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Verbit Named as 2020 Red Herring Top 100 North America Winner

23 November 2020 • By: Danielle Chazen

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We’re excited to announce that Verbit has been named a Red Herring Top 100 Award Winner in North America. The prestigious award recognizes the continent’s most innovative private technology companies of the year. Verbit was selected from thousands of strong entrants.

Notable companies, including Alibaba, Skype, Spotify, Twitter and YouTube, have been previously named to Red Herring’s lists. This year, Verbit and its leadership are honored to be among the 2020 Red Herring Top 100 North America Winners.
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Additional innovators named to the list include BitPay, DataRails and Eightfold.ai. Ed-tech providers, such as Legends of Learning and Course Hero, were also recognized.

Receiving this esteemed award comes on the heels of Verbit’s Series C investment round announcement, providing the company with continued motivation to continue to evolve and advance our captioning and transcription solution.

Red Herring has been a trusted instrument for venture capitalists and industry experts evaluating the world’s most cutting-edge startups and tech companies since 1996. Red Herring is known for its expertise in predicting trends and pinpointing firms that go on to become industry leaders. Additional Red Herring Top 100 Award lists feature promising tech startups across Asia and Europe.

Verbit was evaluated on selection criteria which includes disruptiveness, revenue, growth rate, social contribution and market size. The company will continue to build on this exciting momentum to focus on helping universities and businesses operate more efficiently and effectively through more accessible environments. Verbit is fostering new partnerships to help meet the growing needs of all students and employees, including those with disabilities.

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