AI chatbot provider Yalo used this pitch deck to raise $8m in its series A round from Sierra Ventures

ABOUT

Founded in 2015 by Javier Mata, Yalo developed a platform to help companies build customer relationships via its conversational AI-based messaging apps.

Yalo develops chatbots that enable businesses to sell and chat automatically with customers via Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and other similar applications.

The company focuses on emerging markets like Latin America, India, and Southeast Asia, where mobile consumers spend 85% of their time on messaging apps. Some of its clients including Coca-Cola, Amazon, Pepsi, Domino’s, and Walmart.

Yalo used this deck to raise US$8 million in its series A round.

Fundraising journey

• 2018: US$2 million in a seed round
• 2019: US$8 million series A led by Sierra Ventures
• 2020: US$15 million series B led by B Capital Group, with Sierra Ventures joining in

How is the deck compelling?

• The deck states Yalo’s solution offering in the first slide. This will build the readers’ or listeners’ awareness of what kind of service that Yalo provides.
• Yalo aims to solve a problem that many people can relate to. It does so by attaching an eye-catching picture, while also showing the huge amount of business waste caused by the issue.
• The company states what’s actually taking place in businesses, and how there’s no technology that can cater to those needs. It continues with how Yalo comes in to improve the situation.
• To build trust, the deck features major companies that have become Yalo clients.
• It also shows how Yalo’s technology works to help users with its service.

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Deck: Peatch