises £650K seed to put more women into UK trades

What's the deal? TaskHerDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, the platform that connects UK homeowners with verified tradeswomen, has raised £650,000 in seed funding. The round was co-led by Trust for London, Resolution VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Ufi VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and Second Century VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, part of the REACH UK programme, with angel participation via Daring CapitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.

Why now? Women make up under 3% of the UK's skilled trades workforce, in a trade services market TaskHer estimates at £56 billion. That gap is the company's thesis: the sector's talent shortage cannot be solved by recruiting from the same 97% that already exists.

What's the endgame? The new capital will fund B2B expansion into housing associations, lettings agencies, and women's refuges, plus platform development and network growth. It builds on a partnership with Refuge, the UK's largest domestic abuse charity, supplying trauma-informed maintenance to safe houses.

Anna Moynihan co-founded TaskHer in 2022 with her husband, Paul, after tradesmen hired for a kitchen renovation directed every question to him and ignored her. The platform lists only women, sets pricing upfront, and has connected over 4,000 customers with tradeswomen across London.

By the numbers: This is a clear step-up. TaskHer previously raised £200,000 in pre-seed in January 2023, later growing that total to £350,000, and ran a £300,000 Crowdcube campaign in December 2024 after reporting 79% revenue growth that year.

What could go wrong? Larger directories loom. CheckatradeDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, owned by Brookfield-backed HomeServeDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, generates over £55 million in annual revenue, while Bark and MyBuilder run pay-per-lead models open to any contractor. None screen specifically for tradeswomen — but TaskHer must build supply within a workforce that is, by its own numbers, vanishingly small.

The signal: "This seed round is a vote of confidence in our mission to normalise women in the trades," says Moynihan. The bet is that visibility and demand — not just recruitment drives — are what unlock a labour market the industry keeps warning is short of hands.

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