Apartment housekeeping startup Spruce gets new CEO, plus $26M from Houston co., Softbank, others

Spruce Services Inc., which was founded in Houston as Apartment Butler Inc. before moving its headquarters to Austin in 2019, is getting a new CEO and new funding.

The cleaning services startup closed a $26 million series B led by Houston-based Sweat Equity Partners. Others in on the deal included SoftBank Corp., Mercury Fund, Fitz Gate Ventures, Seamless Capital, Raven One Ventures and New Age Ventures. As part of the deal, Manish Narula of SoftBank will join Spruce’s board as an observer.

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