Nigerian AI startup Intron Health raises $1.6M to strengthen its African languages speech recognition tool

Intron Health, a Nigerian tech startup that provides speech recognition for healthcare workers in Africa, has raised $1.6M in a pre-seed funding round.

The round was led by Microtraction, with participation from Plug and Play Ventures, Jaza Rift Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Africa Health Ventures, OpenseedVC, Pi Campus, Alumni Angel, and Baker Bridge Capital. The investment also saw contributions from angel investors from global companies, including Google, CLEAR Global, NYU, and Optum.

Intron Health plans to use the new funding to deepen its research efforts, strengthen cloud-native and on-prem capabilities, and expand distribution. The company says it will also bolster its team by recruiting tech talent to support product development and market expansion, driving continued progress and breaking further technological barriers.

By Nixon Kanali.
Full story at Tech Trends Kenya.