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November 12, 2020

FinChatBot lands $1.6m from international VCs to expand into Europe and West Africa

FinChatBot,a creator of conversational AI solutions for the financial services industry, has attracted $1.3 million from Saviu Ventures, a French investment holding company which focuses on African startups; Mauritius-based Compass Venture Capitaland leading South African venture capital firm Kalon Venture Partners.Both Compass Venture Capital and Kalon Venture Partners are solidifying their positions, having previously invested […]

November 23, 2018

Portfolio start-up FinChatBot raises R12m from Kalon Venture Partners and Compass Venture Capital

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 […]

June 28, 2017

FinChatBot Winner of Silicon Cape’s Youth in AI Pitching Contest

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 […]

June 13, 2017

FinChatBot Expands: New Presence in Johannesburg & Paris

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 […]

May 29, 2017

AI, Chatbots and the Future of Mankind – A Panel Discussion

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 […]

May 16, 2017

Far Ventures Talks #1 – How can AI Disrupt Industries? – May 25th

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 […]

May 3, 2017

FinChatBot Selected by Innotribe for the Startup Challenge Africa

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 […]

March 31, 2017

Portfolio Startup FinChatBot Wins 500 Startups / Geeks-On-A-Plane Pitching Contest

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 […]

January 27, 2017

FinChatBot raises 1.6m ZAR in Seed-Funding, Our First Start-up to Raise Capital

1.6 million rand of seed funding for a chat bot to disrupt the financial industry On January 27th, FinChatBot announced the completion of its first round of seed-funding to the value of ZAR 1.6 million. The round was led by business angel Richard Marsden, founder and CEO of Envision Risk, a seasoned executive of the South African […]

October 7, 2016

Introducing FinChatBot: A Chatbot to Disrupt the Financial Industry

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 […]