Last deal

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

26.08.2008

Date

1

all rounds

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
ReadSpeaker develops text-to-speech technology for businesses and organizations.

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founded date

01.01.1999

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

With over 20 years of experience, ReadSpeaker provides a portfolio of web-based text-to-speech solutions for websites, mobile sites, mobile apps, RSS feeds, online documents and forms, and online campaigns. Its technology enables customers to easily listen to web content in over 35 languages and 100 lifelike voices. ReadSpeaker uses next-generation Deep Neural Network (DNN) technology to improve voice quality and is a subsidiary of the Memory Disk Division (MD) of the HOYA Corporation, with offices in 15 countries and over 10,000 customers in 65 countries.
Contacts
Sub-Organizations
1
rSpeak Technologies

rSpeak Technologies

ReadSpeaker provides pioneering voice technology that enables speech on any device.

Sector

Telecommunications Equipment

Subsector

Telecommunications Equipment

Keywords

Software, Telecommunications, Information Technology

Location

3712 Huis ter Heide, Netherlands
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M&A Details
1

Acquired by

HOYA CORPORATION

announced date

13.07.2017

Financials

Funding Rounds
1
1

Number of Funding Rounds

Their latest funding was raised on 26.08.2008. Their latest investor TIIN Capital. Their latest round Venture - Series Unknown

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
TIIN Capital

TIIN Capital

TIIN Capital invests in innovative Dutch companies in IT, high-tech, and med-tech.

Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Asset Managers and Custodians

Keywords

Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance

Location

Naarden, Netherlands

count Of Investments

58

count Of Exists

15
Co-Investors
Investors
1
1

Number of lead investors

1

Number of investors

Investor 
Lead 
Round 
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Venture - Series Unknown
TIIN Capital

TIIN Capital

TIIN Capital invests in innovative Dutch companies in IT, high-tech, and med-tech.

Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Asset Managers and Custodians

Keywords

Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance

Location

Naarden, Netherlands

count Of Investments

58

count Of Exists

15

People

Founders
1

Niclas Bergström

current job

MENA Digital Awards
MENA Digital Awards

organization founded

2

Niclas Bergström

Employee Profiles
19

Chris Migleo

Manager, inside sales

Cindy Hamer

Director of new voices for the conversational platform

Marc Newton

Certified salesforce administrator, business analytics and operations

Charles Meyer

Technical support engineer

Amy Atwood

Director of marketing, north america

Paul Kim

Manager, business development

Richard Ings

Managing director aus and nz

Joop Heijenrath

COO

Activity

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