# Vishwas Prabhakara

> Vishwas Prabhakara is the co-founder and CEO of Honey Homes, a membership service that gives homeowners a dedicated, salaried handyperson for recurring maintenance and repairs. A Carnegie Mellon and Harvard Business School graduate, he spent 15-plus years in Silicon Valley product and operations roles - including ESPN, Digg, Yelp Reservations, and a stint as COO of the fintech Digit - before starting Honey Homes in 2021 with his wife Avantika and two other co-founders. The company operates across the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond, and has raised more than $21 million from investors including Khosla Ventures, Pear VC and Era Ventures.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Honey Homes
- **Organizations:** Honey Homes, Digit, Yelp, Digg, ESPN, Fanvibe, beRecruited
- **From:** Upstate New York, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Information Systems and Economics (minor in Spanish), Carnegie Mellon University, MBA, Entrepreneurship, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Honey Homes from 10 beta customers to over 1,000 member homes, Raised more than $21 million in venture funding from Khosla Ventures, Pear VC and Era Ventures, Grew Honey Homes annual recurring revenue 3.6x in 2023

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University; began career in investment banking
- **2004** — Joined ESPN, working on early mobile and broadband projects
- **2008** — Earned MBA from Harvard Business School and moved into Silicon Valley startups
- **2010** — Worked at Digg; later founded Fanvibe and led beRecruited as CEO
- **2015** — Became VP and General Manager of Yelp Reservations and Nowait
- **2019** — Joined Digit as Chief Operating Officer (acquired by Oportun in 2021)
- **2021** — Co-founded Honey Homes and became CEO; launched with 10 beta customers in August
- **2023** — Raised $9M Series A led by Khosla Ventures and Pear VC; grew ARR 3.6x
- **2024** — Raised $9.25M Series A-1 led by Era Ventures; expanded across California and Texas

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Honey Homes from 10 beta customers to over 1,000 member homes
- Raised more than $21 million in venture funding from Khosla Ventures, Pear VC and Era Ventures
- Grew Honey Homes annual recurring revenue 3.6x in 2023
- As COO of Digit, helped grow revenue toward a $200M+ acquisition by Oportun
- Built and led the restaurant reservations/waitlist business at Yelp (Yelp Reservations and Nowait)
- Expanded Honey Homes to multiple markets including the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and Chicago

## Latest updates

- **2024-05** — Honey Homes raised $9.25M in Series A-1 funding led by Era Ventures, with Khosla Ventures and Pear VC participating, to expand across California and Texas.
- **2024-05** — Reported visiting over 150 homes a day and covering roughly 5x more homes in its service area than a year earlier.

## Links

- Website: https://honeyhomes.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vishwasp
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HoneyHomesHQ
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoneyHomesHQ/

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Last updated: 2026-07-24