Chert: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
Chert builds an API platform for AI-powered messaging agents and sales outreach on iMessage and other direct messaging channels. The company provides infrastructure for sending, receiving, and automating conversations over real iMessage threads, with SMS and RCS fallback when needed. Its services include conversational agents that run outbound sales, lifecycle, and support workflows, as well as tools for line health monitoring, deliverability management, and compliance. Chert exposes REST APIs and webhooks so product and go-to-market teams can integrate conversations into CRMs, calendars, data stores, and collaboration tools. The platform is used by B2C startups, customer experience teams, and organizations deploying AI agents that interact with end users over personal messaging channels.
Chert has raised $500k across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Pre-Seed of $500k announced in Jun 2026.
That round is below the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Chert Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Jun 2026.
Chert Funding Rounds
Chert Founders and Leadership Team
No contact details are on record for this team yet.
Chert Funding Compared to Other Artificial Intelligence Startups
Chert's latest round of $500k is below the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Chert Funding FAQs
What does Chert do?
Chert builds an API platform for AI-powered messaging agents and sales outreach on iMessage and other direct messaging channels. The company provides infrastructure for sending, receiving, and automating conversations over real iMessage threads, with SMS and RCS fallback when needed. Its services include conversational agents that run outbound sales, lifecycle, and support workflows, as well as tools for line health monitoring, deliverability management, and compliance. Chert exposes REST APIs and webhooks so product and go-to-market teams can integrate conversations into CRMs, calendars, data stores, and collaboration tools. The platform is used by B2C startups, customer experience teams, and organizations deploying AI agents that interact with end users over personal messaging channels.
How much funding has Chert raised?
Chert has raised $500k across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Pre-Seed of $500k announced in Jun 2026.
When did Chert last raise funding?
Chert's most recent funding round on record is a Pre-Seed of $500k, announced in Jun 2026.
Who founded Chert?
FundedIQ lists Gary Gao (Founder) at Chert.
Where is Chert headquartered?
Chert is based in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom.
How many employees does Chert have?
Chert is in the 1-10 employee band.
How does Chert's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?
Chert's latest round of $500k is below the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,233 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Chert Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Chert is left off this page rather than filled in.
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