DC’s Please Assist Me Received $100k from Google for Startups’ Black Founders Fund

DC’s Please Assist Me landed a $100,000 investment in non-dilutive capital from Google for Startups’ Black Founders Fund, the company announced today.

The news comes just a few months after the home management platform nabbed $500,000 from Atlanta’s Collab Capital in July, which was more than double the total funding it had raised to date.

Please Assist Me partners with local buildings and apartment complexes to offer assistant services to residents for tasks like cleaning, laundry and grocery pickup. Stephanie Cummings cofounded the company in 2018, though she alone was selected as a founder for the Google funds, which she said will be used to continue building out its tech platform and hiring.

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