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Updated · InDaily · Jun 4
Nitrosend Launches AI Email Platform With $500,000 Seed Funding
Updated
Updated · InDaily · Jun 4

Nitrosend Launches AI Email Platform With $500,000 Seed Funding

1 articles · Updated · InDaily · Jun 4

Summary

  • South Australian startup Nitrosend launched publicly with $500,000 in seed funding from Eastend Ventures, the state’s only venture capital fund.
  • The platform targets small and midsized online businesses by replacing drag-and-drop email builders with AI that writes, designs, sends and analyzes campaigns from a prompt.
  • Edward and George Hartley previously founded SmartrMail, which was sold to Relay Commerce in 2022, giving Eastend confidence to back the brothers again.
  • Since entering beta in April, Nitrosend has onboarded about 190 users, and email volume has been doubling weekly as the company uses the funding to hire engineers and scale.

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