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Gengo Raises $12MM, led by
Intel Capital
- by Robert Laing
- April 23, 2013
I’m very happy to announce that Gengo has recently raised a Series B investment of US$12 million. The investment was led by Intel Capital, included our Series A investors Atomico, and also included Iris Capital, Singapore-based Infocomm, Japan’s NTT-IP, and STCV (Saudi Telecom). Gengo enjoyed a successful 2012, is operating in a vibrant and growing [...]
We’ve Partnered with 3Play Media to Make Video Translation Simple
- by Robert Laing
- March 12, 2013
Ever wondered how to make your videos globally accessible, searchable, and SEO friendly? It’s traditionally been hard to do: you’d have to work with a number of different vendors to get transcriptions, at quite a high cost, and the process used to be pretty clumsy. But now, Cambridge-based 3Play Media offers a world-class solution for [...]
Three Free White Papers to Help You Go Global
- by Robert Laing
- March 6, 2013
We’re big fans of companies who decide to go global. But we’ll never kid you that it’s a piece of cake. We work with a large number of mid-size businesses and enterprises, who are taking the leap of international expansion for the first time. Some do great, others have difficulties as they expand across borders. [...]
YouTube Integrates With Gengo for Caption Translation
- by Robert Laing
- February 21, 2013
In September last year, YouTube launched a cool feature, for video owners to machine-translate their captions (subtitles) into any language. Now it gets even better. From today, Gengo is working with YouTube to provide human translation of captions, at professional-level quality. All managed through the YouTube UI. Here’s how it works: Upload a video, and [...]
Dakwak: Effortless Localization
- by Robert Laing
- February 13, 2013
There are many ways to localize a website. But if you’re looking for an easy solution that requires very little developer time, Dakwak is a great new option. They call it “effortless localization”. And now, Dakwak is one of the latest services to integrate Gengo. Dakwak works by instantly creating multiple language versions of your [...]
Transifex + Gengo = Dev-Friendly Internationalization
- by Robert Laing
- February 12, 2013
As we mentioned in our annual report, there have never been more options for developers who want to localize their websites and apps into multiple languages. One of the most exciting solutions out there right now is Transifex. Transifex is used by companies like Pinterest, Reddit, Nokia to localize their websites. They started as the [...]
Gengo: The 2012 Annual Report
- by Robert Laing
- January 31, 2013
Gengo’s had a great 2012. It’s time for me to give you a (belated) recap, where we look back on the things we’ve achieved, the fun stuff, and a hint of what’s to come for 2013. Our mission to build the world’s communication platform is just starting.
Why Your Startup Needs a Visual Dashboard
- by Robert Laing
- February 15, 2011
This post will tell you why you need to start visual reporting for your startup, and how to go about putting together a basic dashboard. You already know this: What gets measured, gets done. You already know this too: Humans instinctively respond to visual cues So do this: Use visual dashboards for your startup I’m going to start [...]