Pinch - About the company
Pinch is a seed company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2024 by Keyu Chen. It operates as a Developer of an AI-powered platform for real-time voice translation video conferencing. Pinch has raised $500K in funding. The company has 530 active competitors, including 44 funded and 21 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Verbit, Zoom and EzDubs.
Company Details
Developer of an AI-powered platform for real-time voice translation video conferencing. The platform offers two translation modes: AI-powered interpreter and simultaneous translation. It is compatible with major video conferencing platforms. The platform supports multiple languages and provides real-time lipsync functionality.
- Website
- startpinch.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@startpinch.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2024
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$500K in 1 round
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
98th among 530 active competitors
Employee Count
4 as on Apr 30, 2026
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Pinch's funding and investors
Pinch has raised a total funding of $500K over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on 2025 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Pinch has 1 institutional investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Pinch:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 3075 | Seed | 2812 | 4668 | 2179 | 6087 |
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Pinch's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Pinch is Keyu Chen.
Here are the details of Pinch's key team members:
- Keyu Chen: Co-Founder & CTO of Pinch.
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Pinch's employee count trend
Pinch has 4 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Pinch's employee count trend over the years:
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Pinch's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Pinch include Verbit, Zoom and EzDubs. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Pinch, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Verbit 2017, New York City (United States), Series E | Provider of cloud and AI-based natural language processing platform to develop speech recognition applications | $550M | 77/100 | |
2nd | Zoom 2011, San Jose (United States), Public | Cloud-based video conferencing software | $157M | 77/100 | |
3rd |  EzDubs 2022, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Developer of real-time translation application for phone calls and online communication | $4.7M | 71/100 | |
4th |  Synthesia 2017, London (United Kingdom), Series E | AI-based dubbing and subtitling solutions provider | $536M | 69/100 | |
5th | Interprefy 2014, Zurich (Switzerland), Seed | Provides a cloud-based platform for remote simultaneous interpreting | $5.28M | 66/100 | |
6th | 3Play Media 2008, United States, Acquired | Provider of captioning, transcription, translation solutions to enterprises | $962K | 64/100 | |
7th | Vidyo 2005, Hackensack (United States), Acquired | Software for video conferencing solutions | $193M | 63/100 | |
8th | KUDO 2017, New York (United States), Series A | Multilingual video conferencing platform that provides real time language interpretation solutions | $27M | 62/100 | |
9th | SignalWire 2017, Palo Alto (United States), Series B | Provider of programmable unified communications platform delivering voice, video, messaging, and AI | $41.8M | 61/100 | |
10th |  Papercup 2015, London (United Kingdom), Series A | Provider of an AI-enabled video translation platform | $30.7M | 55/100 | |
98th | Pinch 2024, San Francisco (United States), Seed | Developer of an AI-powered platform for real-time voice translation video conferencing | $500K | 30/100 |
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Pinch's Investments and acquisitions
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