Harvest, Toggl Track and Teamwork all turn hours into billable work, but each leaves a different amount of business between the timer and the bank account.
Igor Shvartsman is a technology executive associated with Breezeworks, the San Francisco company behind mobile and desktop software that helps independent service professionals - plumbers, electricians, locksmiths, appliance techs and similar trades - run scheduling, dispatch, invoicing and payments from a phone. Breezeworks launched as 'Breeze' on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF in 2013 and went on to raise roughly $7 million, including a $5 million Series A led by Obvious Ventures with backing from technology figures such as Marc Benioff, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel. Shvartsman is listed as chief executive of the company in current business records.
Assembly (formerly Copilot) is an AI-powered client portal platform for professional and creative service firms. It gives agencies, accountants, consultants, law firms and freelancers a single branded space where clients can message, sign contracts, pay invoices, share files and buy productized service packages, backed by a lightweight CRM and an AI assistant. Founded in 2020 by Marlon Misra and Neil Raina and based in New York, the Y Combinator-backed company serves more than a thousand service businesses across the US, Canada, the UK, Europe and Australia.