Vowel

Vowel

Captures, transcribes, and organizes meetings

Overview

Vowel is a SaaS platform that helps remote teams manage meetings by recording, transcribing, and organizing conversations. Participants join with one click; the product automatically records and transcribes meetings, while real-time annotations, action-item tagging, and shareable highlights help capture outcomes. Additional features include rich text notes, clip sharing, and project- or feature-based channels to keep discussions organized. The goal is to turn spoken meetings into searchable, actionable information that supports product, engineering, UX research, operations, and customer success teams across distributed organizations.

About Vowel

Simplify's Rating
Why Vowel is rated
D-
Rated D+ on Competitive Edge
Rated D- on Growth Potential
Rated D- on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$25.9M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • Zapier Central's March 6, 2024 public preview gives Vowel-derived AI immediate distribution.
  • Zapier's 6,000-plus app ecosystem amplifies Vowel's automation know-how across countless workflows.
  • Vowel's team entered a faster-growing AI automation category than standalone meeting software.

What critics are saying

  • Vowel's product sunset on December 27, 2023 erased standalone revenue and users.
  • Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams bundle transcripts, notes, and action items.
  • No independent Vowel entity remains, making existential employer risk already realized.

What makes Vowel unique

  • March 6, 2024 acquisition by Zapier packaged Vowel's meeting-AI expertise into Central.
  • Andrew Berman became Zapier's Director of AI, carrying Vowel's product DNA into workflow automation.
  • Vowel built browser-native meeting capture, transcription, clips, and action-item workflows in one window.

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Funding

Total Funding

$25.9M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

4 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
Below Average

Industry standards

$15M
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$8.2M
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$15M
Canva
$30M
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Benefits

Fully remote post-covid; work from anywhere that makes you most productive and fulfilled

Flexible Time Off; work with your manager to build a schedule that allows you and your family to be at your best

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Remote office setup stipend

Company News

EnterpriseTalk
Mar 7th, 2024
Zapier Acquires Vowel and Launches Zapier Central, Leading the Evolution of AI Automation

Zapier acquires Vowel and launches Zapier Central, leading the evolution of AI automation.

AlleyWatch
Sep 8th, 2021
Amity Ventures invests into Vowel, Inc. in $13.5M

Vowel, an operating system for virtual meeting management, has raised $13.5M in Series A funding from investors that include BoxGroup and Amity Ventures.

VentureBeat
Sep 7th, 2021
Virtual meeting platform Vowel raises $13.5M

Vowel, a virtual meeting platform powered by AI, has raised $13.5 million in a venture capital funding round.Read More

TechCrunch
Dec 7th, 2020
Berlin’s Wonder raises $11M for a new approach to video chat where you wander and join groups

If this year has taught us a lesson about the world of work, it’s that collectively, we weren’t very well-equipped in terms of the technology we use to translate the in-person experience seamlessly to a remote version. That’s led to a rush of companies launching new services to fill that hole — cloud computing and […]

TechCrunch
Oct 23rd, 2020
mmhmm, Phil Libin’s new startup, acquires Memix to add enhanced filters to its video presentation toolkit

Virtual meetings are a fundamental part of how we interact with each other these days, but even when (if!?) we find better ways to mitigate the effects of COVID-19, many think that they will be here to stay. That means there is an opportunity out there to improve how they work — because let’s face it, Zoom Fatigue is real and I for one am not super excited anymore to be a part of your Team.

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