Fact · Dictation software
180million US dollars
ElevenLabs announced on 30 January 2025 that it had raised $180 million in a Series C round co-led by a16z and ICONIQ Growth.
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In the source's own words
“ElevenLabs has raised $180 million in a Series C funding round to make speech the new standard for digital interaction.”
ElevenLabs raises $180M Series C to be the voice of the digital world, ElevenLabs, 2025, Announcement, first paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- ElevenLabs' own blog post for its Series C, dated 30 January 2025. The post names a16z and ICONIQ Growth as co-leads, with NEA, World Innovation Lab, Valor, Endeavor Catalyst Fund and Luna among new investors.
- What it does not show
- The post gives no valuation. News outlets report a $3.3 billion valuation for this round, which is not money raised and is not used. The round is separate from the September 2025 secondary share sale, which is not a row.
In the data
A row of Voice AI Funding: Speech and Dictation Startup Rounds, as ElevenLabs 2025 Series C: 180 million US dollars.
- Company
- ElevenLabs
- Deal
- Series C
- What the company makes
- Voice agents and voice AI
- Led by or buyer
- a16z and ICONIQ Growth
- Announced
- 2025-01-30
- Year
- 2025
Source
Used to calculate
- In the funding rounds and acquisitions in speech recognition and dictation dataset, the 11 published figures for “Voice agents and voice AI” have a median of 30 million US dollars, ranging from 2 to 580.7.
- The funding rounds and acquisitions in speech recognition and dictation dataset holds 50 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The funding rounds and acquisitions in speech recognition and dictation dataset draws on 46 distinct sources.