Dubformer funding news – Amsterdam-based Dubformer Secures €3.4 Million in Seed Funding

The funding round was led by Almaz Capital, with additional support from investors like s16vc, FinSight, and angel investors such as Arul Menezes (founder of Microsoft Translator) and Funa Maduka (former head of Netflix’s International Film).

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With this funding, Dubformer will develop its Emotion Transfer technology, which focuses on transferring emotions in dubbing rather than just copying voices. This aligns with their mission to make global content more engaging and accessible.

Anton Dvorkovich, Founder & CEO of Dubformer said, “With Emotion Transfer, we also capture the acoustic characteristics — such as echoes and reverberations — enhancing the overall experience. Our focus is on creating full immersion, making sure the dubbing never feels out of place,".

Dubformer creates AI software for professional dubbing in TV shows, series, and animation. Their goal is to break language barriers by using AI to translate video content into over 130 languages for a global audience.

Although AI dubbing has improved, Dubformer notes that AI-generated dubbing still doesn't sound completely realistic. Studies show that emotional voices sound more human, while neutral voices are often recognized as AI.

The video localisation market is worth €6.6 billion and is growing by 16% each year to meet the rising demand. Along with independent companies, big players are also investing in innovation to improve content localisation and reach a wider audience.

Emotion Transfer works by capturing details of speech like tone, emotion, and pace from the original audio. Instead of just copying voices, it creates dubbing that feels more natural and real. Since languages have their own speech patterns, it's impossible to perfectly replicate every nuance, but this method makes dubbing sound much more immersive than traditional technologies like text-to-speech or voice cloning.

Since launching, Dubformer has grown quickly, attracting more media companies and content creators. Over the last six months, its growth has been over 50% each month, showing the increasing demand for high-quality, emotionally expressive AI dubbing.

Dubformer now works with more than 200 clients in the U.S. and Europe, including big names like Paramount, Little Dot Studios, and Mainstream Media. It has also teamed up with companies like Voxx (Los Angeles), Presto (Czech Republic), and Gobavo (Turkey).

Dvorkovich said, "In a rapidly evolving AI dubbing landscape, Dubformer is committed to driving the industry forward by addressing its key challenges. Through capturing the emotional essence of content, we enable media companies to expand their global audience reach while reducing localisation costs — all without compromising viewer satisfaction,”.

About Dubformer

Dubformer was founded in 2023 by Anton Dvorkovich, an expert in machine translation with over 10 years of experience and the former Head of NLP & Speech at Yandex. Dubformer is a secure AI dubbing and localization platform that can help you expand your content to over 70 languages. Their technology achieves 99% accuracy, thanks to human quality checks, so you can be confident that your content will maintain high quality while reaching a global audience.