AI platform Reply Next secures €400K pre-seed funding

Reply Next, an AI platform for managing the digital presence of businesses with multiple locations, has raised €400,000 in pre-seed funding. The round was led by independent investment firm 4Founders Capital, with participation from business angels including Juanjo Mostazo and David Alcobero. Founded by telecommunications engineer Miguel Peñate, Reply Next allows brands with hundreds or thousands of physical locations to manage and optimise their digital presence from a single place. The company is targeting the growing volume of digital interactions associated with individual locations. Reviews, ratings, messages, searches and recommendations across platforms including Google Maps, Booking, the App Store and Google Play, as well as AI-powered search engines, generate information about each location that is not always translated into business actions. Nine out of ten companies don't know how much revenue their stores generate through Google Maps, 70% of brands don't respond to users on