Prosus Leads US$7.25M Financing of Zapia

Gunderson Dettmer represented client Prosus Ventures as the lead investor in the US$7.25 million financing of Zapia, a Latin American company that provides an AI virtual assistant. Zapia’s free and simple-to-use AI performs financial and everyday tasks within the WhatsApp chat, such as creating reminders and event scheduling. The new capital will help Zapia continue expanding its user base on two channels: WhatsApp and its own app.

In the announcement of the transaction, Zapia CEO Juan Pablo Pereira said, “Our strategy is long-term, so it is important to have strong partnerships that will be able to bring us more users.”

The Gunderson deal team was led by Christel Moreno and included Francisco Mont’Alverne.

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