Ecomtent Raises $850k in Pre-Seed Funding

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Written By Rick Watson

The startup’s solution lets sellers and retailers generate visual and written content with generative AI. The startup says this content is optimized explicitly for AI-powered search across large catalogues on platforms such as Amazon, Google, and Ebay.

Toronto-based AI and e-commerce startup Ecomtent raised $850k in pre-seed funding that will be invested in its technology, the hiring of talent, and the scale of its operations. SEO is dead, and conversational-style search is the future. Really?

BetaKit: Ecomtent closes $1.15 million CAD in pre-seed funding for its AI-powered content generator

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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