Quikr acquires Zimmer, its tenth buy, to strengthen home service business

Zimmer offers a marketplace for plumbers, electricians, carpenters, cleaning agents

Online classifieds platform Quikr has acquired home services marketplace Zimmber for an undisclosed amount as it looks to grow deeper into the home services space.

Zimmer is Quikr's tenth acquisition and offers a marketplace for plumbers, electricians, carpenters and cleaning agents. For the time being the company will continue to function independently of the parent company's own services.

"Household services is an exciting category which is seeing increasing adoption among urban consumers. The acquisition allows us to further scale our deep stack service capabilities," said P D Sundar, Head of QuikrServices.

Founded by Anubhab Goel, Amit Kumar and Gaurav Shrivastava, Zimmber had raised