Austin-based LawnStarter rakes in the green with $10.5M funding round


One of modern society’s original startups is starting a neighborhood lawn mowing service. For teens across the nation, it’s been almost a business right of passage to mow as many lawns as you can in whatever area you can reasonably push your mower to and fro.

Well, software is augmenting that tradition, too.

LawnStarter Inc., an Austin startup that launched its on-demand mowing and outdoor services business in 2013, on Nov. 12 announced a $10.5 funding round led by Princeton, New Jersey-based…

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