Umano is a mobile article-listening app that delivers a news-broadcast style experience (not text-to-speech) with curated articles read by professional voice actors. The service has launched Umano Collections to create personalized playlists and added social features such as commenting, trending-article views based on social activity, notifications, and improved iOS accessibility for visually impaired users. The company intends to use the newly raised funds to scale development, expand its team of voice actors, and increase available content. Umano is available for free on iTunes and Google Play. The app was developed by SoThree and is based in San Francisco. Founders include Ian Mendiola (CEO), Anton Lopyrev, and Prabhdeep Gill.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jul 2013