GalaPro

What GalaPro does

GalaPro is an Israel-founded, New York-headquartered mobile accessibility platform that delivers real-time closed captioning, audio description, language translation subtitles, simultaneous dubbing, and audio amplification to patrons' personal smartphones and headsets during live theater, film festivals, museums, concerts, and conferences. The core product is a single free consumer app for iOS and Android that receives synchronized streams from the venue's deployment; the underlying engine uses real-time speech-to-text and translation to render captions and audio on each patron's own device, with patent-pending technology specifically designed for the latency and timing constraints of live performances. The company also supports automatic video search for film and integrates with local CART providers for unscripted events, and has piloted Epson Moverio smart glasses as an alternative delivery medium.

GalaPro makes money through B2B licensing arrangements with theater venues, touring productions, and cultural institutions, rather than charging end users. The platform reportedly supplies venues with user data, marketing tools, and direct patron connections, creating a managed-services layer on top of the licensing relationship. Distribution is dual-channel: a self-serve free consumer app drives patron pull, while a field sales motion targets enterprise venue operators. The company reports deployment in 90% of Broadway theaters, over 30 Broadway touring venues, and 20+ regional markets across North America, and is actively expanding to the West End, continental Europe, and Australia.

GalaPro was founded in 2015 in Israel by Hagai Pipko and Dr. Elena Litsyn and raised approximately $6.7 million across multiple rounds from the Office of the Chief Scientist in Israel, the New York Angels, and The Shubert Organization. In 2022 the Shubert Organization, the largest Broadway theater owner and producer, acquired GalaPro and now operates it as a private subsidiary headquartered at the Shubert offices in New York. The company has 11-50 employees and has not publicly disclosed revenue.

Name

GalaPro

Legal name

GalaPro

Website

https://galapro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GalaPro is a mobile accessibility platform that delivers real-time closed captioning, audio description, language translation, and amplification to patrons' phones during live theater, film festivals, museums, and conferences, licensing its technology to venues and deployed in 90% of Broadway theaters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Accessibility Software for Live Performances

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Education & Accessibility-Optimized Media (UDL, AAC, Captioning) (EDAGALAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Enterprise/Creator Video Hosting & OTT SaaS Platforms (MPACAAAL)

Keywords

• Accessibility technology
• Live performance captioning
• Audio description services
• Real-time subtitles
• Theater accessibility software

Headquarters

HQ city

Herzliya

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Venue/Production Licensing: Theatrical venues and productions license GalaPro technology to provide accessibility services. The company provides venues with user data, marketing tools, and direct patron connection. Revenue appears to come from B2B licensing agreements with theaters rather than direct consumer charges.
2. Venue Data & Marketing Services: Provides venues with new user data, cutting edge marketing tools, and a direct connection to their patrons. This B2B data/marketing offering generates revenue from theater partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

GalaPro operates a mobile accessibility platform that delivers real-time closed captioning, audio description, language subtitles, dubbing, audio amplification, and live captioning to patrons' personal mobile devices during live theater performances, films, museums, concerts, and conferences. The platform is licensed to Broadway and regional venues and is also offered as a free consumer app, enabling deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals and non-native speakers to access content at every performance rather than at special scheduled accessible shows.

Product overview

GalaPro is a single unified mobile accessibility platform that provides real-time accessibility services (closed captions, subtitles, audio description, dubbing, amplification, film captioning, and live captioning) to users' personal mobile devices during live performances, theater shows, films, and conferences. The core product is the GalaPro mobile app, which serves as the delivery mechanism for all accessibility services. Services are available at Broadway theaters (90% of Broadway theaters in New York), over 30 Broadway touring venues, 20+ regional markets across North America, and expanding to West End, Europe, and Australia. Venues no longer need to schedule special accessible performances; all services are available at every performance through the app.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GalaPro Mobile App A free mobile accessibility application for iOS and Android that delivers real-time closed captioning, audio description, language subtitles, dubbing, audio amplification, and live captioning to users' own devices at participating theaters, films, museums, concerts, and conferences. Licensed to venues for B2B deployment and offered free to consumers.
• GalaPro Venue Licensing Enterprise B2B licensing of the GalaPro accessibility platform to Broadway theaters, regional theaters, Broadway touring productions, film festivals, museums, concerts, and conferences. Includes deployment services, patron data access, and marketing tools for participating venues.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hearing impaired user reported 99% comprehension vs 70-80% typically missed
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Epson MoverioinnovationTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2020GalaPro partnered with Epson to integrate Moverio smart glasses technology for accessibility. The partnership was featured in The New York Post and Yahoo Finance, with GalaPro testing smart glasses with live captions on Broadway. This technology partnership expands accessibility options for users beyond mobile devices.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• STAGETEXT: UK-based charity that provides live subtitling, captioning, and audio description services for theater productions. Directly comparable to GalaPro in delivering in-venue accessibility for live theater, though it primarily serves West End rather than Broadway.
• 3Play Media: Provides live and recorded captioning, transcription, and audio description services across media, events, and education. Overlaps with GalaPro on the live-event accessibility use case (captioning and audio description), though 3Play is broader and more media-centric.
• Verbit: AI-powered transcription and captioning platform serving legal, education, media, and live events. Overlaps with GalaPro on real-time captioning delivery and AI-driven speech-to-text workflows, particularly for the conference segment.

Emerging players

• Ava: Real-time speech-to-text captioning app primarily for workplace and group conversations, with accessibility positioning for deaf and hard-of-hearing users. Adjacent to GalaPro on the live captioning-on-mobile-device proposition, though focused on meetings rather than performances.
• Otter.ai: AI meeting assistant providing real-time transcription, summaries, and live captions for meetings and events. Adjacent to GalaPro on AI captioning but oriented toward enterprise/consumer productivity rather than live performance.

Regional players

• Theatre Development Fund (TDF) Accessibility Programs: Nonprofit providing accessibility services (open captioning, ASL, audio description) to NYC theater audiences. Comparable as a regional accessibility provider serving the same Broadway audience GalaPro targets, but operating as a nonprofit service rather than a commercial SaaS.

Others

• Epson Moverio: Smart glasses platform with which GalaPro has an existing partnership to deliver live captions in-venue. Comparable as an alternative accessibility delivery hardware layer for live performances and an ecosystem partner rather than direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft (Live Captions / Teams): Embeds free live captioning across Windows, Teams, and Edge, and operates a large enterprise productivity platform. Comparable as an embedded competitor to GalaPro's conference captioning use case and a potential platform-level threat to niche accessibility SaaS players.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GalaProApp
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCp_t0RzwFz60AqDw53QpaEg
• Facebookfacebook.com/GalaProApp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/GalaPro
• Instagraminstagram.com/galaproapp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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