Building world-class software from Asia: Omnichat’s CEO on his US$10M raise and global ambitions

South China Morning Post - Nov 9, 2026

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Hong Kong AI customer-experience platform Omnichat has raised US$10 million in Series A funding led by Openspace Capital, with participation from Darwin Ventures and Acorn Pacific Ventures. Founder and CEO Alan Chan plans to use the capital to scale the company's Omni AI Agents platform and accelerate its expansion beyond Asia-Pacific. The journey to this milestone, however, began long before boardroom pitches and global...

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