Virtual meetings are here to stay, and different ways to improve communication skills are on everybody’s lips. Two Norwegian entrepreneurs, a top-notch American investor from the world of presentation coaching, and a great asset manager are four of the 12 investors to catch the opportunity of investing in the Swedish start-up Your Speech Factory in their first fundraising round.
Your Speech Factory, a tech start-up building an AI-based digital coach to help users prepare for a presentation, today announced the closing of their first fundraising round.
“The investment round will not only bring us financial stability going forward, but also expertise and know-how that will benefit our future products and clients. We are excited and honoured to have this combination of dedicated people investing in Your Speech Factory.” Said Vincenzo De Salvo and Martin Bredinger, Co-founders of Your Speech Factory.
“Your Speech Factory shares my passion for helping professionals take their presentation skills to the next level. They also have technological know-how and have used it to create a fantastic tool to boost skill development. I’ve been searching for such a tool and feel fortunate to have this opportunity to invest time and money into the next version. The beauty of this technology is that it allows for sustainability and scalability, two concerns of every learning and development professional I know. Personally, I also love that it’s an opportunity to level the playing field a bit too, bringing support to all presenters, not just those slated for live training,” said Christine Healey de Casanova, founder of Contribute
There are over 35 million PowerPoint presentations given every day, and the number is growing at a rapid pace. Despite countless hours of preparation and yet the desired outcome is often not achieved. Oftentimes, individuals lack the rhetorical skills to deliver presentations and without these, the message gets lost, audiences tune out, and the P&L suffers. This is where Your Speech Factory steps in and makes a difference.