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The operating system for residential estates.

EstateOps is the operating system for residential estates: one platform plus a managed service that runs maintenance, finances and vendors, and tells managers what to fix before it breaks.

First partner signed: Golden Acres Estate. We are planning their operations as the estate is built.
Raising
$150,000 · ₦240M
Instrument
SAFE (post-money) · full terms on request
Status
Built, live, first partner signed
In plain terms

What EstateOps actually does

An estate has assets to maintain, dues to collect, vendors to manage and residents to keep happy. Today that is done on WhatsApp, paper and memory. EstateOps replaces all of it with one system, and adds a managed service so the estate is not left to run it alone. Here is how it works.

1
Onboard the estate in a day
Pick the estate type and EstateOps imports its assets, maintenance schedules, zones and a compliance register in one click.
2
Run everything in one place
Work orders, preventive maintenance, dues and spend, vendors and residents, all on web and mobile apps.
3
Act on what it recommends
The platform reads each estate's assets and history and tells the manager what to service, replace and budget for next.
The market, in numbers

A large market with the wind behind it

This is not a niche. Estates are multiplying, money is flowing into property, and almost none of it is managed with proper software. Every figure below is sourced.

$20.9B
sent home by Nigerians abroad in 2024, about four times the country's foreign direct investment
Source: Central Bank of Nigeria
28M
unit national housing deficit, driving record estate construction across major cities
Source: Nigeria housing data committee, 2024
$27.8B
Nigeria facilities-management market, growing about 12% a year
Source: Mordor Intelligence, 2025
220M+
population, growing over 2.5% a year, concentrated in fast-growing urban estates
Source: World Bank
Timing

Why now

A company like this could not have worked five years ago and will be hard to start in five years, once someone owns the category. The window is open now.

New estates are being built at record pace
A 28 million unit housing deficit means developers are building gated estates faster than anyone can manage them well.
No incumbent owns this category
Estates run on WhatsApp, paper and spreadsheets. There is no default operating system. The first to set the standard wins.
Diaspora money is looking for control
Over twenty billion dollars a year flows home with no proper way for owners abroad to see how it is spent. EstateOps gives them that control.
The problem

What we are fixing

Most estates run on WhatsApp groups and paper. Maintenance is reactive, so generators and pumps fail when they are needed most. Dues and spending are not transparent, so residents stop trusting management. When a manager leaves, the history of every asset leaves too, and vendors are picked on guesswork. EstateOps puts all of it in one place and keeps the knowledge with the estate, not the person who left.

The product

One platform, everything an estate needs

The full system is built and live today. It is in use with our first partner, Golden Acres Estate, where we are planning operations as the estate is built.

Asset intelligence
86 pre-configured asset templates with schedules, checks and failure modes.
Preventive maintenance
Recurring work with completion proof and full equipment history.
Transparent finance
Dues against spend and clear monthly reports. We never hold estate funds.
Resident and partner apps
Installable mobile apps with offline support and notifications.
Service partner network
Assign, rate and score vetted partners.
Multi-tenant and secure
Database-enforced isolation per estate, four roles, full audit trails.
The difference

It tells you what to do next

This is what sets EstateOps apart. It does not just record work. It reads each estate’s assets, history and spending, then recommends what to service next, what to plan to replace, and where money is being wasted. Managers act on a clear plan instead of guessing, and owners can see the reasoning behind every decision.

What to service now
Priorities by asset condition and criticality.
What to budget for
Replacements forecast before things fail.
Where spend is high
Costs compared against benchmarks across estates.
Traction

What we can show today

Platform built and live
The full product is built and running, not a prototype or mockup.
First estate partner signed
Golden Acres Estate, where we are planning operations as it is built.
Shipping every week
A three-person team releasing new capability continuously.
The upside

A second market: owners abroad

Millions of Nigerians overseas own homes and land back home and cannot manage them well from a distance. They send money and hope it is used properly. EstateOps lets a diaspora owner see, instruct and pay for the upkeep of their property remotely, with full transparency. Nigerians abroad sent home 20.9 billion dollars in 2024 alone, about four times the country’s foreign direct investment. No product serves this need properly, and our platform is already built to deliver it.

Business model

Simple, recurring revenue

Professional
₦75,000 per estate, per month
The core platform, recurring.
Partner Network
₦50,000 per month
Access to vetted engineers.
Starter Pack
₦150,000 one-time
Done-for-you setup, high margin.
₦85k
Blended revenue per estate, per month
82%
Software gross margin
Managed service
Adds a second revenue line
Diaspora
A third line to come
The numbers

Five-year plan

Targets based on our pricing and pipeline. Revenue shown in naira.

₦26M
₦112M
₦326M
₦734M
₦1.43B
Yr 1
25 estates
Yr 2
110 estates
Yr 3
320 estates
Yr 4
720 estates
Yr 5
1,400 estates
₦1.43B
Year-5 annual revenue target
1,400
Year-5 estates
82%
At software margins
The ask

We are raising $150,000

$150k
pre-seed
Product & engineering40%
Go-to-market & sales30%
Partner network & ops20%
Compliance & runway10%

What this round delivers

  • Reach 100+ paying estates across Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt
  • Grow to ₦100M+ ARR with strong net revenue retention
  • Launch the vetted Service Partner Network in three cities
  • Open the diaspora product for owners managing property from abroad
  • Key hires: a go-to-market lead and two more engineers
Who is building this

The team

Afis Adewumi
Afis Adewumi, Founder
Founder. Operations Lead at PepsiCo. Runs an engineering design firm in the UK.

Afis studied Engineering and Product Design, works in operations at PepsiCo, and runs an engineering design firm in the UK. He started EstateOps to bring engineering discipline to how estates are run, and leads the product and the team.

A team of three: Afis plus two software engineers building the platform.

Pre-seed open now. Closing once filled.

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