YVB receives funding from First Stone Venture Partners
TORONTO, Jan. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Pioneering workspace management and CRM software, Your Virtual Butler (YVB) has secured funding from First Stone Venture Partners. The Toronto-based software company is already widely in use by business centres, co-working and workspace operators around the globe.
Newly appointed president of YVB, Ben Bowen expressed his glowing sentiments about the milestone move and the unique positioning of the software in the market adding that, "YVB is not only a CRM in the traditional sense, it also enables two-way customer communication. Without question the CRM of the future needs that communication piece to really capture the customer relationship."
Bowen's expertise in the high tech industry, which eclipses well over a decade, has helped many companies, including his own, increase their revenues garnering him a reputation for results within the high tech industry.
Founder, Cynthia Rostie, whose vital role in the company's growth will be even more pivotal in this new exciting chapter, expressed her vision for the future following the funding, "As founder of YVB I feel exceptionally proud of the new direction of our company. This newly acquired funding and staff will allow our software offering to reach its true market potential. I would say that Business Centre's around the world had better be ready for us!"
About Your Virtual Butler
Your Virtual Butler provides unsurpassed web-hosted operational and business support for shared workspace, complete with a comprehensive suite of self-service functions for workspace users. Today's shared workspace users expect nothing less than instant web-based access to self-service utilities. Just like airlines and hotels empower customers to manage their own travel requirements, Your Virtual Butler empowers shared workspace users to manage their own office and meeting room needs online. This solution also gives workspace managers a finger on the pulse of business centre operations and sales.
To find out more about YVB visit http://www.yourvirtualbutler.com
First Stone Venture Partners
First Stone is a venture partnership founded by entrepreneurs who have invested their own capital. Its goal is technology-based innovation in Prince Edward County. First Stone believes in the disruptive power of today's information/communication technologies, which have revolutionized large-company business processes. There is now an almost unlimited opportunity to do the same for small- and medium-sized companies - to provide technology solutions that strengthen business models, provide more compelling client services, and reduce the cost of doing business. First Stone has assembled one of the strongest innovation teams in Canada and has developed a unique and proven investment model. FSVP is to make 25 investments in new start-ups, in Eastern Ontario, over the next three years.
Visit http://www.fsvp.ca for more info.
SOURCE: Your Virtual Butler
Contact person: Ben Bowen - President
Company name: Your Virtual Butler (YVB)
Telephone number: 416-850-1312
Toll Free: 1-888-982-8853
Email address: [email protected]
Website address: www.yourvirtualbutler.com
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