NLP & Speech: venture funds and startups
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◆ Funds tracked
7
◆ Combined AUM
$12.3B
◆ Startups tracked
20
◆ Raised between them
$260.5M
◆ Overview
Fusion42 tracks 7 venture funds in NLP & Speech with $12.3B in combined assets under management, and 20 startups that have raised $260.5M between them. The data below is live from the same database that powers Raise and Scout, and is continuously enriched as new rounds and funds are announced.
Part of the Raise fund database and the Scout startup database by Fusion42 — the same live data Arthur reasons over.
◆ Highlights
Active funds in NLP & Speech include Sumisho Venture Partners, Ventech Capital VI, 1842 Fund, Sygnia and SparkLabs KSU Fund I; startups in NLP & Speech include Desible.ai, Vocca, Nuance Labs, Dialflo and Navana.ai. Each name links through to a full machine-readable profile — its backers, rounds and related Wire analysis — and the tables below list every entity Fusion42 tracks in NLP & Speech, refreshed as new rounds and funds are announced.
◆ Funds in NLP & Speech (7 tracked)
| Fund | Type | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Sumisho Venture Partners | corporate vc | Japan |
| Ventech Capital VI | vc | France |
| 1842 Fund | vc | United States |
| Sygnia | vc | South Africa |
| SparkLabs KSU Fund I | vc | Saudi Arabia |
| Spark Capital | vc | United States |
| Ambition Capital | vc | United Kingdom |
◆ Startups in NLP & Speech (20 tracked)
| Startup | Stage | HQ | Raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desible.ai | seed | India | $3.3M |
| Vocca | series-a | France | $20M |
| Nuance Labs | series-a | United States | $50M |
| Dialflo | seed | India | $0.2M |
| Navana.ai | series-a | India | $4.2M |
| Intellicia | series-a | South Korea | $2.5M |
| Blue Voice | seed | United States | $6M |
| Ringg | series-a | India | $10M |
| Willow Voice | seed | United States | $4.2M |
| Enrola | seed | Australia | $2.1M |
| Rime | seed | United States | $24M |
| Smallest.ai | series-a | United States | $13M |
| Pangram | — | United States | $9M |
| Fish Audio | seed | United States | $50M |
| telli | seed | Germany | $15M |
| Edysor.ai | pre-seed | India | $14.4M |
| Callie Care Inc. | pre-seed | United States | $0.5M |
| Prosper AI | series-a | United States | $30M |
| Voxmind | pre-seed | United Kingdom | $0.7M |
| GuruSup | seed | Spain | $1.4M |
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