USA, San Francisco-based company Connectly, specializing in conversational commerce, has raised $7.85 million in a Series A funding round led by Volpe Capital, with participation from RX Ventures and Saurabh Gupta, managing partner of DST Global. The funding, bringing the total to $17.25 million, will be used to expand the adoption of Connectly's AI platform in retail and e-commerce businesses. Co-founded by senior Silicon Valley tech experts Stefanos Loukakos and Yandong Liu, Connectly offers an AI-powered conversational commerce platform that facilitates the entire customer journey, from sales and marketing to customer experience and support, across various messaging platforms. The platform's Sofia AI, an AI sales assistant, tailors suggestions, engages customers across different channels, and provides valuable insights to deepen customer understanding.