EQT Ventures

EQT Ventures, established in 2015, is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm managing over €2.3 billion across three funds. It invests in seed, early, and later-stage technology and SaaS companies across Europe and the United States, with a focus on ambitious founders building global success stories. The firm provides more than just capital, offering support and advice throughout various growth stages. EQT Ventures has a data-driven approach, leveraging its in-house AI platform, Motherbrain, which has facilitated over $100 million in portfolio company investments. The team operates from six offices, taking a 'locals-with-locals' approach to support founders on the ground.

Polly Barnes

Operating Partner

Rania Belkahia

Partner

Yash Doshi

Venture Lead

Jenny Dreier

Director

Tomas Gutfreund

Partner

Julien hobeika

Partner

Doreen Huber

Partner

Ashley Lundström

Deal Partner

Sandra Malmberg

Venture Lead

Tom Mendoza

Venture Lead

Naza Metghalchi

Venture Lead

Antoine Moyroud

Venture analyst

Thomas Poitrineau

Director

Sai Sriramagiri

Venture Analyst

Kaushik Subramanian

Partner

Lucy Wimmer

Operating Partner, Comms

Laura Yao

General Partner

Past deals in Speech Recognition

Parloa

Series B in 2024
Parloa is a conversational AI platform that specializes in enhancing customer dialogue through automated communication solutions. The platform caters to large enterprises, including ERGO, Decathlon, Swisslife, and the German Red Cross, by automating key communication channels, primarily focusing on telephone interactions. Parloa's technology swiftly identifies customer concerns and automates repetitive tasks, thereby improving service quality across multiple channels. By utilizing unified training data, the platform helps clients avoid data silos and effectively manage customer experiences in a cohesive manner. This enables businesses to streamline their strategies and engage meaningfully with their customers.

Hume AI

Series B in 2024
Hume AI, established in 2021, specializes in developing AI models that enable technology to understand and respond to human emotions. Headquartered in New York and San Jose, the company offers a range of products, including expression measurement models, text-to-speech models, and speech-language models, all grounded in advanced research from psychology and machine learning. Hume AI's technology analyzes facial expressions, voice inflections, text, and other data sources to gain insights into human feelings and engagement. By prioritizing scientific rigor and ethical AI practices, Hume AI serves diverse industries, enhancing human-technology interactions with empathy and authenticity.

Parloa

Series A in 2023
Parloa is a conversational AI platform that specializes in enhancing customer dialogue through automated communication solutions. The platform caters to large enterprises, including ERGO, Decathlon, Swisslife, and the German Red Cross, by automating key communication channels, primarily focusing on telephone interactions. Parloa's technology swiftly identifies customer concerns and automates repetitive tasks, thereby improving service quality across multiple channels. By utilizing unified training data, the platform helps clients avoid data silos and effectively manage customer experiences in a cohesive manner. This enables businesses to streamline their strategies and engage meaningfully with their customers.

Sonantic

Seed Round in 2020
Sonantic is a startup focused on developing advanced synthetic voice technologies specifically for the video game and entertainment industries. The company specializes in creating expressive and hyperrealistic text-to-speech capabilities, allowing game developers to access high-quality voice acting that enhances the immersive experience of their products. Utilizing machine learning, Sonantic's platform enables users to generate believable human voices on-demand, providing tools for creative professionals to edit, sculpt, and direct voice performances in real-time. This approach streamlines workflows, making it easier for studios to integrate realistic voice acting into their projects.

Parloa

Parloa is a conversational AI platform that specializes in enhancing customer dialogue through automated communication solutions. The platform caters to large enterprises, including ERGO, Decathlon, Swisslife, and the German Red Cross, by automating key communication channels, primarily focusing on telephone interactions. Parloa's technology swiftly identifies customer concerns and automates repetitive tasks, thereby improving service quality across multiple channels. By utilizing unified training data, the platform helps clients avoid data silos and effectively manage customer experiences in a cohesive manner. This enables businesses to streamline their strategies and engage meaningfully with their customers.
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