Making our world inclusive and accessible to 466M deaf and hard-of-hearing people, through AI-based real-time captioning of conversations and information.
Anytime, anywhere, everyone can be Ava: audio visually accessible.
Let's communicate beyond barriers. #weareava
Anytime, anywhere, everyone can be Ava: audio visually accessible.
Let's communicate beyond barriers. #weareava
Location: France, Ile-de-France
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $10M
Founded date: 2014
Investors 7
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.05.2022 | Series A | $10M | - |
Mentions in press and media 14
| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.02.2024 | Ava | Home - Translation with AI - Ava Related Posts Gen Z Translator GPT Commands FreeSubtitles.Ai Slang Translator Gramara MachineTranslation |
| 18.04.2023 | Disrupting the Future of Accessibility, with Anthony Franklin | Anthony Franklin There's a stigma around getting an accommodation. People are afraid to say, I need this tool to be productive at work. So they don’t. They just suffer TAMPA BAY, Fla. (PRWEB) April 18, 2023 Hard-to-hear dialogue is a known ... |
| 11.05.2022 | How Captioning App Ava Used Storytelling To Raise $16.3 Million | “I was born in a Deaf family. My parents are Deaf. My sister is Deaf.” This was the opening to Thibault Duchemin’s initial investor pitch for his company Ava, a real-time captioning product. Ava was originally created for the Deaf and hard-... |
| 06.05.2022 | Ava sets the example for universal live captioning and raises $10M to keep building | When we last checked in with AI-powered captioning service Ava, they had just raised a seed round and it was six months into a pandemic that would reshape how we all work together. Eighteen months later they have investors banging on their ... |
| 04.05.2022 | Super rich individuals are private equity’s growing LP base | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. It’s been happening over a decade. Rather than settle on endowments or pension funds, the biggest... |
| 10.12.2020 | Ava expands its AI captioning to desktop and web apps, and raises $4.5M to scale | The worldwide shift to virtual workplaces has been a blessing and a curse to people with hearing impairments. Having office chatter occur in text rather than speech is more accessible, but virtual meetings are no easier to follow than in-pe... |
| 10.12.2020 | How Live Caption Maker Ava Is Taking A ‘Path To Self-Empowerment’ In Making Video Calls Accessible To The Hearing Impaired | The Ava logo. Ava |
| 10.12.2020 | Ava empowers deaf and hard of hearing during the pandemic with new tech, raises $4.5 million | Ava, a Euro-American startup building software to help deaf and hard-of-hearing people participate in everyday conversations, has secured $4.5 million in funding and launched two new products at a time when the pandemic has raised the barri... |
| 30.09.2020 | «Революционные» стартапы стали безликими: с одинаковым посылом, визуальным языком и tone of voice Статьи редакции | Неважно, что они продают — зубные щётки или экологичный собачий корм, — они стараются быть нейтральными и обещают изменить рынок. Но сами надеются быстро вырасти и дорого продаться, считает Bloomberg. 70 70 комментариев Форум 24 297 просмот... |
| 24.08.2020 | “Diversity Is The Foundation For An Antifragile Portfolio,” Says Day One Ventures Founder Masha Drokova | Masha Drokova (top left) with the rest of the Day One Ventures team. Day One Ventures |
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