Faireez, a startup focused on delivering “5-star hotel-style housekeeping” to multifamily residences, has stepped into the spotlight with a seed funding of $7.5 million, as reported exclusively by TechCrunch.
Established in 2023 and based in New York, Faireez aspires to provide highly customized cleaning solutions. The startup operates on a subscription basis, assigning every building a personal housekeeper, referred to as a fairy, who ensures “consistent, personalized service” for residents who sign up.
Faireez offers residents of multifamily properties like high-rise apartments and condominiums the ability to schedule cleaning sessions through its website or mobile app. Notably, users can organize cleanings by specific tasks, such as daily dishwashing or weekly mopping, rather than by hours worked.
Co-founders Omer Agiv and Ori Fingerer did not disclose exact revenue figures but indicated that the startup has established partnerships with “top 50 property management companies and landlords” to provide its services across four states: New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Illinois. These partnerships include notable names such as Silverstein Properties, Charney Companies, First Service Residential, Ironstate, and BNE, who collectively manage about 1 million multifamily units.
Faireez is integrating artificial intelligence into its operations in several innovative ways. One key feature is an AI-driven auto-scan technology that analyzes residents’ homes via video to generate personalized cleaning plans, which is expected to roll out later this year.
“That dynamic pricing will transform housekeeping into a SKU-based service, assigning a price for every task,” Fingerer shared with TechCrunch. “Our system will adjust pricing based on size and will fluctuate according to supply and demand.”
Additionally, the startup has developed an AI quality assurance system. Each cleaning session is recorded with time-stamped images, and the before-and-after photos are analyzed by AI for quality verification, promptly delivering feedback via real-time notifications.
Faireez collaborates with large professional cleaning companies and meticulously selects the top 5% of their employees to serve as fairies. These workers receive the same training, uniforms, and equipment from the startup.
“The same fairy visits each time, fostering an element of trust,” Agiv explained. “We also employ an AI-based imaging system to ensure that tasks are completed consistently every time, as consistency is crucial.”
Faireez asserts that its fairies earn 30% to 40% more than the market standard and are eligible for additional incentives.
In the upcoming months, Faireez plans to launch robotic assistants to help fairies manage basic cleaning tasks, with housekeepers in locations like Mexico remotely controlling these robots in U.S. households.
The ambitious aim is to provide services to one million multifamily units by the year 2030.
Currently, Faireez has a team of 12 employees. It intends to use the new funds for “more R&D” focused on its technology, as well as for expansion throughout the U.S. The company has plans to enter four additional states by 2026, with specifics pending but hints pointed towards the West Coast.
This venture is not the founders’ first collaboration. They previously co-founded an Israeli data company tailored for the beer industry, WeissBeerger, which sold to Anheuser-Busch for $80 million in 2018.
“Both Faireez and WeissBeerger are examples of infusing high tech into a traditionally low-tech arena,” Fingerer noted. “When assessing where people spend their time, you’ll find that daily chores consume a significant chunk. The average American dedicates 4.2 years of their life to chores.”
Aristagora VC spearheaded Faireez’s seed funding round, with contributions from Longevity Venture Partners, Hetz Ventures, Secret Chord Ventures, RE Angels, NFX founding partner Gigi Levy-Weiss, and others.
Moshe Sarfati, managing partner at Aristagora VC, expressed to TechCrunch his belief that Faireez is “transforming a millennia-old industry.”
“They possess the capability to be a transformative force in the ‘blue ocean space of residential building’ amenities,” he added.
Pictured above, left to right: Omer Agiv (CEO and co-founder), Ori Fingerer (co-founder and chief business development officer), and Idan Goren (co-founder and chief operations officer).
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