The chatbot developer has secured $8.3m in a series A round that included CreditEase, less than a year after closing $3m in funding.

Singapore-based chatbot developer Active.ai has raised $8.3m in a series A round featuring online lender CreditEase, Tech in Asia reported on Tuesday.

Venture capital firm Vertex Ventures led the round, with participation from IDG Ventures, which forms part of the IDG Capital VC family, VC firm Kalaari Capital and consultancy firm Dream Incubator.

Active.ai has developed a customer service chatbot powered by artificial intelligence. The product, which is aimed at the banking sector, uses natural language processing to respond to…