Sageview Capital supplied $20m in series C funding for the voice assistant developer, four months after it raised cash from Honeywell and Cisco.

Theatro, a US-based voice-controlled software provider backed by networking technology producer Cisco and electronic device manufacturer Honeywell, has received $20m in series C funding from growth equity firm Sageview Capital.

Founded in 2011, Theatro has built an enterprise software platform that enables a customer’s employees to access other staff in an organisation as well as internal systems, through the use of an intelligent voice-controlled assistant.

Sageview’s investment will be used to expand Theatro’s presence in industries that rely on hourly…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.