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 Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Affectiva is 41.

Is Affectiva a funded company?

Affectiva is a funded company, having raised a total of $59.7M across 10 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series C round.

How much is Affectiva worth?

The last known valuation of Affectiva was $***** as of Jan 07, 2019.

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. Its primary sector is MarketingTech. In United States, the MarketingTech sector has seen $3.08B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Affectiva rank among its competitors?

Affectiva ranks 2nd amongst 69 active competitors, of which 18 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, Q and Entropik. 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.

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 10 rounds

Latest Funding Round

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

Last Known Valuation

$***** as on Jan 07, 2019

Investors

Horizons Ventures & 15 more

Ranked

2^nd among 69 active competitors

Employee Count

41 as on Jul 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Kairos & 2739 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	-	23 (As on Dec 31, 2024)	-

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

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Affectiva has raised a total funding of $59.7M over 10 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	9705983	Series E	9293225	9486353	5238537	9738803
Apr 05, 2016	5883588	Series D	4692276	3887284	7102448	7049319
Aug 07, 2012	4197326	Series C	5353023	1456867	Horizons Ventures	WPP & 2 more

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

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
Jocelyn NA: (Co-Founder) Director of Operations of Affectiva.

Affectiva's Board of Directors

Affectiva's board has 14 active members. David Berman, Md Anis Uzzaman, Jason Mahoney, John Nauseef, Wendy Wu, Jeff Krentz, Rosalind Picard, Hans Lindroth, Andrew Zeilman, Nicholas Langeveld, Jeffrey Krentz, John P. Nauseef, Rana el Kaliouby and Tim Peacock 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	15y 1m
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tloluqz	Independent board member	-	Current	1y 9m
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qbyhfol	Independent board member	-	Current	6y 7m

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Affectiva's employee count trend

Affectiva has 41 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Affectiva's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Affectiva include Kairos, Q and Entropik. 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	Pegasus Tech Ventures, Motley Fool Ventures ... & 14 others	62/100
3rd	Q 2017, Ramat Gan (Israel), Acquired	Provider of AI for silent speech recognition and analysis of human facial expressions	-	Exor, Google Ventures & 1 others	52/100
4th	Entropik 2016, Bengaluru (India), Series B	AI powered consumer behavior analysis platform	$35M	Sea Global Services, Bharat Innovation Fund ... & 15 others	49/100
5th	AI Seer 2022, Singapore, Funding Raised	Provider of AI-based emotion recognition solutions	-	Draper, Amand Ventures & 1 others	49/100
6th	Zenus 2015, Austin (United States), Seed	Developer of facial analysis solutions for retail and event industries	$4.4M	Moneta Ventures, L-Stone Capital & 6 others	44/100
7th	Interhuman AI 2023, Copenhagen (Denmark), Seed	AI research and product studio developing social-aware AI technology	$2.34M	PSV Deeptech, Yope & 3 others	37/100
8th	Thelightbulb 2021, Mumbai (India), Seed	Provider of AI tools for market research and consumer insights	$1.5M	Chiratae Ventures, Prosus & 8 others	41/100
9th	Telemo 2011, Noida (India), Unfunded	AI-driven cloud communications platform for managing customer experience journey	-	-	36/100
10th	imentiv 2023, Cupertino (United States), Unfunded	Provider of AI-based emotion recognition solutions	-	-	35/100