Chatbot startup NearGroup raises a 1.6Million seed round

NearGroup, a chatbot allowing users to connect with like-minded people based on proximity, personality and their creative content has raised a $1.6m (£1.2m) seed round.

This Messenger chatbot allows users to read the ‘stories’ of individuals nearby, and reply to people they want to start a conversation with.

By showing someone’s content first, not their face, you are more likely to find something in common and avoid the “body-shopping” culture of Tinder etc.

NearGroup has over 2 Million users, and has processed over 2 Billion messages to date.

The current growth rate is extraordinary with 600K new-users joining every month & 20–25M messages exchanged per day.

The team is targeting 100 Million users by end of December 2018 and planing to also bring nearby businesses onto the platform.

https://chatbotslife.com/neargroup-raises-a-1-6million-seed-round-lead-by-openocean-on-strength-of-2-billion-messages-330947923f97