Lessons from Advertising: A Venture Capitalist’s View on the Language Industry
At SlatorCon London, venture capitalist Marcus Polke shares the patterns he sees driving the next...
Investment & funding
Startup investment from pre-seed funding to IPO.
Interprefy Raises CHF 0.85m as Some Interpreters Push Back
Remote simultaneous interpretation startup Interprefy adds another CHF 0.85m in funding in third financing round...
Qordoba Raises USD 5m, Motaword Gets EUR 0.5m
Online translation startup Motaword and localization platform Qordoba raise funds. Qordoba gets a USD 5m...
Why Investors Like the Language Industry’s Fragmented Nature and Sticky Clients
The language services industry is experiencing an M&A boom with over 50 acquisitions announced since...
Transfluent Puts It All Out There in Search of Funds
Finnish language service provider Transfluent targets raising at least EUR 0.6m at a EUR 8m...
Remote Interpreter Cadence Joins 500 Startups Accelerator
After acquiring SimulDirect, Cadence shifts focus from on-site to remote simultaneous interpretation; joins 500 Startups...
HeterMedia Completes IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Financial printing and document services firm HeterMedia lists on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, netting...
Website Localizer WOVN.io Raises USD 3m, Teams Up With Printing Giant
Tokyo website localizer’s latest seed round brings total capital raised to USD 4m; co-Founder Jeff...
Straker Gets Another NZD 5m, Plans IPO in Australia
Additional funding by private equity fund Bailador Investments brings Straker’s total funding since the start...
Unbabel Raises USD 5m in Series A Round
San Francisco and Portugal-based Unbabel raises USD 5m from Notion Capital and Caixa Capital to...
Lilt Raises USD 2.35m, Hires SDL Veteran
Translation productivity startup Lilt raises USD 2.35m in seed round from three Silicon Valley venture...
Interprefy Closes Funding Round at CHF 4m Valuation
Swiss remote interpretation startup Interprefy raises second funding round in less than one year; sees...