Singapore-based Butler called this round of funding a “customer round” as the majority of the money came from Butler’s own customers

Butler, a Singapore-based hospitality and real estate management service startup, has closed a US$540,000 seed funding.  Investors included businessman Massimo Mantero, Emanuele Novi, and Vincenzo De Falco, who invested in their own capacity.

The names mentioned are also the company’s own customers, as noted by Poon Da Qian, CEO and founder of Butler.

The company said that the funding will be used to scale up, providing professional services to Singapore’s apartment residents, office managers, and property managers. Butler will also use the new capital to recruit talents in Singapore.

Butler was founded in 2016 and has built an all-in-one platform for hospitality, real estate management, and services for homes, offices and commercial buildings.

The company currently helps apartment residents, office managers, and property managers by providing an all-in-one professional management service for their properties (Aka a “butler” as per the namesake). Services include housekeeping, concierge, property management, property maintenance services, and more.

Butler’s service allows customers to have a single professional vendor and point of contact for managing all their properties’ needs for what normally ranges between five to ten different service vendors.

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Butler prides itself in providing training as its top priority for the company with the establishment of Butler Academy, the in-house training program for housekeepers. Upon completion of the four month training programme, graduates receive market leading salary and welfare benefits.

The program, the company said, has played a role in improving the working standards and allowing workers to have confidence in the people they hire.

Butler said it’s currently servicing more than 200 apartment residents, office managers, and property managers.
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