Adora Cheung

Adora Cheung (born 1985) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and programmer. She was the co-founder and CEO of house cleaning business Homejoy. After Homejoy shut down, Cheung continued working for Y Combinator as a partner, until February 2021.

Early life and education Cheung grew up in a small town in South Carolina and earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Clemson University. She received a master's degree in Economics from the University of Rochester.

Career Cheung worked at Slide.com as a group product manager, overlooking multiple projects such as FunWall, SuperPoke!, and SuperPoke! Pets. The company was located in San Francisco and she worked as the CEO. By 2013, the company raised $38 million from Google Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Max Levchin towards their venture funding. By 2013, Homejoy was available in 31 cities. During their test cleaning the new hires were taught how to clean in an efficient manner, and how to communicate with the homeowners in a friendly and effective way.

Homejoy shut down in 2015 due to poor customer retention rates, high customer acquisition costs, and several lawsuits from workers claiming to being "misclassified as independent contractors". An estimated 20 of Homejoy's employees were hired by Google in the wake of the closure.