Startup profile for Captions: what they do, why they are interesting, stage (series b), industries, and links to our funding articles. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.

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Captions

AI creative studio for scripting, recording, and editing short-form talking videos.

Stage

series b

Status

private

Coverage

full

Why Captions is interesting

Captions turned automated captions into a full mobile AI video suite; Kleiner-led Series B syndicate included Sequoia alongside a16z.

Key facts

  • Series B (2023): $25M led by Kleiner Perkins; Sequoia and a16z participated (Captions blog)
  • Seed: a16z and Sequoia among early backers (a16z announcement)

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Captions's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Industries

AI & Machine Learning Media & Entertainment

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FAQs about Captions

Funding context and why this company shows up in venture coverage.

Captions started as an auto-captioning app and expanded into a full AI video studio for creators — scripts, teleprompter, editing, and publishing short-form content from mobile.
Andreessen Horowitz (see /fund/andreessen-horowitz) and Sequoia (see /fund/sequoia) backed early rounds. Kleiner Perkins (see /fund/kleiner-perkins) led the $25M Series B in 2023.
Series B ($25M, 2023). The company remains private and competes in the creator AI video tooling space.
It turned a single-feature caption app into a full mobile AI production suite — a playbook other creator tools are following as generative video commoditizes.
No — Captions remains private.

Last updated: 2026-07-24