Pratex

What Pratex does

Pratex (legal name: Plataforma Pratex) is a Cabo Verde-based service marketplace founded in 2019 and headquartered in Praia. It operates a web platform that connects customers seeking construction, maintenance, and specialized labor with skilled workers across 20+ trade categories, including bricklaying, carpentry, civil design, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, painting, tiling, renewable energy installation, gardening, and upholstery. The platform organizes demand into five verticals: civil construction (primary), hospitality, industry, logistics, and recruitment-and-selection.

The underlying product is a self-serve service request system: customers select a trade, specify geographic location down to island, municipality, parish, and locality within Cabo Verde, provide timing and start-date preferences, and attach supporting files. Distribution is multi-channel, combining a website-based request form with phone-based direct sales and organic social media on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter. The company also publishes an educational blog (March-August 2023) on home maintenance topics to drive top-of-funnel traffic.

The business model is a transaction-fee marketplace with quote-based, pay-as-you-go pricing and no publicly disclosed tiers or rates. No revenue, headcount, funding, or partnership data is disclosed, and there are no documented AI/ML, API, or integration capabilities. The platform serves SMB and individual consumers primarily, with enterprise inquiries handled through direct phone contact for hospitality, industrial, and logistics buyers across multiple Cabo Verde islands.

Name

Pratex

Legal name

Plataforma Pratex

Website

https://pratex.cv

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pratex (Plataforma Pratex) is a Cabo Verde-based service marketplace founded in 2019 that connects customers with skilled workers across 20+ construction, maintenance, and specialized trades via a quote-based web platform spanning multiple islands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Praia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Service Provision Revenue: Platform facilitates connections between customers needing construction, maintenance, and labor services and skilled workers. Revenue appears to come from service fees charged to customers or workers for platform access and service facilitation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pratex operates a service request marketplace platform based in Cabo Verde that connects customers with service providers across civil construction, hospitality, industry, logistics, and recruitment sectors. The platform aggregates 20+ skilled trade categories — including bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, painters, tilers, and renewable energy technicians — and enables customers to submit requests with location, scheduling, and project documentation details.

Product overview

Pratex is a service marketplace platform based in Cabo Verde that connects customers with service providers across multiple sectors. The platform operates as a single unified marketplace offering civil construction, hospitality, industry, and logistics services. Users can browse and request specific services (bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, painters, tilers, renewable energy technicians, and other construction/home services) through a service request form that captures location details, descriptions, and scheduling preferences. The platform also includes a blog section with home maintenance tips and advice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pratex Service Marketplace Multi-category online service marketplace connecting customers in Cabo Verde with service providers across civil construction, hospitality, industry, logistics, and recruitment sectors. Users select from 20+ skilled trade categories (bricklayer, carpenter, civil designer, electrician, plumber, HVAC technician, painter, tiler, renewable energy technician, gardener, etc.), specify location at the island/municipality/parish level, attach project files, and schedule service appointments.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• BuildZoom: BuildZoom is a marketplace that helps property owners find and hire licensed contractors for remodeling and construction projects. Direct peer to Pratex's construction-focused vertical with a comparable B2C marketplace model and lead-generation mechanics.
• TaskRabbit: TaskRabbit is a leading home services marketplace connecting customers with skilled taskers for cleaning, handyman, moving, and home repair. Direct peer in the marketplace model for skilled labor aggregation, though operating in US/Canada/UK with broader consumer brand recognition.
• Porch: Porch is a home services platform that helps homeowners find and connect with local professionals for home improvement, maintenance, and repair. Comparable marketplace model to Pratex with broader US-focused offerings and an embedded home services media component.
• Handy: Handy is an online marketplace connecting customers with pre-vetted cleaning and home service professionals. Comparable to Pratex's marketplace model for service provision, with a narrower category focus (primarily cleaning and handyman services) and US/UK/Canada operations.
• Helpling: Helpling is an online marketplace for home cleaning services operating across multiple countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Comparable to Pratex in operating a structured service marketplace with worker matching and recurring service flows across geographies.
• Thumbtack: Thumbtack is a US-based home services marketplace connecting customers with local professionals across hundreds of service categories including construction, electrical, plumbing, and landscaping. Closely mirrors Pratex's multi-category skilled labor marketplace model, operating at much greater scale and breadth.

Regional players

• ServiceMarket: ServiceMarket is a home services marketplace operating across the Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar), connecting customers with vetted professionals for cleaning, maintenance, and home improvement. Comparable marketplace model serving a non-overlapping emerging-market geography.
• Mr. Right (formerly Taskbob): Mr. Right is a home services marketplace in India offering on-demand services including plumbing, electrical work, carpentry, and appliance repair. Comparable marketplace model for skilled labor aggregation in a developing-market context similar to Cabo Verde.

Broad incumbents

• Angi: Angi (formerly Angie's List) is a major US home services platform combining a marketplace with professional contractor listings, reviews, and project leads. It is a broad incumbent in the same category, operating at significantly larger scale with established brand and adjacent services.
• HomeAdvisor: HomeAdvisor is a US home services marketplace that matches homeowners with prescreened local service professionals. Operates as a broad incumbent in the home services lead-generation and matching space with established national presence and deep professional network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/pratexcv
• Facebookfacebook.com/pratexcv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pratex-cv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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