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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CEO.\n\nAlon Cohen co-founded Houzz, the home remodelling and design platform, with Adi Tatarko in 2009 and coded its first website himself. He was Houzz's president from its start, leading product development, and became CEO on 1 January 2024.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aloncohen2\n\n## What Alon builds\n\n- [Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/houzz.md), graded F, 13.4/100, in Home services \u0026 local trades. Houzz is a home design and remodelling platform where homeowners browse photos and find, review and contact architects, designers and builders. Houzz Pro is its business software for those professionals. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Adi Tatarko](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/adi-tatarko/), Co-founder and Executive Chair\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [ICONIQ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/iconiq/)\n- [Wellington Management Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wellington-management-company/)\n- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)\n- [Zeev Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zeev-ventures/)\n- [Notable Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/notable-capital/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Alon Cohen?\n\nAlon Cohen co-founded Houzz, the home remodelling and design platform, with Adi Tatarko in 2009 and coded its first website himself. He was Houzz's president from its start, leading product development, and became CEO on 1 January 2024.\n\n### What does Houzz Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Houzz from Houzz Inc.. Houzz is a home design and remodelling platform where homeowners browse photos and find, review and contact architects, designers and builders. Houzz Pro is its business software for those professionals.\n\n### Who has invested in Houzz Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name ICONIQ, Wellington Management Company, Sequoia Capital, Zeev Ventures and Notable Capital.\n\n### How are Alon's tools graded?\n\nHouzz is graded F, 13.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.houzz.com/aboutUs\n- https://www.houzz.com/press\n- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aloncohen2_when-we-started-houzz-our-goal-was-clear-activity-7348062257374797824-JJe_\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/aloncohen2\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adi-tatarko-38296823\n- https://www.houzz.com/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/company/houzz\n- https://help.houzz.com/s/contactsupport?language=en_US\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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