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I’m thrilled to announce that merx has successfully raised a £1M pre-seed funding round, led by the incredible team at VentureFriends, with participation from Ascension! 🚀 At merx, we're on a mission to empower brands to engage directly and personally with customers through WhatsApp and other conversational channels. When Mo and I started Merx, we saw a fundamental shift taking place in digital commerce. None of the existing, one-way, marketing channels are fit for an AI-first world, the way consumers engage with brands is changing rapidly, and brands need a platform to manage new, AI-first channels across the entirety of their journey. We are now enabling some of the biggest brands in the world to amplify their brand on conversational commerce, engaging more meaningfully with their customers. And we are just getting started. This investment will advance our development of AI systems that expand the way brands engage with their customers, and fuel our expansion. Huge thanks to Apostolos Apostolakis, Fivos Tsoukatos at VentureFriends, Toyosi Ogedengbe (Ascension), Loyal VC and the team at Antler, who’ve supported us from day one. A heartfelt thank you to our amazing team, our early supporters, and all partners who believed in our vision from the start. Want to learn more about how we're shaping the future of conversational commerce? Visit us at hellomerx.com or feel free to DM me directly. Stay tuned for more updates—this is just the beginning! #CustomerEngagement #AI #ConversationalCommerce #WhatsApp