Sweepsouth was founded in 2014 by Aisha Pandor and Alen Ribic. The online platform and mobile app currently has an estimated 1.2 million registered domestic workers, potential workers as well as employers. In terms of growth, in 2017, the company received funding from investors such as Smollan Group, FirstRand's Vumela Fund, 500 Startups, IDF Managers, Newtown Partners, CRE
Venture Capital and Draper Dark Flow. In 2014, Sweepsouth won the SiMODiSA Startup South Africa Awards. In 2015, the company became the first South African company to join top US accelerator
500 Global (formerly 500 Startups), and in 2016 it was awarded at the Price Check tech startup awards and was the first runner up of the FNB Innovation Awards in 2017. In 2018, the company was recognised at the Southern African Venture Capital and
Private Equity Association (SAVCA) Industry Awards as best start up company. In 2019, during a series B fundraising, the company secured investment from
Naspers becoming the first startup to receive an investment from Naspers through its early-stage business funding initiative called Naspers Foundry and in 2022, Sweepsouth secured more funding from Alitheia IDF, E4E Africa, Endeavor Harvest and Catalyst, and Caruso Ventures. In 2020, Sweepsouth won the Forbes Africa Women Innovation Award, and in 2021, the company was listed among FastCompany South Africa’s Most Innovative Businesses. ==Operations==