Wyoming Business Council Announces First Wyoming Venture Capital Fund Investment

25 Aug 2023


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The Wyoming Business Council (WBC) is excited to announce its first direct equity investment from the newly created, federally funded Wyoming Venture Capital (WYVC) Fund in Wyoming-based Language I/O. Established in 2011, Language I/O (LIO) is led by founder and CEO Heather Shoemaker who has built and scaled the company in Cheyenne. 

LIO’s core business offers customer service language translation for notable companies like Rosetta Stone, Constant Contact, Shutterstock, and a growing number of global firms in the Fortune 500. It integrates seamlessly into customer relationship management (CRM) platforms, empowering English-speaking customer support agents to chat, email and otherwise engage in real-time communication with customers in more than 150 languages. 

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