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Fano Labs fuels APAC expansion with Series B funding led by Openspace Ventures

PRIVATEMay 02, 2024

Round Type

Series B

Hong KongArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningNatural Language Processing

Investors

Greater Good InvestmentHSBCOpenspace Ventures

Description

Fano Labs announced the successful closure of its Series B round led by Openspace Ventures, with participation from HSBC, Greater Good Investment, the family office of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lo, and existing shareholders. The funding will be used to establish an office in Singapore, expand further into international markets, and develop the product with a focus on adding more APAC languages and launching its suite of Large Language Model (LLM) products.

Quick answer

Fano Labs raised an undisclosed amount in a Series B round, dated May 2, 2024. Investors: Greater Good Investment, HSBC and Openspace Ventures. Fano Labs is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

How much did Fano Labs raise?
Fano Labs raised an undisclosed amount in a Series B round on May 2, 2024.
Who invested in Fano Labs?
Greater Good Investment, HSBC and Openspace Ventures are named as investors in this round.
What does Fano Labs do?
Fano Labs is an AI company specializing in speech and natural language processing technologies to help enterprises with their customer services, compliance, and other lines of businesses.
Where is Fano Labs based and how big is it?
Fano Labs is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Who are the decision-makers at Fano Labs?
Fundz holds 1 contact at Fano Labs. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.

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  • Alinia raised $2.4M (Pre-Seed) on June 5, 2024.
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Company Information

Company

Fano Labs

Location

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

About

Fano Labs is an AI company specializing in speech and natural language processing technologies to help enterprises with their customer services, compliance, and other lines of businesses. We are particularly focusing on mixed languages in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. As of today, we have supported some of the most accurate speech recognition engines for Cantonese, Mandarin, English (Indian), English (Singapore), English (Philippines), Thai, Arabic, Indonesian Bahasa, Malaysian Bahasa, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese. Fano Labs is a spin-off from the University of Hong Kong and backed by the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park, Horizons Ventures, Gobi Partners, and Openspace Ventures

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