SWEETEN

Sweeten is the renovation matchmaker, an award-winning platform that brings technology, trust and transparency to a $300B industry. The company considers each project's budget and scope, connecting renovators to the best general contractors for the job from its highly screened network, with personal support from start to renovation completion. Founded by trained architects in NYC in 2011, the fast-growing service is free to consumers; average project size is $90,000, and more than $350M in construction deals are in the pipeline. Sweeten taps its real-time renovation data to produce education guides and presents original "before & after" stories with the mission to help consumers to "renovate fearlessly.