{"id":58,"date":"2020-08-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.31ventures.jp\/en\/news\/?p=58"},"modified":"2021-04-16T05:35:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T05:35:15","slug":"31ventures-global-innovation-fund-i-has-invested-in-speakbuddy-ltd-former-apparray-inc-a-company-running-ai-based-english-learning-app-speakbuddy-and-english-coaching-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.31ventures.jp\/en\/news\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund I has invested in SpeakBUDDY Ltd. 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(former appArray Inc.), founded in May 2013, has provided the English learning App \u201cSpeakBUDDY\u201d with AI voice recognition system and the online English coaching service \u201cSpartaBUDDDY\u201d.\u00a0 The subscribers of the app \u201cSpeakBUDDY\u201d can talk with the virtual AI companions in English without any psychological barrier to learning through the use of AI technology such as voice recognition system, natural language processing and various other features.<br>\u201cSpartaBUDDY\u201d allows subscribers to learn high-level English skills within a few months. Highly skilled coaches are assigned to each student and help students to design the best learning program based on their individual needs. Coaches then continue to give support and advice while managing the student\u2019s\u00a0 progress.<br>SpeakBUDDY Ltd. will aim for more growth by improving their products, acquiring and developing human resources and enhancing their marketing through this financing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitsui Fudosan values their products and service to learn English and the management team\u2019s vision. We fully support the company in continuing to make innovation in English education industry through refining their product and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About SpeakBUDDY Ltd.<\/strong><br>Location\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Annecy Aoyama B1, 2-6-12 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo,<br>107-0062<br>Representative(s)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tsuyoshi Tateishi<br>Founded\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May, 2013<br>URL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/speakbuddy.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0http:\/\/speakbuddy.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., through its 31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund I., has invested in SpeakBUDDY Ltd., a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-func"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund I has invested in SpeakBUDDY Ltd. 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