We are happy to announce that Far Ventures portfolio start-up FinChatBot just raised a R12m seed round from Kalon Venture Partners and Compass Venture Capital. Founded in 2016 within Far Ventures, FinChatBot has developed a proprietary technology to help financial service providers acquire and retain customers through Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered conversations. FinChatBot enables its […]
We are extremely proud of yet another accomplishment of our leading start-up FinChatBot! This June, Silicon Cape partnered with Square Kilometer Array (SKA) to find Cape Town’s most innovative youth-run and AI-powered business. The search culminated in the Youth in AI Competition. The Competition Organized by the Silicon Cape, the event took place at the […]
As companies grow, they leave the nest. Well not the whole company just yet. FinChatBot is moving its client management and prospection teams to two new locations: Johannesburg & Paris Hello Joburg We always knew FinChatBot would eventually need presence in Johannesburg. The South African capital city is home to the largest corporates in the […]
How will AI Reshape the Future In a world where cars are learning to drive and your phone can understand when you speak (well, not all the time..), it is more important than ever to understand what the widespread use of AI means for us in terms of business and as consumers. In order to […]
Why talk about AI: Artificial Intelligence or AI has gathered a lot of interest recently. Whether it is start-ups riding the hype wave or people being wary of an intelligent machine gaining consciousness, there is misinformation and misunderstanding around the implications of AI in our every day lives. To find out more on how Artificial […]
Just yesterday FinChatBot, one of our proprietary start-ups, was nominated to take part in the Startup Challenge Africa. This event brings 10 innovative FinTech companies to compete in front of hundreds of professionals from all over Africa. We are extremely excited for our team as over 100 applications were submitted from 16 countries. The selection process involved […]
On Friday the 31st of March, our incubated startup FinChatBot participated in and won the Geeks-On-A-Plane & 500 Startups pitching contest, hosted by Startup Grind Cape Town. We at Far Ventures are extremely excited to write this post and incredibly proud of this amazing achievement. Winning this event has served as yet another form of […]
We all spend too much time calling call centres. It’s true. On average, it takes 10min to connect with an operator for a 3 minute conversation. Here at FinChatBot, we have decided to tackle this issue by not only providing a way to avoid this unnecessary waste of time, but also reducing call centres costs: a chatbot Founded in […]
