SAN FRANCISCO — June 10, 2025. Auravoce, the AI voice agent that answers, qualifies and books inbound business calls, today announced a $350,000 pre-seed investment from Nolqa, an early-stage fund backing applied-AI companies for small and mid-sized businesses.
Founded on January 1, 2025 by Michael Harrington and David Kessler, Auravoce started as a prototype answering a single plumbing company's phone line in Austin, Texas. In its first five months the company signed more than 300 businesses — dental and physio clinics, plumbers, HVAC contractors and real-estate offices — and now handles roughly 900,000 call minutes a month.
"Every one of our first customers found us the same way: they added up the calls they'd missed last month and did the maths. Nolqa understood that immediately. This money goes straight into the product — booking integrations, more languages and the compliance work our clinics need."
— Michael Harrington, founder & CEO, Auravoce
Where the money goes
- Scheduling integrations. Native connections to Google Calendar, Outlook, Calendly, Jane, Cliniko and Dentrix so the agent books directly into the systems customers already use.
- Ten languages by year end. Spanish first, followed by French, Portuguese, German and Mandarin, with automatic language detection on every call.
- Healthcare compliance. Encrypted recordings, consent prompts and the groundwork for HIPAA Business Associate Agreements.
- First hires. Two engineers and a customer-success lead to keep onboarding under 15 minutes as volume grows.
"Auravoce is the rare AI product where the ROI is a single number the owner already knows: missed calls. The team ships fast, talks to customers daily, and built a voice experience that people genuinely don't hang up on."
— General Partner, Nolqa
By the numbers
About Auravoce
Auravoce is an AI voice agent for businesses that can't afford a missed call. It answers on the first ring, speaks the caller's language, books into the business's calendar and syncs every conversation to its CRM. Founded in January 2025, Auravoce is headquartered in San Francisco. Learn more at auravoce.com.
About Nolqa
Nolqa is an early-stage investment firm backing applied-AI companies that serve small and mid-sized businesses.
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