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November 1, 2016
Price Change Announcement
For the first time in company history, Gengo is updating our pricing structure on December 1st. The changes we are making are in response to inflation as well as the cost of living increases for our translators. System Maintenance While we update our pricing, the site will be undergoing a brief scheduled maintenance at the […]
April 21, 2015
Gengo Announces Series C Round of $5.4 Million
TOKYO, Japan, April 22, 2015 — Gengo®, a global crowdsourced translation platform, closed a Series C fundraising round of US$5.4M, led by Japan-based company Recruit Holdings and with participation from SBI Investments, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, CrowdWorks, Allied Architects and Libertad K.K. Also contributing are current investors Intel Capital, Iris Capital Management, STC Ventures Fund Company […]
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May 28, 2014
Gengo® Announces Open Data Initiative And Three New Language Pairs
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 21, 2014 -- Today, Gengo®, a global people-powered translation platform launched its Open Data Initiative on the newly-designed homepage. The display showcases the increasing number in real-time of lifetime words translated and total translators within Gengo®’s diverse network.
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April 23, 2013
Gengo Closes a New Round of Funding with Intel Capital, Atomico, Iris Capital, Infocomm Investments, NTT-IP Fund and STC Ventures
Tokyo, April 23, 2013. – Gengo, the translation platform for global companies, announced that the company has recently closed a US$12M round of funding led by Intel Capital, along with participation from Iris Capital, Infocomm Investments, NTT-IP Fund and STC Ventures, and from returning investor Atomico. Gengo provides an API and platform for fast, high-quality […]
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February 20, 2013
YouTube offers professional caption translation powered by Gengo
February 20, 2013 Gengo (https://gengo.com), the global platform for professional translation via an API, today announced a new, integrated caption translation service within YouTube. Gengo makes it simple for businesses to order highquality language translation through an API. With 3 quality tiers, 33 available languages, and over 7,500 pretested translators, Gengo has already translated […]
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September 26, 2012
Human Translation Platform Gengo Reaches 1 Million Orders
SAN MATEO, Sep 26, 2012 – Gengo (https://gengo.com), the platform for providing professional human translation services at scale, has announced that it has completed one million translation jobs. Gengo’s technology platform offers high-quality, scalable translations in over 50 different language pairs. With over 6,000 qualified translators, Gengo helps both individuals and corporations communicate globally. Translators […]
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March 20, 2012
Global translation service: Alfresco drives internationalization through technology partnership with Gengo
Maidenhead/Tokio/Braunschweig 20.03.2012. Gengo (https://gengo.com), one of the leading online providers of professional human translation services, and Alfresco, market leader in Open Source Enterprise Content Management Systems (ECMS), announce their global technology partnership today. By integrating Gengo’s translation service into the Alfresco software, Alfresco users will be able to order fast, cost-effective, and professional translations of […]
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September 27, 2011
Gengo Secures $5.25 Million Series A Round Of Funding From Atomico, 500 Startups
Follows $1.75 million seed round from Team Europe Ventures, Kapor Capital, Point Nine, and otherangels, rounding out Gengo’s international investor team San Francisco, Calif., September 27, 2011 – Gengo, the leader in affordable human translation at scale, today announced that it has secured a $5.25m investment from Atomico, the London-based venture capital firm led by […]
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February 23, 2011
18 Human Translation Plugins available from Gengo’s API Lab
Platforms like WordPress, Rails, Drupal and Joomla now have access to human translation Tokyo,Japan | Published on: February 23, 2011 Today Gengo announced a suite of 18 new plug-ins that make human translation available at the touch of a button from within WordPress, Ruby on Rails, Firefox, and a host of other massively popular platforms. […]
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