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Charles

Charles

Private
BerlinEnterprise Softwarehttps://www.hello-charles.com/

Last Round

Series A

Jul 20, 2022

Total Funding Raised

$28.76M

Company Overview

Charles is a conversational commerce and marketing platform that enables brands to manage customer relationships and drive sales through messaging apps like WhatsApp.

Sector

Enterprise Software

Verticals

E-commerce, Marketing, NLP & Conversational AI, CRM, Customer Experience

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Subscription SaaS, Usage-Based SaaS

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

conversational commerceWhatsApp marketingWhatsApp business APIconversational AIAI agentschat commercecustomer service automationretrieval-augmented generationRAGmarketing automatione-commerce SaaSconversational supportAI chatbotusage-based billingD2C communication

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Charles Funding Rounds

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Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Series AJul 20, 2022
SeedApr 6, 2021
Pre SeedDec 9, 2020

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Andreas Tussing

Founder CEO

Founding Team

Justine Hawkins

Chief Executive Officer

Executive Team

Charles Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Charles investors
InvestorRounds
HV CapitalSeries A, Seed
Salesforce VenturesSeries A
Venista VenturesPre Seed
20VCSeed
AccelSeries A, Seed

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  • May 19, 2025

    Added ForeverWena, a startup in e-commerce/retail, as a customer.

  • Mar 27, 2025

    Added Sonnenklar, a travel company, as a customer.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersBerlin
Employee Range78
Year Founded2018
Last FundingJul 20, 2022

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