Where is Affectiva located?

Affectiva is headquartered in Boston, United States. It is registered at Waltham,Massachusetts.

Who is the current CEO of Affectiva?

Martin Krantz of Affectiva. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Affectiva have?

As of Dec 31, 2023, the latest employee count at Affectiva is 40.

Is Affectiva a funded company?

Affectiva is a funded company, having raised a total of $59.7M across 12 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series C round.

When was the latest funding round of Affectiva?

Affectiva's latest funding was a $***** Series E round on Jan 07, 2019, with participation from 4 investors.

Where does Affectiva rank among its competitors?

Affectiva ranks 2nd amongst 62 active competitors, of which 19 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Interhuman AI, which secured $2.34M in Aug, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Affectiva?

Affectiva's top competitors include Kairos, Entropik and AI Seer. Among them, Interhuman AI secured the most recent funding round in August, 2025.

Affectiva - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Q: Is Affectiva an acquired company?

Affectiva got acquired by Smart Eye on May 25, 2021.

Affectiva is an acquired company based in Boston (United States), founded in 2009 by Rosalind W Picard, Martin Krantz and Rana El Kaliouby. It operates as a Developer of emotion artificial intelligence solutions for media and behavioral research. Affectiva has raised $59.7M in funding from investors like Horizons Ventures, Fenox Venture Capital and Myrian Capital. The company has 62 active competitors, including 19 funded and 2 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Kairos, Entropik and AI Seer.

Company Details

Developer of emotion artificial intelligence solutions for media and behavioral research. The company provides tools for understanding consumer engagement with content and products. It offers solutions for ad testing, qualitative research, and entertainment content testing. The company also provides an emotion software development kit.

Website: www.affectiva.com/
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Registered Address: Waltham,Massachusetts

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2009

Location

Boston, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$59.7M in 12 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series E, Jan 07, 2019, $*****

Investors

Horizons Ventures & 15 more

Ranked

2^nd among 62 active competitors

Employee Count

40 as on Dec 31, 2023

Similar Companies

Megvii & 2501 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Smart Eye (May 25, 2021)

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Affectiva is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Affectiva, Inc. CIN: 264691073 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	40 (As on Dec 31, 2023)	-

Affectiva got acquired by Smart Eye on May 25, 2021 at an acquisition amount of $73.5M.

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Affectiva has raised a total funding of $59.7M over 12 rounds. Its latest funding round was a Series E round on Jan 07, 2019 for $*****. 4 investors participated in its latest round. Affectiva has 16 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Affectiva:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jan 07, 2019	8877158	Series E	9278772	9940696	2929722	9810139
Apr 05, 2016	2518971	Series D	5031944	3172252	6209004	7685040
Aug 07, 2012	6659536	Series C	5023930	1709211	Horizons Ventures	WPP & 2 more

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The founders of Affectiva are Rosalind W Picard, Martin Krantz and Rana El Kaliouby.

Here are the details of Affectiva's key team members:

Rosalind W Picard: Former Co-Founder of Affectiva and founder of 2 other companies, Emotion AI and Empatica.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Martin Krantz: Founder & CEO of Affectiva.
Rana El Kaliouby: Former Co-Founder of Affectiva and founder of 1 other company.
Contact Info: 2 email addresses

Affectiva's Board of Directors

Affectiva's board has 14 active members. David Berman, Wendy Wu, John Nauseef, Md Anis Uzzaman, Jason Mahoney, Rosalind Picard, Jeff Krentz, Hans Lindroth, Andrew Zeilman, Nicholas Langeveld, Tim Peacock, John P. Nauseef, Jeffrey Krentz and Rana el Kaliouby are independent board members.

Here is the list of Affectiva's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
David Berman	Independent board member	-	Current	14y 7m
ffewcur	Independent board member	-	Current	2y 4m
hghvxvd	Independent board member	-	Current	2y 1m
cknncog	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 8m
kqjblas	Independent board member	-	Current	3y 4m
kgdbepw	Independent board member	-	Current	8y 2m
jqwbpls	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 4m
npjlceu	Independent board member	-	Current	2y 2m
rmlcvsq	Independent board member	-	Current	8y 7m
lcsviul	Independent board member	-	Current	2y 4m
rklozdk	Independent board member	-	Current	4y 9m
vsrfauf	Independent board member	-	Current	2y 9m
jhvzivz	Independent board member	-	Current	1y 4m
quype{w	Independent board member	-	Current	8y 4m

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Affectiva's employee count trend

Affectiva has 40 employees as of Dec 23. The total employee count is 25.0% more than what it was in Dec 22. Here is Affectiva's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Affectiva include Kairos, Entropik and AI Seer. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Affectiva, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Kairos 2011, Miami (United States), Series A	Provider of AI-powered identity verification, document authentication, and biometric solutions	$19.6M	500 Global, Beyond Capital Markets & 21 others	74/100
2nd	Affectiva 2009, Boston (United States), Acquired	Developer of emotion artificial intelligence solutions for media and behavioral research	$59.7M	Trend Forward Capital Management, Kleiner Perkins ... & 14 others	65/100
3rd	Entropik 2016, Bengaluru (India), Series B	AI powered consumer behavior analysis platform	$35M	Bharat Innovation Fund & 15 others	48/100
4th	AI Seer 2022, Singapore, Funding Raised	Provider of AI-based emotion recognition solutions	-	Draper, Amand Ventures & 1 others	47/100
5th	Realeyes 2007, London (United Kingdom), Series A	Platform offering AI-powered attention measurement and identity verification solutions	$32.1M	Draper Esprit VCT, NordicNinja & 13 others	46/100
6th	Interhuman AI 2023, Copenhagen (Denmark), Seed	AI research and product studio developing social-aware AI technology	$2.34M	PSV Deeptech, Yope & 3 others	42/100
7th	Thelightbulb 2021, Mumbai (India), Seed	Provider of AI tools for market research and consumer insights	$1.5M	Chiratae Ventures, Prosus & 8 others	39/100
8th	Zenus 2015, Austin (United States), Seed	Developer of facial analysis solutions for retail and event industries	$4.39M	Moneta Ventures, L-Stone Capital & 6 others	38/100
9th	Telemo 2011, Noida (India), Unfunded	AI-driven cloud communications platform for managing customer experience journey	-	-	36/100
10th	MorphCast 2013, Firenze (Italy), Seed	Facial Expression and Emotion Recognition AI platform	$3.19M	iStarter, Europa & 1 others	35/100