Machine Translation and Online Education: Series A Values Youdao at USD 1.1 Billion
Leading Chinese Internet company focuses on online education to tap the monetization potential of their...
Investment & funding
Startup investment from pre-seed funding to IPO.
UK Media Localizer EIKON Taps Private Equity for Growth Financing
UK-based EIKON receives investment by private equity fund YFM to finance expansion in the US...
Super Investor SoftBank Bets USD 23.5m on Singapore Media Localizer IYUNO
SoftBank Ventures puts USD 23.5m into Singapore media localizer IYUNO Media Group.
Interprefy Raises CHF 1.2m, Fourth Funding Round in Two Years
Swiss-based remote interpretation startup Interprefy raises its fourth runding round in just over two years....
2017 in Language Industry Startup Funding
Traditional language service businesses typically does not attract venture capital investments. However, with the internet...
Unbabel Raises Series B Round
Translation startup Unbabel secures USD 14m in Series B round with total offering amounting to...
US Medical Interpreter Institute With Teenage CFO Tries Cryptocurrency Fundraiser
US based medical translating and interpreting course provider MiTio is launching an Initial Coin Offering...
Investors Shovel Millions into Natural Language Processing
Natural language processing startups and more established players pick up millions of investment as investors’...
BTI Studios Gets Backing From Media and Entertainment Investor Shamrock
Los Angeles-based Shamrock Capital Advisors joins Scandinavian private equity firm Altor as investor in media...
Language Industry Gets Its First (But Clueless) Initial Coin Offering
A project called Langpie attempts to make people part with their bitcoin and ether to...
Goldman Sachs Stops Work on Pactera IPO
Goldmans Sachs halts US IPO work for HNA Pactera on governance concerns as Pactera continues...
Sogou Invests USD 6-7m in Shanghai-Based UTH in Scramble for Translation Data
After raising an estimated RMB 45m (USD 6.7m) from Sogou Inc., translation corpus and technology...
Remote Interpretation Startup SpeakUS Raises EUR 50k Angel Round
SpeakUS, a remote interpretation startup focusing on events, raises angel funding from an Irish state...
Remote Interpreting Startup Cadence Translate Raises USD 0.65m in Seed Round
Remote interpreting startup Cadence Translate raises funds in a seed round from private Chinese investors,...