{"id":547169,"date":"2022-06-12T04:10:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T04:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/06\/12\/dxwand-scores-funding-for-ai-research\/"},"modified":"2022-06-12T04:10:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T04:10:59","slug":"dxwand-scores-funding-for-ai-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/06\/12\/dxwand-scores-funding-for-ai-research\/","title":{"rendered":"DXwand scores funding for AI research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tech and AI startup <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dxwand.com\/\">DXwand<\/a><\/strong><strong> has closed a USD 1 mn pre-series A investment round<\/strong> led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huashancapital.com\/\">Huashan Capital<\/a> and with participation from angel investors Mohsen Abulleil and Ahmed Bakeer, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2022\/6\/PRL-EN-DXwand-raises-1-Million-in-Pre-Series-A-Investment-Round.docx.pdf\">a press release (pdf)<\/a>. US-based venture capital firm <a href=\"https:\/\/sosv.com\/\">SOSV<\/a> also \u201csupported the due diligence and syndication of this fundraising round.\u201d SOSV had previously invested in DXwand\u2019s seed round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the company:<\/strong> The company has developed a conversational AI and digital assistant tool that understands English and Arabic slang \u201cand can extract insights from conversations and display them on dashboards for businesses to make instant, informed decisions\u201d on sales, customer acquisition, and customer retention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DXwand will use the funding to finance its regional expansion and increase its market share<\/strong>, the statement said, without specifying the markets into which the company plans to expand. 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