Vochi develops a mobile app for creative video editing that uses a unique computer-vision–based technology. The startup leverages neural networks to add effects to individual objects in video on a mobile device in real time and without quality loss. Its app is aimed at social media influencers and content creators who produce frequent social content, as well as casual creative smartphone users. The company emphasizes standout, shareable video effects for short-form social content. Recent financing activity indicates continued investor interest in the product and team. The company is described in the reporting as Belarusian. Vochi builds a computer vision–based mobile video editing and effects app that uses object segmentation algorithms to let users apply effects, stickers, and filters to single objects in video. The app can apply high-quality effects on single objects in 1080p videos in real-time, and lets users mix styles and preview the finished video before downloading a high-quality copy. Vochi targets content creators — including influencers, bloggers, and casual creative smartphone users — who want their videos to stand out on short-video platforms like TikTok. Founder and CEO Ilya Lesun frames the product as a way to meet growing demand for mobile content-creation tools and calls it a "content editing studio in a user's pocket." The company has completed a $1.5M seed raise led by Ukraine-based Genesis Investments and previously took pre-seed funding from Bulba Ventures in April 2019. Vochi operates out of Belarus; Lesun previously worked at Bulba Ventures as a product analyst.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jul 2021