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The world’s first automatic phone interpreter looks for $5 Millions!

2013.07.11 17:13

 

Basic Information

Company Name

ISR13ZV071101

Registration Address

Israel

Industry  (energy saving and environmental protection, new energy, mobile Internet, consumer goods, creative culture, high-end equipment manufacturing, IT, life sciences, modern services, modern agriculture, new materials, others)

IT, Telephony

Project Description

Product description: The product is the world’s first automatic phone interpreter. Meaning you now have the ability to pick up the phone inChinaand call a person inRussiaorBrazilor theUSand simply converse.

Our vision is to enable communication between people in any language, in any type of phone (landline or mobile), without the need for internet connection and all this in an affordable price.

Our low rates starting at 15 cents per minute include the international call as well as the interpretation service. This is great for any small or medium business that could never afford a human interpreter, 20 times more expensive than our product.

Funding History: Jan 2010: Israeli Chief Scientist - $250K, Private investors - $600K; Nov 2011: Intertainment media (TSXV:INT) - $2M, post valuation of $8M. The $2.85M raised so far has brought the company to complete R&D, increase the team (R&D, QA, Support, IT, Web), launch inMexicoand cooperate with the industry’s top players. We expect to exceed our original business plan.

Amount to be raised: The company is seeking $5 M, which will fund its growth activities.  Pre-money valuation: 15M USD

Use of proceeds:  The current round will be used for sales ramp up in theAmericasandAsia. Namely to establish local sales/marketing, operations and 1st level customer support teams. Local linguistic teams will also be hired to enhance our IP.  R&D / 2nd level support will remain inIsrael.

Strong and experienced Leadership: The CEO with over 30 years experience in computational linguistics, senior IBM scientist and entrepreneur. Founder of Attunity (ATTUNASDAQ).

Strategic opportunities: The company has attracted the major telecoms including Telefónica who joined our board. The BBC has acknowledged it as being the first mover in the field of automated phone interpretation. Governments inNorth Americaand other parts of the world have already begun work with it. Companies like HP have also signed letters of interest.Babylonhave started distributing its product, Telecoms like SFR France have begun integration and more are following suit. The direct online sales via Lexifone.com and our Android app are the top selling channels at the moment with thousands of customers already listed. Companies like Microsoft, Alcatel Lucent and others have yet to launch, but are developing similar technologies, indicating automated phone interpretation as an attractive business opportunity. The company has the potential to be a strong independent player and there is also a strong possibility for a strategic partnership or to an M&A deal in the hundreds of millions (as shown on the left).

Milestones achieved

•          Seed  (800k) and $2M Series A raised from Intertainment Media (TSXV:INT) 25% stake

•          Soft Launch: October 2012, sales begin in small scale

•          Telefónica Digital Joins Lexifone board: July 2012

•          Commercial Launch inMexicoOct 2012 - Sales begin inMexico

•          Large scale purchase orders from Governments, OEMs and major players are either in place or in negotiations (Babylon, SFR, HP, Intel, ZTE and more). (June 2013)

Date of Establishment

January 2010

Revenue of Last Year ($)

-

Operating Profit  of Last Year ($)

-

Core Competence

Automatic Call Interpretation

Number of Employees

8

Capital Structure

Does the company hold patent?

Yes

Patent Description

Name

System and Method for Automatic Speech Translation

Application No.

Type

PCT International

Granted Date

Application Date

2013

Patent Holder/Applicant

The company

Project Requirement

Capital Requirement ($)

$5M (USD)

Purpose of  Financing

Sales, Marketing

Contact Info

Contact Person

Bella ZHU

Telephone

+86 10 5973 3417

Address

Room 612, PE Plaza Of Zhongguancun, No.8 North 2nd Ave, Haidian District, Beijing 100080, P.R.China