Tech Company Financing Transactions
Amara Funding Round
Amara, based in Providence, raised $1 million in funding from John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Mozilla.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
5/11/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$1,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Proceeds Purpose
With the funding, the Amara team will be releasing an enterprise version of the platform, which its customers can use within their own organizations -- whether it be to collaborate on subtitle creations in-house, or to open up translation to outside volunteers. And with flexible APIs, the system is designed to work with publishers' existing content management systems and publishing workflows, according to Amara co-founder and executive director Nicholas Reville.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
2205 Massachusetts Ave.
Providence, MA 02140
USA
Providence, MA 02140
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
Amara is home to the world's largest subtitling community and is a complete solution for captions, subtitles, and translations. Amara makes captioning & translation easier, faster, more affordable.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Dean Jansen
Chief Operating Officer
Aleli Alcala
Chief Technical Officer
Ben Dean-Kawamura
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