Voodle wants companies to ditch boring group calls for 1-minute videos

guest · Jun 29, 2020

Voodle wants companies to ditch boring group calls for 1-minute videos
June 29, 2020
https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/29/...ditch-boring-group-calls-for-1-minute-videos/

Even before the pandemic sparked a massive shift to remote working, businesses had relied heavily — in some cases, too heavily — on long group conference calls and meetings to share team updates.
Today Voodle is debuting an alternative: an app that lets business teams share short video updates, complete with automatically generated captions and transcripts.

Available today from Apple’s App Store, Voodle’s eponymous software is as efficient in execution as it is in concept. After setting up a free account and joining a team, you can record a 60-second video with a single button press. Voodle processes the recording, transcribes it, and adds captions in about a minute more.

“Voodle streamlines video communications by providing a smart alternative for all the times a quick 60-second video — shared with the right people — works better than a video conference call that takes so much more time.”
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In hands-on testing of the Voodle app, we found the transcription and captioning features worked almost perfectly with an unaccented voice, interpreting around 99% of the words correctly and synchronizing each sentence to its place in the video.
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guest · Jun 29, 2020

TikTok for the workplace? VR startup Pixvana pivots to Voodle, a short video app for colleagues
June 29, 2020
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/tikto...pivots-voodle-short-form-video-app-employees/

The Seattle startup just launched a short-form video app that aims to change how employees share information across an organization. The idea is to replace long video calls or text-based notes with bite-sized selfie-oriented video clips about customer updates, status reports, account progress, and lighter work-related moments.

Voodle is the result of a major pivot. Its employees previously worked together at Pixvana, which built immersive video editing software and had raised $20 million from investors including Vulcan Capital, Microsoft Ventures, Cisco Investments, Madrona Venture Group, and others.

“The daily standup can take an hour to go through everyone,” Lanham told GeekWire. “With Voodle, everyone does a 30-second video. Then I can flip through the people on my team and watch the ones I think are most important, or just look at the transcript. It can create that connectivity without a massive time suck or Zoom fatigue.”
Lanham said the company is ironing out a revenue model but expects to offer free and paid versions.
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Voodle: Pixvana farewell, hello Voodle (January 15, 2020)

[...] We have now announced what we are up to; as of March 2020 we are in private beta for Voodle, which lets you capture, share and discover important business moments through the power of short video.
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guest · Dec 9, 2020

Workplace video communication app Voodle raises $6M to combat ‘Zoom fatigue and Slack overload’
December 9, 2020
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/workp...raises-6m-combat-zoom-fatigue-slack-overload/

Investors are betting that workers want a new way to share information across an organization — both during the pandemic and after.

Seattle startup Voodle announced a $6 million funding round led by Madrona Venture Group and Vulcan Capital, with participation from M12, Cisco Investments and Hearst Ventures.
The company launched earlier this year with a unique backstory.
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Voodle has 15 employees and plans to double its headcount with the fresh cash.
The investors who participated in the $6 million round all previously backed Pixvana.

“We see Voodle as a new business tool that’s effortlessly integrated into the everyday workflow,” Tim Porter, managing director at Madrona Venture Group, said in a statement. “It’s simple and effective – but, as importantly, it’s also fun to use.”
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Voodle: Voodle Secures $6M in Funding to Bring Asynchronous Short Video Communication to the New Workplace

Voodle, the asynchronous short video platform purpose-built for remote teams and the new workplace, today announced it has closed $6 million in funding led by Madrona Venture Group and Vulcan Capital with participation from M12, Cisco Investments and Hearst Ventures.

The investment will be used to drive product innovation and expand Voodle’s headcount – including executive leadership, sales, marketing, and engineering – as well as grow native customer segments, including the support for key tech industry roles, such as management, sales, customer relations, human resources and more.
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