Houston, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/11/2018 -- Apartment Butler, the Resident Concierge Platform for apartment communities, today announced the closing of a $2 million venture round led by Mercury Fund, with participation from Capital Factory. The funds will be used to hire talent, develop new services and features, and expand geographic reach.

With the investment, Apartment Butler also announced the addition of Meghan Tuerff as Director of Operations. Tuerff was formerly an operations and compliance executive with Uber and GE. "I'm honored to join this impressive team in creating easy-to-use services for a large, concentrated, and formerly under-served customer base. The investment from Mercury Fund brings tremendous credibility and capabilities to our efforts and will help us transform apartment living," said Tuerff.

Apartment Butler was founded in Houston by Ben Johnson, CEO, in 2016. The company has been scaling rapidly within the technology accelerator Station Houston. The Company is currently working with 11 of the top 15 apartment managers in Texas, including Greystar, Lincoln, and Alliance.

"The model that we are creating will be the new standard for how apartment residents receive home services. By eliminating driving and arriving, we can increase a typical housekeeping crew's efficiency by 40-60%. This is a radical change to how home services will be delivered to the multifamily industry," said Johnson.

"This milestone is a testament to the opportunities available for Houston's enterprise organizations to connect with our rapidly growing community of technology startups. Ben and his team have accomplished a great deal during their time at Station and it's been a pleasure to witness their growth and transformation.", said Gabriella Rowe, CEO of Station Houston.

Apartment Butler is a Resident Concierge Platform that provides an innovative, hotel-style living experience to residents. With the touch of a button, residents can arrange pre-scheduled or on-demand services for their home needs. By aggregating "density" in resident demand, Apartment Butler is able to fundamentally lower the cost structure of home services such as housekeeping, pet sitting, or laundry. Further, it can provide unique "micro" services that were previously uneconomic, such as bed making, dish washing, linen changing, grocery delivery, package shipping, and many more.

"Houston is the perfect place to launch Apartment Butler as the city is one of the largest aggregations of Class A apartments in the U.S. We've been following Ben and his team for some time, and are excited to be leading their investment round," said Blair Garrou, Managing Director of Mercury Fund. "It's exciting to see digital platforms like Apartment Butler thrive in Houston – a testament to the success that startup development organizations like Station Houston are having on the city."

About Apartment Butler
Apartment Butler is a mobile-first, Resident Concierge Platform for apartments. The Company partners with top-tier communities to offer high-touch services to apartment residents. These services, such as housekeeping, pet sitting, dry cleaning, and laundry, can be scheduled regularly or ordered last minute. By partnering with the property management, Apartment Butler can offer a seamless that is fundamentally unique to residents. For more information, please visit http://www.apartmentbutler.com.

About Mercury Fund
Mercury Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm. With over $250 million under management, Mercury focuses on entrepreneurs and technology innovation originating in the U.S. Midcontinent. Our investment themes target SaaS, Cloud, and Data Science/AI platforms that make the industrial ecosystems of Middle America more competitive and efficient. Over a decade ago, Mercury recognized the rise of entrepreneurs and innovation in the underinvested Midcontinent. Our venture investment strategy leverages our network of midcontinent startup development organizations, corporate innovation partners, and co-investors to assist entrepreneurs with the resources they need to rapidly scale their businesses. For more information, please visit http://www.mercuryfund.com or follow @MercuryFund on twitter.

About Capital Factory
Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas, the best state for startups. Last year more than 100,000 entrepreneurs, programmers and designers gathered day and night, in-person and online for meetups, classes and coworking. We meet the best entrepreneurs in Austin and introduce them to their first investors, employees, mentors and customers. According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active investor in Texas since 2013. For more information, please visit http://www.capitalfactory.com or follow @CapitalFactory on twitter.

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The virtual concierge service for apartment residents is now partnering with select communities in Dallas, including properties from Lincoln Property Company, Greystar, ZRS, and Alliance.

Houston, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/09/2017 -- Apartment Butler Inc., a virtual concierge service for apartment residents, announced that it is now working with select communities in Dallas, Texas.

Apartment Butler began operating in Houston in March 2016 and now services more than 35,000 units in its first market. "When it came time to launch our second market, our existing partners were our biggest advocates. This essentially paved the way for us in Dallas," said Ben Johnson, CEO and Founder of Apartment Butler.

Communities on the Apartment Butler platform are able to offer residents a unique concierge experience unlike anything else currently available. Through Apartment Butler's mobile app, residents can book housekeeping, pet services, and door-to-door dry cleaning without ever leaving a key.

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Houston, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/07/2016 -- Apartment Butler Inc. (http://www.apartmentbutler.com/) today announced that Deep Bodapati will join the company as the Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Deep will help Apartment Butler build sustainable operating models to meet the company's rapidly-growing customer demand.

