Papercup Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2017

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 61

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Series A1

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $25M

  • Investors
  • 17

Papercup General Information

Description

Operator of a speech processing platform intended to translate and generate synthetic voice-overs for videos. The company's platform helps to localize video content to reach a global audience, improve customer engagement, and distribute and manage newly translated content, enabling creators to produce a broadcast quality translation and voiceover for videos at scale.

Contact Information

Website
www.papercup.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 4th floor
  • 10 Alie Street
  • London E1 8DE
  • England, United Kingdom
Primary Industry
Multimedia and Design Software
Other Industries
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Vertical(s)
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Corporate Office
  • 4th floor
  • 10 Alie Street
  • London E1 8DE
  • England, United Kingdom

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Papercup Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
6. Later Stage VC (Series A1) 22-Mar-2022 $25M Completed Generating Revenue
5. Grant 01-Oct-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Early Stage VC (Series A) 19-Mar-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Grant 01-Jan-2019 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Seed Round 12-Sep-2018 $2.67M $2.8M Completed Generating Revenue
1. Accelerator/Incubator 22-Mar-2018 $137K $137K Completed Generating Revenue
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Papercup Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series A-2 Preference
Series A-1 Preference
Seed-2 Preferred
Ordinary
Seed
Seed
Ordinary 191,885 $0.000013 $0.73 $0.73 $0.73 0.76%
A Ordinary 800,000 $0.000013 $0.08 $0.08 $0.08 3.15%
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Papercup Comparisons

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Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
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Operator of a speech processing platform intended to translate and generate synthetic voice-overs for videos. The compan
Multimedia and Design Software
London, United Kingdom
61 As of 2024

Burbank, CA
 

New York, NY
 
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Papercup Competitors (2)

One of Papercup’s 2 competitors is Respeecher, a Venture Capital-Backed company based in Burbank, CA.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Respeecher Venture Capital-Backed Burbank, CA
Verbit Venture Capital-Backed New York, NY
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Papercup Patents

  • 11

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 6

    Granted

  • 5

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

Papercup Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20230343319-A1 Speech processing system and a method of processing a speech signal Pending 22-Apr-2022
EP-4266306-A1 A speech processing system and a method of processing a speech signal Pending 22-Apr-2022
US-20220238116-A1 A method of sequence to sequence data processing and a system for sequence to sequence data processing Pending 17-May-2019
EP-3739570-A1 Attention-based neural sequence to sequence mapping applied to speech synthesis and vocal translation Active 17-May-2019
EP-3739570-B1 Attention-based neural sequence to sequence mapping applied to speech synthesis and vocal translation Active 17-May-2019 G10L17/04
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Papercup Investors (17)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Angel (individual) Minority
Angel (individual) Minority
BDMI Corporate Venture Capital Minority
Government of UK Government Minority
Octopus Ventures Venture Capital Minority
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Papercup FAQs

  • When was Papercup founded?

    Papercup was founded in 2017.

  • Where is Papercup headquartered?

    Papercup is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

  • What is the size of Papercup?

    Papercup has 61 total employees.

  • What industry is Papercup in?

    Papercup’s primary industry is Multimedia and Design Software.

  • Is Papercup a private or public company?

    Papercup is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Papercup?

    The current valuation of Papercup is .

  • What is Papercup’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Papercup is .

  • How much funding has Papercup raised over time?

    Papercup has raised $38M.

  • Who are Papercup’s investors?

    , , BDMI, Government of UK, and Octopus Ventures are 5 of 17 investors who have invested in Papercup.

  • Who are Papercup’s competitors?

    Respeecher and Verbit are competitors of Papercup.

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