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: $23,000,000
- Lead investors: Tiger Global Management
- Other investors: DST Global, Sequoia Capital India & Southeast Asia, Shopify
- Stage: Series B
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| Stage | Amount (US$) | 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 | |
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Editing by Lorenzo Kyle Subido
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