{"id":39190,"date":"2025-01-29T14:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T11:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/?p=39190"},"modified":"2025-01-29T14:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T11:14:45","slug":"chatberry-secures-1m-sar-pre-seed-funding-led-by-iwan-ventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/2025\/01\/chatberry-secures-1m-sar-pre-seed-funding-led-by-iwan-ventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatberry Secures 1M SAR Pre-Seed Funding led by Iwan Ventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>ChatBerry Secures SAR 1 Million in Seed Funding to Support E-commerce<\/strong><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Funding Led by Iwan Ventures to Expand ChatBerry\u2019s Presence in the Middle East<\/strong><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>New AI-Powered Shopping Technologies via WhatsApp<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Chatberry, a rising SaaS player in MENA&#8217;s fast-growing conversational commerce market, has raised 1 million SAR in a Pre-Seed funding round led by Iwan Ventures, a Riyadh-based venture builder specializing in FinTech, Al, SaaS, and e-commerce.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">This funding will enable Chatberry to expand its Al-driven, compliance-first WhatsApp marketing and automation platform, empowering businesses with innovative customer engagement tools.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Founded in 2024 by Ali Karout, Chatberry meets the surging demand for compliant, scalable WhatsApp solutions, addressing a market where over 90% of consumers use the platform for business.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The startup allows businesses to automate campaigns, manage queries, and analyze engagement metrics while adhering to WhatsApp Business API guidelines, preventing account bans.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;SMEs and enterprises struggle with compliance and technical hurdles,&#8221; said Ali Karout, Chatberry&#8217;s founder. &#8220;Our platform eliminates these barriers, turning every conversation into a growth opportunity-no coding required.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Lewa Abukhait, CEO of Iwan Ventures, highlighted the startup&#8217;s potential:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Chatberry&#8217;s blend of compliance and Al-driven efficiency addresses a crucial gap in MENA&#8217;S SaaS landscape. Their early traction in e-commerce and retail, key drivers of Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Vision 2030, underscores their growth potential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">This partnership reflects Iwan Ventures&#8217; commitment to investing in high-impact, tech-driven startups that align with Saudi Arabia&#8217;s economic diversification goals.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Chatberry is now poised to become a leader in conversational commerce, helping businesses transform customer interactions into scalable growth opportunities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChatBerry Secures SAR 1 Million in Seed Funding to Support E-commerce Funding Led by Iwan Ventures to Expand ChatBerry\u2019s Presence in the Middle East New AI-Powered Shopping Technologies via WhatsApp \u00a0Chatberry, a rising SaaS player in MENA&#8217;s fast-growing conversational commerce market, has raised 1 million SAR in a Pre-Seed funding round led by Iwan Ventures, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":39191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1809,1810],"tags":[6862,6861,6860,6863],"class_list":["post-39190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-commerce","category-fintech","tag-ali-karout","tag-chatberry","tag-iwan-ventures","tag-lewa-abukhait"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}