Korn Translations and Zaum Langs Merged Under Idlewild Burg Group – slator.com

On February 24, 2025 language service providers (LSPs) Korn Translations and Zaum Langs announced a merger that will join the companies within the Idlewild Burg group.  As of December 1, 2024, both Zaum Langs and Korn Translations (or Korn Traduções, in Portuguese) are owned in their entirety by Idlewild Burg, Inc. Financial details of the […]

Instead of an IPO, Voice Translator Pocketalk Raises USD 15.8M from Investment Firm – slator.com

Pocketalk, the Japanese company behind the eponymous “two-way voice translator,” has raised JPY 2.5bn (USD 15.8m) in funding from Kado Investment, a Tokyo-based investment firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The raise comes as a surprise. It was only in March 2024 that Pocketalk was reportedly considering an IPO at a USD 500m […]