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Gengo

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Gengo is the platform for global companies. A powerful API lets enterprise customers integrate professional-quality translation into their application, making it easy to build multi-language services.

Gengo’s simple website also allows individuals and SMBs to order individual translations in a matter of seconds. Over 7,500 qualified translators work on jobs through the Gengo platform, in all timezones.

This scale means Gengo can return simple translations in a matter of minutes, in 33 languages and at a quality level suited to each customer. Gengo’s platform takes care of quality control, job allocation and translation review. This means companies can focus on their business, while Gengo empowers them to go global.

Gengo was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Tokyo.

Recent Milestones

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  Gengo received $12M in Venture Round funding. (4/22/13)
  Posted 4/24/13 at 3:35am via techcrunch.com
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  Gengo received $5.25M in Series A funding. (9/27/11)
  Posted 9/27/11 at 3:26am via prweb.com
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  Gengo added Hiro Tamura as Board Member. (9/27/11)
  Posted 9/29/11 at 1:11pm
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  Gengo added Nina Mehta as UX Designer. (5/1/11)
  Posted 6/21/11 at 12:12pm
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  Gengo added Wenceslao Casares as Investor. (2/1/11)
  Posted 9/29/11 at 1:12pm
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  Gengo added Mitch Kapor as Investor. (2/1/11)
  Posted 9/29/11 at 1:11pm
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  Gengo received $800k in Seed funding. (1/1/11)
  Posted 6/21/11 at 3:57am via techcrunch.com
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  Gengo received $750k in Seed funding. (8/1/10)
  Posted 9/12/10 at 10:13pm via techcrunch.com
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  Gengo added Joshua Schachter as Investor. (3/1/10)
  Posted 9/29/11 at 1:11pm
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  Gengo added Mark Goines as Investor. (3/1/10)
  Posted 9/29/11 at 1:11pm
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  Gengo added Christoph Janz as Investor. (3/1/10)
  Posted 9/29/11 at 1:12pm
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  Gengo added Felix Miller as Investor. (3/1/10)
  Posted 9/29/11 at 1:11pm
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  Gengo received in Angel funding. (1/1/10)
  Posted 1/10/10 at 6:23am via techcrunch.com
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  Gengo added Dave McClure as Board Member. (12/1/09)
  Posted 1/7/10 at 9:30pm
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  Gengo added Matthew Romaine as Co-founder. (4/1/09)
  Posted 11/16/09 at 5:02am
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  Gengo added Takeshi Amano as Co-founder.
  Posted 2/4/09 at 2:17pm

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Screenshots

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Above: Home
Uploaded: 7/9/12

Above: How It Works
Uploaded: 7/12/12

Products

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API.

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Translate

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Traffic Analytics

Compete

Sources

1. MyGengo Is Mechanical Turk For Translations (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Human Translation Startup myGengo Raises Seed Round From International Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. MyGengo Raises $1 Million To “Own” Translation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. myGengo Secures $5.25 Million Series A Round Of Funding From Atomico, 500 Startups (prweb.com) [edit]
5. Translation Platform Gengo Raises $12M Funding Round Led By Intel Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]