14. Active.Ai
Active.Ai is the creator of an enterprise AI platform for financial service providers that connects consumers with their banks via micro-conversations. Founded last year by Parikshit Paspulati, Ravi Shankar and Shankar Narayanan, Active.Ai has the ambition to become the AI SaaS platform of choice for financial services. In recent weeks, it raised $8.2m in a Series A round that included Vertex Ventures, Kalaari Capital, IDG Ventures India, Dream Incubator and CreditEase.
13. Chope
Straits Times Food Critic Wong Ah Yoke visited Bayswater Kitchen last week, and it looks like their catch of the… https://t.co/r6myATJuSS
— Chope Singapore (@ChopeSG) 16 November 2017
Launched in Singapore in 2011, Chope claims to be the most widely used restaurant-booking system in Asia. Diners can make reservations at nearly 2,000 restaurants in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Bangkok, Phuket, Jakarta and Bali. Founded by Arrif Ziaudeen, the company this year raised $13m in a round led by Square Peg Capital, C31 Ventures and Moelis Australia.