# wevnal

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/wevnal

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: www.wevnal.co.jp
- Total disclosed funding: $14M
- Latest round: Series B (Apr 6, 2023)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Based in Tokyo, Japan, and established in 2011, wevnal Inc. is involved in chatbots, SNS marketing, creative and media businesses. wevnal Inc. creates a one-stop service from attracting customers to customer service and after-sales follow-up in the marketing field. In 2015, the company started selling its own product Tagtoru. In 2016, it started an off-shore lab in Hanoi, Vietnam. In April 2023, wevnal inc. raised JPY 100 million in series B funding from Sony Ventures. This round was part of a larger JPY 1 billion equity and debt financing.
 

wevnal Inc. . develops and provides Botchan, a chatbot that supports marketing. It can be linked with LINE Messenger and Facebook Messenger, or it can set up a chatbot directly on the client website. BOTCHAN EFO is a web service tool specializing in input forms that combines chatbots and entry form optimization services. BOTCHAN PAYMENT provides a payment-type chatbot that dramatically improves CVR for the mail-order business. BOTCHAN Engagement" guides users to messaging apps such as LINE, listens to their tastes and ideals through chat-style conversations, and proposes the best products for each. BOTCHAN AI automatically learns the characteristics of the contents of the client website with AI. Wevnal Inc. will identify needs from conversations with users in a chat format and recommend content services tailored to each individual.

 
wevnal Inc. provides SNS advertising. The feature of SNS advertisements is that they can deliver advertisements with more accurate targeting according to the registered user information, such as age and gender, and the interests analyzed from past likes. Tagtoru is a tool that collects posts with specific hashtags from SNS such as Instagram and Twitter and builds them into the client page. It is a promotion tool that can be used for user-participation-type promotion and can also be used for in-house branding because it can create a brand community between fans on SNS. 

wevnal Inc. builds corporate websites and landing pages. It optimizes corporate branding, and formulates strategies to bring out the appeal of products and services. It proposes a mechanism to entertain the user while ensuring an easy-to-use and stress-free lead to the desired content. wevnal Inc. proposes banners that can contribute to acquisition with accumulated know-how according to the characteristics of the medium and product.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Apr 6, 2023, $0.8M — Sony Innovation Fund
- Series B, Feb 8, 2023, $7.6M — Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Mizuho Capital, Archetype Ventures, JIC Venture Growth Investments
- Series A, Sep 22, 2021, $5.4M — Nissay Capital, Archetype Ventures

## Investors

- Nissay Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nissay-capital) — Series A
- Archetype Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/archetype-ventures) — Series A, Series B
- Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — Series B
- Mizuho Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mizuho-capital) — Series B
- JIC Venture Growth Investments (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/jic-venture-growth-investments) — Series B
- Sony Innovation Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sony-innovation-fund) — Series B