We invest in passionate entrepreneurs with technical experience and commercial capability, to find and filter only the best opportunities. We then dig in with a hands-on approach to guide Azafran’s portfolio companies towards our shared goals.
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Analogue Wake Word & Intelligent Sensory
Aspinity implements ML with analog circuitry, enabling an edge architecture that optimizes power and data handling in always-on, battery-powered sensing devices such as voice/sound wake-up, industrial machine health monitoring, and wearable health monitoring.
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Voice Biometrics Near Field & Far Field DSP
Yobe brings AI into the world of signal processing by introducing intelligent behavior much earlier in process. While processing signals acquired in “noisy scenarios” this type of advancement in technology enables platforms to accurately separate voices of interest from background and near-field noise.
Portfolio News
A selection of recent news on our amazing Portfolio Companies.
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aspinity - Aspinity Demonstrates World’s First Ultra-Low-Power Analog Voice Wake-Up IC for Battery-Operated Devices
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armortext - Auto-ISAC's Membership Adds Four Cybersecurity Companies
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armortext - For some D.C.-area companies, encryption is big business
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mohawk - Mohawk Group Named to the Inc. 5000 2019 Fastest Growing Companies List
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mohawk - Mohawk Group Reports Strong Preliminary Q1 2020 Net Revenue Between $25M and $26M, 43% Growth vs. Prior Year
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mohawk - Seeking Digital Manufacturer Status? Don't Discount Power of AI.
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aspinity - Tackling the Power Problem in Portable Voice-First Devices
Insights
The content and distribution of Azafran’s INSIGHTS newsletter is focused to our LP, incubator, research, investment and partner ecosystem. As we look to build a two-way dialogue benefitting our collective efforts, each month we highlight important news and our approach to the emerging intersection of deep technology, end to end solutions and platforms driven by voice, acoustics/sensory and imagery.
The content and distribution of Azafran’s INSIGHTS newsletter is focused to our LP, incubator, research, investment and partner ecosystem. Below are highlights from the last two issues, please sign up to receive access to past and new issues as they are published.
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Issue 16 - Global Pandemic Drives Voice and Acoustics to the Brink of a Revolution
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Already riding a strong B2C wave pre COVID-19, voice and acoustics modalities have accelerated meteorically on their evolutionary arc as the world shifts to the contactless future of commerce - next stop, B2B.
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Issue 16 - Yobe Revolutionizes Voice Tracking / Noise Management Technology
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Azafran Fund I Portfolio Company Yobe has developed a solution blending multiple branches of research including machine learning, neuroscience, and the broadcast studio.
