NearGroup

The world’s biggest location-based chatbot with over 16M users sending 60M messages daily.

The world’s biggest location-based chatbot with over 16M users sending 60M messages daily.
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Investment year
2017
Investment stage
Seed
Investment status
Exited
Deal team
Patrik Backman
The world’s biggest location-based chatbot with over 16M users sending 60M messages daily.

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