- The startup has just raised an investment of $15 million in a series B round;
- Besides Eduardo Saverin’s venture capital group, Sierra Ventures also participated in the infusion.
Eduardo Saverin, the Brazilian billionaire co-founder of Facebook said in an exclusive interview with Exame that he was excited to invest for the first time in a Latin-American startup: the Mexican Yalochat.
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Yalochat is a conversational commerce platform. It enables merchants, such as Coca-Cola, to upsell products and services and collect payments over WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and WeChat.
The startup has just raised an investment of $15 million in a Series B round led by Eduardo Saverin‘s fund, the B Capital Group. The American venture capital fund Sierra Ventures also participated in the infusion.