Horizons Ventures

Otter.ai creates technologies and products that make important information from voice conversations including meetings, interviews, and lectures instantly accessible and actionable. The company's award winning product, Otter Voice Notes, is used by business professionals, journalists and students to generate rich notes that can be easily searched and shared. Otter is based on proprietary technologies for speech recognition, speaker separation, speaker ID, and keyword / topic extraction. The company was founded by successful repeat entrepreneur Sam Liang and fellow engineering PhD Yun Fu. Investors We are proud to be supported by some of Silicon Valley’s top venture capitalists who were early investors in Tesla, SpaceX, Slack, and Twitter. Additionally, we are backed by legendary angel investor David Cheriton, who provided the initial capital to Larry Page and Sergey Brin to start Google.

Otter.ai creates technologies and products that make important information from voice conversations including meetings, interviews, and lectures instantly accessible and actionable. The company's award winning product, Otter Voice Notes, is used by business professionals, journalists and students to generate rich notes that can be easily searched and shared. Otter is based on proprietary technologies for speech recognition, speaker separation, speaker ID, and keyword / topic extraction. The company was founded by successful repeat entrepreneur Sam Liang and fellow engineering PhD Yun Fu. Investors We are proud to be supported by some of Silicon Valley’s top venture capitalists who were early investors in Tesla, SpaceX, Slack, and Twitter. Additionally, we are backed by legendary angel investor David Cheriton, who provided the initial capital to Larry Page and Sergey Brin to start Google.

Trint Limited operates an online platform that specializes in converting audio and video content into searchable text. Founded in 2014 and based in London, the company provides tools for editing transcripts, adding captions to videos, and sharing concise segments of audio and video online. Trint's services cater to a range of industries, including journalism, media, academic research, and market research, by streamlining the transcription process and enhancing content accessibility. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence to automate transcription, enabling users to quickly locate important moments within their audio and video files. The founders, Jeff Kofman, a veteran journalist, and Mark Boas, a web developer, united their expertise to address the challenges of traditional transcription methods.

Fano Labs is an artificial intelligence company based in Shatin, Hong Kong, specializing in speech recognition and natural language processing (NLP) technologies. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on developing solutions that cater to a variety of languages and dialects, particularly Cantonese and those in Southeast Asia. Fano Labs provides advanced AI-driven systems that enhance customer service and speech analytics for enterprises across multiple sectors, including finance, telecommunications, and government. Their technology helps organizations improve management capabilities and service quality by accurately identifying compliance risks and analyzing customer sentiment. Additionally, these solutions enable businesses to reduce operational costs and uncover sales opportunities, ultimately contributing to increased revenue.

Otter.ai creates technologies and products that make important information from voice conversations including meetings, interviews, and lectures instantly accessible and actionable. The company's award winning product, Otter Voice Notes, is used by business professionals, journalists and students to generate rich notes that can be easily searched and shared. Otter is based on proprietary technologies for speech recognition, speaker separation, speaker ID, and keyword / topic extraction. The company was founded by successful repeat entrepreneur Sam Liang and fellow engineering PhD Yun Fu. Investors We are proud to be supported by some of Silicon Valley’s top venture capitalists who were early investors in Tesla, SpaceX, Slack, and Twitter. Additionally, we are backed by legendary angel investor David Cheriton, who provided the initial capital to Larry Page and Sergey Brin to start Google.

Trint Limited operates an online platform that specializes in converting audio and video content into searchable text. Founded in 2014 and based in London, the company provides tools for editing transcripts, adding captions to videos, and sharing concise segments of audio and video online. Trint's services cater to a range of industries, including journalism, media, academic research, and market research, by streamlining the transcription process and enhancing content accessibility. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence to automate transcription, enabling users to quickly locate important moments within their audio and video files. The founders, Jeff Kofman, a veteran journalist, and Mark Boas, a web developer, united their expertise to address the challenges of traditional transcription methods.

Hello Inc., founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in consumer electronic hardware and software. The company is best known for its first product, Sense, a sleep-tracking device designed to help users monitor their sleep patterns. Sense was launched in 2014 through a highly successful Kickstarter campaign, surpassing its funding goal of $100,000 by raising over $2.4 million. In 2016, Hello introduced an enhanced version of the device, called Sense with Voice, which incorporated additional features to improve the user experience.