FJ Labs

Founded in 2015, FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on stage-agnostic investments in marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investment range varies from $50,000 to $5,000,000, typically at seed or series A stages.

Matias Barbero

Investor

Zineb Belghiti

Analyst

Agapitos Diakogiannis

Investor

Fabrice Grinda

Partner

William Guillouard

Venture Partner

Arne Halleraker

Partner

Christopher Keshian

Investor

Ariel Lebowits

CFO

Mark Lurie

Venture Partner

Jose Marin

Partner

Daniel Simon

Venture Partner

Luke Skertich

Investor

Guimar Vaca Sittic

Venture Partner

Jeff Weinstein

Partner

Andrea Xu

Investor

Past deals in Messaging

Luzia

Series A in 2023
Luzia develops AI technology for transcribing audio communications on WhatsApp. Its platform includes a chatbot accessible via WhatsApp, offering features such as answering questions, generating text, translating languages, and writing creative material to facilitate various tasks.

Luzia

Seed Round in 2023
Luzia develops AI technology for transcribing audio communications on WhatsApp. Its platform includes a chatbot accessible via WhatsApp, offering features such as answering questions, generating text, translating languages, and writing creative material to facilitate various tasks.

Popsy

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Popsy is a rapidly growing AI-powered mobile application facilitating local buying and selling of various items, including electronics, clothing, housing, cars, and furniture. Its image recognition technology simplifies the selling process by suggesting titles, prices, and categories in real-time.

User Interviews

Series B in 2022
User Interviews, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a platform for recruiting participants for product tests and market research. Founded in 2013 and based in Brooklyn, New York, it offers tools such as Recruit, which facilitates flexible participant recruitment across various research types, and Research Hub, a centralized system for managing research participants. Additionally, User Interviews provides resources like the UX Research field guide to assist researchers, designers, and product managers at all levels of experience. The platform enables users to easily access a diverse panel of participants through features like screener surveys, calendars, incentives, and messaging, and it allows for the creation of a Research CRM that can accommodate up to 100 contacts free of charge. The company was previously known as MobileSuites, Inc. before rebranding in 2015.

CloserContact

Series A in 2022
CloserContact develops software and digital tools that organizes and manages various messaging platforms. It is based in Hong Kong.

Channel AI

Series A in 2022
Building the truly open AI messaging platform

Inkly

Seed Round in 2022
Inkly enables users to send personalized greeting cards via the internet. Users simply write their message on paper, scan it with a smartphone app, and Inkly handles printing and mailing. The company also offers contract management software for sales teams, streamlining negotiation and closing processes.

Sendoso

Series C in 2021
Founded in 2016, Sendoso is a global platform that enhances customer engagement by integrating digital and physical sending strategies. It enables businesses to stand out with new ways to engage customers throughout the buyer's journey, improving relationships and increasing effectiveness of go-to-market programs.

Lara AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Lara AI is an AI-powered HR member that helps companies reduce turnover and enhance HR team efficiency. Lara is introduced into the company as the new AI-powered HR Business Partner, available to all employees in stores, locations, or working remotely, accessible via WhatsApp, Teams, Slack, and various messaging apps. Thanks to Lara, companies can automate: - Real-time measurement of employee engagement, sharing real-time analytics with HR and managers. - Support for employees: from answering frequently asked questions to managing requests and simplifying task submissions. - Automating internal communications.

Meesho

Series E in 2021
Meesho operates as an online reselling platform that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Meesho connects manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers with resellers who use social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook to sell products to their network of friends and family. The company was founded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

User Interviews

Series A in 2021
User Interviews, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a platform for recruiting participants for product tests and market research. Founded in 2013 and based in Brooklyn, New York, it offers tools such as Recruit, which facilitates flexible participant recruitment across various research types, and Research Hub, a centralized system for managing research participants. Additionally, User Interviews provides resources like the UX Research field guide to assist researchers, designers, and product managers at all levels of experience. The platform enables users to easily access a diverse panel of participants through features like screener surveys, calendars, incentives, and messaging, and it allows for the creation of a Research CRM that can accommodate up to 100 contacts free of charge. The company was previously known as MobileSuites, Inc. before rebranding in 2015.

Gorgias

Series B in 2020
Founded in 2015, Gorgias is a leading customer service platform designed specifically for e-commerce businesses. It offers cutting-edge automation and AI capabilities to deliver personalized support across multiple channels, including email, voice, SMS, live chat, and social media. With over 250 employees across eight global offices, Gorgias serves more than 12,000 merchants worldwide, including prominent brands like Steve Madden and Glossier.

