// startup autopsy
Vocent
Voice authentication before the market was ready.
timingAcqui-hire
Fatal mistake: Founded a voice authentication startup at the peak of the dot-com bubble, leaving it to navigate the post-2001 funding desert with an enterprise product requiring long sales cycles.
| Founded | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Closed | 2006 |
| Country | USA |
| Sector | Developer tools |
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Key Events Timeline
FOUNDING
Vocent founded to develop voice authentication software for enterprise telephony security.
FUNDING
Secured early funding rounds totaling toward $6.4M to develop core voice security platform.
FUNDING
Received final funding tranche in 2005 as enterprise sales growth remained slow.
SHUTDOWN
Vocent acquired by a larger telephony security vendor; ceased independent operations.