Deep comes to Apartment Butler with a strong background in growth strategy and business transformations. As a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group, Deep has worked alongside several senior executives at Fortune 50 companies to develop multi-year strategic roadmaps and led teams to implement enterprise-wide initiatives. At his high-growth clients, Deep has built scalable business processes to support aggressive growth targets, and often worked directly with client COOs. Deep also brings project management experience for business transformations – his experience includes reorganizations for 50K+ employee organizations, and post-merger management for multi-billion-dollar deals.

"Apartment Butler is at a critical inflection point, and we were looking for someone with exactly the background – of strategic thinking and process implementation – that Deep brings to the table," said Ben Johnson, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Apartment Butler. "We are very excited to have Deep join the team to build scalable operating processes, and help us get ready for the next phase in our company's trajectory."

Prior to Boston Consulting Group, Deep was a hardware and systems engineer at Analog Devices Inc., a semiconductor supplier, with an expertise in embedded systems and mobile phones. Deep holds an MBA in accounting, finance and entrepreneurship from The University of Chicago – Booth School of Business.

"I am excited and honored to take on this role, and look forward to joining the exceptional team at Apartment Butler," said Deep Bodapati. "Achieving the balance between building scalable business processes that can sustain over the long-term at Apartment Butler, while staying agile enough in the short-term to adapt as we learn about our customers will be key. These are exciting times at the company, and I am thrilled to be part of the ride."

About Apartment Butler
Apartment Butler is a mobile-first concierge service for apartments offering residents an innovative platform to book housekeeping, dry cleaning/laundry and pet sitting at the touch of a button. Apartment Butler partners with top-tier communities to offer high-value services to apartment residents by operating as a closed platform in order to maintain strict control over quality. Apartment Butler is disrupting the way that home services are delivered to residents by using the scale of the community to improve operations and lower costs.

For more information on Apartment Butler, visit https://www.apartmentbutler.com.

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Mobile concierge service for apartment residents secures Seed Round from strategic and angel investors.

Houston, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/16/2016 -- Apartment Butler Inc., a mobile-first concierge service for apartment residents, today announced it has secured $750,000 in seed funding. More than 90 percent of the oversubscribed round was comprised of strategic investors from the apartment industry.

Apartment Butler launched operations in January 2016 and has secured partnerships with key industry participants including Lincoln Property Company, Mill Creek Residential, Alliance Residential, Hanover Company, the Morgan Group, Waterton, and many others.

Communities on the Apartment Butler platform are able to offer residents a unique concierge experience unlike anything else currently available. Through Apartment Butler's mobile app, residents can book housekeeping, pet services, and door-to-door dry cleaning without ever leaving a key.

"We are revolutionizing the way home services are delivered to residents by using the scale of the community and strategic partnerships to offer affordable services and easy booking," said Ben Johnson, CEO and Founder of Apartment Butler.

Apartment Butler recently announced it had expanded its partnership with Lincoln Property Company to the majority of its Houston portfolio. The funds from the Seed Round will be used to expand operations in Houston and launch in the Dallas market.

About Apartment Butler
Apartment Butler is a mobile-first concierge service for apartments offering residents an innovative platform to book housekeeping, pet services, and door-to-door dry cleaning at the touch of a button. Apartment Butler partners with top-tier communities to offer high-value services to apartment residents by operating as a closed platform in order to maintain strict control over quality. Apartment Butler is disrupting the way that home services are delivered to residents by using the scale of the community to improve operations and lower costs.

For more information on Apartment Butler, visit https://www.apartmentbutler.com.

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Mobile concierge service launches at additional apartment communities in Houston.

Houston, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/03/2016 -- Apartment Butler Inc., a mobile-first concierge service for apartment residents, today announced it has expanded its partnership with Lincoln Property Company. Apartment Butler partners with top-tier communities to offer residents an innovative platform to book housekeeping, pet services, and door-to-door dry cleaning without leaving a key.

Shortly after Apartment Butler launched in January 2016, Lincoln partnered with Apartment Butler to offer the mobile concierge service at two apartment communities. After strong resident adoption, Lincoln expanded the offering to the majority of its Houston portfolio.

"Lincoln initially offered Apartment Butler at two properties in Houston to learn how residents would use this innovative amenity. The demand from our residents has exceeded our expectations and we have since expanded to eight of our properties. I look forward to continuing a successful partnership with Apartment Butler," said Randi Cameron, Regional Marketing Director for Lincoln Property Company.

After just seven months of operating, Apartment Butler is available in more than 25 apartment communities across Houston and is growing rapidly with each new partnership.

For more information on Apartment Butler and its current supported locations, visit www.apartmentbutler.com.

About Apartment Butler
Apartment Butler is a mobile-first concierge service for apartments offering residents an innovative platform to book housekeeping, pet services, and door-to-door dry cleaning without leaving a key. Apartment Butler partners with top-tier communities to offer high-value services to apartment residents by operating as a closed platform in order to maintain strict control over quality. Apartment Butler is disrupting the way that home services are delivered to residents by using the scale of the community to improve operations and lower costs.

For more information on Apartment Butler, visit www.apartmentbutler.com.

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