European Commission funded survey centered around Spain and Italy examines buyer behavior and pricing data and reveals private sector is more open to using video interpreting than public sector. Continue reading
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Download Slator’s 2018 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 48 language industry mergers and acquisitions and ten startup funding rounds Slator covered in 2018. Continue reading
SlatorCon tour took in four global cities across three continents in 2018 and featured a grand total of 35 speakers representing the full breadth of the language industry from startups, language technology and language service providers to the buy side, finance and academia. Continue reading
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Language technology startup Lilt has introduced a new “human-in-the-loop” model, providing language services to their end-customers, but still rejects the LSP label. Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in August 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, dipped slightly to 100.85 in November 2018 vs 102.69 the previous month. Continue reading
Zurich-based remote interpretation startup Interprefy has raised CHF 0.5m in funding and is now valued at CHF 11.5m. Former CLS CEO departs board while CEO of partner company joins new non-exec director. Continue reading
Smartcat gets USD 7m from storied VC firm Matrix Partners to further scale its translation management platform and freelance translator marketplace. Continue reading
How many translation startups are still active? How many have shut down? Where are they located and what are the common startup ideas? Here’s a look at the translation startup ecosystem in the language services market according to AngelList. Continue reading
SlatorCon Japan gathers leading language industry professionals from Japan, Asia, and Europe for an afternoon packed with insights and networking. Continue reading
Swiss-based remote interpretation startup Interprefy raises its fourth runding round in just over two years. Revenues for 2017 come in at CHF 0.2m. Continue reading
SpeakUS, a remote interpretation startup focusing on events, raises angel funding from an Irish state agency. It will use the fresh capital mostly for marketing. Continue reading
The language industry’s fast growing market and rapid technological progress offer fertile ground for entrepreneurs looking to upend the status quo. It is in app and mobile localization, translation project management, and remote interpreting that this batch of founders see opportunity. Continue reading
Remote interpreting likely to benefit from the state government’s added investment as rural and regional areas are in focus. A local language service provider says signing up interpreters to cloud-based interpretation platforms remains a challenge. Continue reading
Remote simultaneous interpretation startup Interprefy adds another CHF 0.85m in funding in third financing round in less than 18 months. While the company appears to get traction in the markets, it faces opinionated opposition from the interpreter community. Continue reading
After acquiring SimulDirect, Cadence shifts focus from on-site to remote simultaneous interpretation; joins 500 Startups accelerator program. Co-founder says they will use program’s Demo Day to launch new fundraising round in May. Continue reading
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