Horizons Ventures

Horizons Ventures, established in 2002, is a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm specializing in seed, early-stage, and late-stage investments. It focuses on disruptive and technology-driven startups, particularly in the areas of artificial intelligence and machine learning, fintech, healthcare technology, and SaaS. The firm has a track record of successful exits, including notable companies like Skype, Siri, Facebook, Summly, and Waze.

Debbie Chang

Founder

Teddy Chatjaval

Venture Capital

Solina Chau

Founder

Wayne Cheng

Investor

Jonathan Tam

Venture Capital Investor

Jason Wong

Managing Director

Past deals in Speech Recognition

Fano

Series B in 2024
Fano Labs is an artificial intelligence company based in Shatin, Hong Kong, specializing in speech recognition and natural language processing technologies. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on developing solutions that enable the processing and analysis of various Chinese dialects, particularly Cantonese, as well as other Southeast Asian languages. Fano Labs serves a diverse range of sectors, including customer service, compliance, and operational efficiency for enterprises such as global banks, government agencies, and telecom companies. Their advanced AI technologies enhance management capabilities and service quality by accurately identifying compliance risks and analyzing customer sentiment. By providing valuable business intelligence, Fano Labs helps organizations reduce costs and uncover sales opportunities, ultimately driving revenue growth.

Otter.ai

Series B in 2021
Otter.ai is a company that develops an AI-based application for everyday conversations. Its Otter mobile and web app allows users to store, search, and share voice conversations, managing them like text messages or emails. The platform uses AI-powered speech recognition to transcribe conversations with multiple participants and in challenging acoustic environments. It is used by individuals, teams, and educational users to create collaborative notes from meetings, interviews, and lectures. Otter supports real-time transcripts, speaker identification, keyword extraction, and searchable notes with text, audio, and images; notes can be shared or exported and accessed across devices. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Otter.ai

Venture Round in 2020
Otter.ai is a company that develops an AI-based application for everyday conversations. Its Otter mobile and web app allows users to store, search, and share voice conversations, managing them like text messages or emails. The platform uses AI-powered speech recognition to transcribe conversations with multiple participants and in challenging acoustic environments. It is used by individuals, teams, and educational users to create collaborative notes from meetings, interviews, and lectures. Otter supports real-time transcripts, speaker identification, keyword extraction, and searchable notes with text, audio, and images; notes can be shared or exported and accessed across devices. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Trint

Series A in 2019
Trint operates an online platform that enables users to search, edit, and extract text from audio and video files. Founded in 2014 by a veteran journalist and a seasoned web developer, Trint uses artificial intelligence to automate transcription, making content more accessible and searchable for various industries such as journalism, media, academic research, and market research.

Fano

Seed Round in 2017
Fano Labs is an artificial intelligence company based in Shatin, Hong Kong, specializing in speech recognition and natural language processing technologies. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on developing solutions that enable the processing and analysis of various Chinese dialects, particularly Cantonese, as well as other Southeast Asian languages. Fano Labs serves a diverse range of sectors, including customer service, compliance, and operational efficiency for enterprises such as global banks, government agencies, and telecom companies. Their advanced AI technologies enhance management capabilities and service quality by accurately identifying compliance risks and analyzing customer sentiment. By providing valuable business intelligence, Fano Labs helps organizations reduce costs and uncover sales opportunities, ultimately driving revenue growth.

Otter.ai

Series A in 2017
Otter.ai is a company that develops an AI-based application for everyday conversations. Its Otter mobile and web app allows users to store, search, and share voice conversations, managing them like text messages or emails. The platform uses AI-powered speech recognition to transcribe conversations with multiple participants and in challenging acoustic environments. It is used by individuals, teams, and educational users to create collaborative notes from meetings, interviews, and lectures. Otter supports real-time transcripts, speaker identification, keyword extraction, and searchable notes with text, audio, and images; notes can be shared or exported and accessed across devices. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Trint

Series A in 2017
Trint operates an online platform that enables users to search, edit, and extract text from audio and video files. Founded in 2014 by a veteran journalist and a seasoned web developer, Trint uses artificial intelligence to automate transcription, making content more accessible and searchable for various industries such as journalism, media, academic research, and market research.

Viv Labs

Series B in 2015
Viv Labs, Inc., established in 2012 and headquartered in San Jose, California, specializes in developing an artificial intelligence platform that facilitates interaction between users and various devices, services, and platforms through an intelligent, conversational interface. The company, formerly known as Six Five Labs, operates as a subsidiary of Samsung Research America since October 7, 2016. Viv Labs enables developers to distribute their products globally via this intuitive interface, which learns and improves daily based on user interactions.

Viv Labs

Series A in 2012
Viv Labs, Inc., established in 2012 and headquartered in San Jose, California, specializes in developing an artificial intelligence platform that facilitates interaction between users and various devices, services, and platforms through an intelligent, conversational interface. The company, formerly known as Six Five Labs, operates as a subsidiary of Samsung Research America since October 7, 2016. Viv Labs enables developers to distribute their products globally via this intuitive interface, which learns and improves daily based on user interactions.
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