Colombian startup Vozy, a Voice AI Platform in Latin America raised a $5 million Pre-Series A funding round.
The investment round which is part equity ($4 million), and part debt ($1 million), brings Vozy’s total raised to $8.1 million.
The round was led by European fund GoHub Ventures, a Spanish fund with experience in Deep Tech, with participation from Starling Ventures, SaxeCap, angel investors Arash Ferdowsi – founder of Dropbox, Alan Rutlegde, and previous investors Globant and Enlaces.
Vozy has positioned itself as the leading Voice AI solution in LatAm through the development of a technological infrastructure based on 3 products or layers: Lili, the conversational assistant, Speech Analytics for conversation analysis, and Voice Biometrics for user identification. With its platform, the startup serves over 150 corporate clients in more than 16 countries.
With a 250% growth per year, Vozy’s goal is to reach 100 million interactions and conversations with users and improve the efficiency of customer service by up to 40%.
The new capital will fuel Vozy’s expansion into Spain and the US, scale the company’s R+D and global brand strategies and strengthen channel partnerships.
The startup previously raised an $800K round from Ark Fund, 10X Capital Fund LLC, Magma Partners, SC Angeles, Wayra Telefónica, Andeo Capital, and various other angel investors in September 2020.
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