Please Assist Me

Please Assist Me

Multi-family resident amenity platform with assistants

Overview

Please Assist Me provides a resident amenity platform for multifamily properties by partnering with apartment buildings and property managers to offer a mobile app connected to a on-site team of personal assistants. Residents use the app to request services like cleaning, laundry, errands, grocery shopping, and mail management, performed by W-2 assistants, while property managers get tailored package management to reduce staff workload. The service centers on delivering a centralized, on-site concierge experience within the building instead of relying on multiple third-party apps. Its goal is to grow adoption across more buildings and scale partnerships, continuously improving the technology and operations to support residents' work-life balance.

About Please Assist Me

Simplify's Rating
Why Please Assist Me is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Consumer Software

Enterprise Software

Real Estate

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$1.4M

Headquarters

Washington DC, District of Columbia

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • LinkedIn updated August 11, 2026 shows activity across Ashburn, Chicago, and Washington, DC.
  • VIPC funded expansion in March 2023 after claiming 5,000 apartment units served.
  • Current website messaging emphasizes one app, suggesting clearer product positioning and easier sales cycles.

What critics are saying

  • The business remains labor-intensive; Indeed posted $15 hourly roles in 2025-2026.
  • Reliance on apartment partnerships creates concentration risk if property managers drop pilots quickly.
  • If wage inflation outruns pricing, unit economics collapse and the service becomes unscalable.

What makes Please Assist Me unique

  • Please Assist Me’s July 28, 2026 website centers W-2, in-building assistant teams.
  • Stephanie Cummings built a resident home-management app around dedicated building-specific service, not gig labor.
  • Its apartment-partner model bundles chores, errands, laundry, and package handling into one amenity.

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Funding

Total Funding

$1.4M

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Industry Average

Funded Over

7 Rounds

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Company News

Bitly
Mar 8th, 2023
VIPC’s Virginia Venture Partners Invests in Please Assist Me to Expand Personal Assistant Teams for Apartment Complexes

Home management app allows users to outsource household chores to a dedicated personal assistant team

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