Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA), established in 2011, is a leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund based in New York City. It has invested in over 350 startups globally, providing an initial $150,000 post-money SAFE investment in return for 6% equity. ERA's two four-month programs per year offer mentorship, free office space, cloud hosting credits, and business service partnerships. Its alumni companies have raised over $2 billion and achieved a combined market capitalization exceeding $10 billion, demonstrating ERA's impact on global industries.

Jonathan Axelrod

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Chris O'Brien

Venture Partner

Babak Poushanchi

Venture Partner

Perry Solomon

Operating Partner

Past deals in Speech Recognition

Heymilo

Seed Round in 2025
Heymilo is a technology company that specializes in developing generative AI-powered voice agent platforms. Their primary product is a voice-based screening tool designed to streamline the hiring process for businesses. The platform conducts dynamic two-way conversations with job candidates, assessing their skills, communication abilities, and cultural fit. This enables clients to save time, reduce unconscious bias, and make more informed hiring decisions.

TwinsAI

Seed Round in 2025
TwinsAI is an AI-powered voice agent that replicates sales representatives' voices, enabling automated, natural-sounding outbound calls to engage prospects and drive conversions

Heymilo

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Heymilo is a technology company that specializes in developing generative AI-powered voice agent platforms. Their primary product is a voice-based screening tool designed to streamline the hiring process for businesses. The platform conducts dynamic two-way conversations with job candidates, assessing their skills, communication abilities, and cultural fit. This enables clients to save time, reduce unconscious bias, and make more informed hiring decisions.

Atlas Primer

Seed Round in 2023
Atlas Primer is a company focused on enhancing educational experiences through technological innovation. It offers a voice and audio learning platform that maximizes engagement and learning efficiency. By combining the accessibility of audiobooks and podcasts with the interactivity of voice assistants and smart devices, Atlas Primer creates adaptable learning environments suited for diverse educational needs. This approach allows for the development of interactive curricula while saving teachers' time. Atlas Primer aims to increase access to education, particularly in remote locations, by utilizing even the simplest devices.

Cloudonix

Seed Round in 2019
Cloudonix is a technology company that specializes in streamlining the development of AI voice agents through its proprietary platform. The platform enables businesses to create, update, and deploy voice bots swiftly and efficiently, reducing reliance on technical specialists. By converting FAQs and language models into trainable AI Voice Agents, Cloudonix helps businesses refocus staff efforts towards revenue generation and customer retention, rather than customer support. With a global network spanning five continents and over 5 million monthly users, including world-recognizable brands, Cloudonix simplifies the creation of Voice AI Agents to reduce operational costs and enhance business systems through its Software Defined Communications platform.

Soundmind

Seed Round in 2019
Soundmind Intelligence, Inc. is a company based in Brooklyn, New York, that provides a platform featuring conversational A.I. voice assistants specifically designed for senior care providers. Founded in 2018, the company's technology aims to reduce social isolation among older adults by enhancing communication and connectivity. Its voice assistants enable caregivers and administrators to manage accounts for elder residents, offering personalized features such as care plans, calendars, reminders, messaging, and entertainment. By streamlining these functions through voice interaction, Soundmind facilitates improved communication between caregivers, residents, and their families, ultimately supporting better care in senior living environments.

Convessa

Seed Round in 2017
Convessa is a software company founded by Nik Bhattacharya and Dan McCafferty in Austin, TX in 2015. Convessa is an advanced artificial intelligence platform with advanced tooling for building voice and messaging interfaces. Convessa's showcase skill is called Mastermind and is available on the Amazon Alexa Skill store. Mastermind is built on the Convessa AI Conversational platform.

Sayspring

Seed Round in 2017
Sayspring, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in developing software for creating voice interfaces for platforms such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The company offers a prototyping platform that allows designers to build voice-enabled applications without requiring any coding skills. Its intuitive drag-and-drop design tool enables users to generate scripts for various user flows and view prototypes across multiple devices and web browsers. This functionality allows designers to rapidly create interactive speech-based interfaces and gather user feedback efficiently. In April 2018, Sayspring became a subsidiary of Adobe Inc.
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