Swype
AcquiredSeattle, United States · Founded 2002 · $6.0M raised
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Founded
- 2002
- Business Model
- B2C
- Total Funding
- $6.0M
- Last Round
- $3.5M Series CMar 2011
- Rounds
- 3
- Acquisition Date
- Oct 2011
About
Swype was a virtual keyboard for touchscreen smartphones and tablets, founded in 2002, that allowed users to enter words by sliding a finger from letter to letter without lifting between characters. It used error-correction algorithms and a language model to predict intended words, supporting handwriting and speech recognition. Swype Inc. was acquired by Nuance Communications for $100 million in October 2011, and Nuance discontinued the product in February 2018, pulling it from both the Android Play Store and Apple App Store.
Summary
Swype is a Developer Tools company based in Seattle, United States, founded in 2002. It has raised $6.0M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $3.5M Series C round in Mar 2011. Investors include Nuance Communications (spin-off) and FJ Labs.
Funding History
Oct 2011
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