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Miguel Cordon · · 1 min read

Shopify makes first SEA startup investment in WhatsApp CRM firm’s $23m round

WATI (WhatsApp Team Inbox) enables companies to have scalable and personalized conversations using customer engagement software built on WhatsApp’s business API. The company is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Funding details

  • Funding amount: $23,000,000
  • Lead investors: Tiger Global Management
  • Other investors: DST Global, Sequoia Capital India & Southeast Asia, Shopify
  • Stage: Series B
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WATI

The company was founded in 2019 by Bianca Ho and Ken Yeung.

Stage Amount (US$) Investors
Seed Undisclosed Surge
Series A $8.3M Sequoia Capital, Gokul Rajaram, Surge, Base Partners
Series B $23M Tiger Global Management, DST Global, Sequoia Capital India & Southeast Asia, Shopify
Total $54.3M

See also: Series SEA: Who’s investing in the region’s SaaS startups?

Editing by Lorenzo Kyle Subido

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