Octane AI

Venture Round in 2020
Octane AI, Inc. is a developer of a conversational marketing automation platform tailored for e-commerce businesses. Founded in 2016 and based in Irvine, California, the company provides tools for merchants to create engaging quizzes, collect data, and automate customer interactions through personalized Facebook Messenger and SMS. Its platform supports chatbot creation, allowing users to integrate various content types, manage customer service, and enhance product visibility. Trusted by over 1,000 Shopify and Shopify Plus brands, Octane AI empowers merchants to connect with customers effectively, personalize their buying journey, and boost retention rates. The company operates on a fully remote model, employing a diverse team across more than ten countries, and is backed by prominent Silicon Valley investors.

User Interviews

Seed Round in 2019
User Interviews, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a platform for recruiting participants for product tests and market research. Founded in 2013 and based in Brooklyn, New York, it offers tools such as Recruit, which facilitates flexible participant recruitment across various research types, and Research Hub, a centralized system for managing research participants. Additionally, User Interviews provides resources like the UX Research field guide to assist researchers, designers, and product managers at all levels of experience. The platform enables users to easily access a diverse panel of participants through features like screener surveys, calendars, incentives, and messaging, and it allows for the creation of a Research CRM that can accommodate up to 100 contacts free of charge. The company was previously known as MobileSuites, Inc. before rebranding in 2015.

Sendoso

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2016, Sendoso is a global platform that enhances customer engagement by integrating digital and physical sending strategies. It enables businesses to stand out with new ways to engage customers throughout the buyer's journey, improving relationships and increasing effectiveness of go-to-market programs.

Aircall

Series B in 2018
Founded in 2014, Aircall provides innovative cloud-based call center software for startups and small to medium-sized businesses. Its platform integrates with popular productivity tools, enabling efficient phone support management.

Letgo

Series C in 2017
Letgo is a mobile platform founded in 2015, facilitating local buying and selling of second-hand goods. With over 100 million downloads and 400 million listings, it's one of America's most popular apps for trading items, ranging from electronics and vehicles to clothing and furniture. Letgo's innovative features, such as image recognition and instant chat, simplify the process of listing items and connecting buyers and sellers. The platform's user-friendly interface allows users to snap a photo, and letgo automatically suggests a title, price, and category for the listing.

Aircall

Series A in 2016
Founded in 2014, Aircall provides innovative cloud-based call center software for startups and small to medium-sized businesses. Its platform integrates with popular productivity tools, enabling efficient phone support management.

Letgo

Series B in 2016
Letgo is a mobile platform founded in 2015, facilitating local buying and selling of second-hand goods. With over 100 million downloads and 400 million listings, it's one of America's most popular apps for trading items, ranging from electronics and vehicles to clothing and furniture. Letgo's innovative features, such as image recognition and instant chat, simplify the process of listing items and connecting buyers and sellers. The platform's user-friendly interface allows users to snap a photo, and letgo automatically suggests a title, price, and category for the listing.

MessageYes (formerly ReplyYes)

Seed Round in 2016
MessageYes' mission is to help people effortlessly discover and purchase items they love using their mobile phones. MessageYes is the first platform to offer frictionless e-commerce over mobile messaging for brands looking to engage and transact directly with their customers. Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), human-assisted AI, and integrated payments, the MessageYes platform learns from customer feedback to make the experience serendipitous to each person and brand. Message recipients simply reply "Yes" to instantly buy from their mobile phones.

SelfMade

Seed Round in 2016
SelfMade operates a technology platform that transforms and shares images on social media. It offers professional photo editing services and social media support to help members grow their online following. The company's app provides access to its follower growth technology, allowing users to determine their brand aesthetic, growth strategy, and posting schedule.

Angel.ai

Series A in 2015
Angel.ai, founded in February 2015, offers a text message-based personal concierge service that enables users to make various requests at any time of day. Utilizing Human Assisted Artificial Intelligence, the service connects clients with trained operators who assist with tasks such as ordering food, making restaurant reservations, and booking hotels or travel tickets. Angel.ai operates with a focus on user convenience, fulfilling on-demand requests without charge, aside from possible service costs, markups, or hidden fees. This approach allows clients to save time and streamline their everyday activities through simple text messages.
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