We are thrilled to announce our series B investment in Connectly, in a round led by Alibaba. Since day 1 of their founding, it’s been an honor to back co-founders Stefanos Loukakos and Yandong Liu on their mission to bring AI-powered conversational commerce to brands around the world to create better shopping experiences.

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Founded in 2021, Connectly is the global leader in conversational artificial intelligence. Using proprietary AI models, Connectly’s platform automates how businesses communicate with their customers and sell their products across any messaging platform. Connectly enables the entire sales journey — from marketing and sales to product recommendations through two-way conversations — within the customer's preferred messaging platform. This, in turn, helps ecommerce brands drive sales and delight customers.

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Since announcing their Series A round last year, Connectly has launched Sofia AI — its advanced AI product recommendation assistant —  and has nearly doubled its revenue. Connectly is a great example of an AI company building solutions that drive meaningful business results for customers today. They have been able to power solutions for customers all over the world in dozens of countries. It’s not surprising that Alibaba, one of the largest retailers on the planet, approached Connectly to lead its latest round of funding. This funding will accelerate Connectly’s mission to bring its AI-powered conversational commerce solution to e-commerce customers around the globe. 

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As Unusual Ventures, we bet on founders who have a strong insight into fundamental problems that need to be solved. We love backing founders who can execute on their vision by delivering strong results for their customers. As the first investors in Connectly, we’re excited to see how the team will continue to lead the way in the conversational AI space. 

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Please join us in congratulating the entire Connectly team on this milestone and welcome Alibaba on the journey with us. 

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Onward!