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Did Jasper Malcolmson co-found Skylight?
Yes. In a BetaKit article published September 13, 2021, Skylight is described as founded in 2016 by Jasper Malcolmson and Fiona Lake Waslander. Opendoor's announcement, dated September 7, 2021, says the Skylight team was led by co-founders Jasper Malcolmson and Fiona Lake Waslander.
What happened to Skylight?
Opendoor's announcement of September 7, 2021 says it was adding the Skylight and Pro.com teams and that both platforms would be sunsetted. BetaKit reported on September 13, 2021 that most of Skylight's team was in Toronto and would keep working from the city as part of Opendoor.
What did he do before Skylight?
The Medium Rules podcast episode published March 13, 2019 says he founded Bloomspot, sold to Chase in 2012, stayed at Chase for three years as head of product at ChaseNet, and earlier ran several business units at Yahoo. TechCrunch's December 20, 2012 report on the Chase acquisition names him as Bloomspot's CEO.
How did he describe Skylight's model?
On The Medium Rules, published March 13, 2019, Skylight is introduced as a platform where homeowners design, bid, project-manage and pay for renovations online, with a fixed-pricing guarantee that protects them from cost overruns once the construction budget is locked.