When was Fluency Voice Technology founded?

Fluency Voice Technology was founded in 2001 and raised its 1st funding round 3 years after it was founded.

Where is Fluency Voice Technology located?

Fluency Voice Technology is headquartered in Phoenix, United States.

Is Fluency Voice Technology a funded company?

Fluency Voice Technology is a funded company, having raised a total of $16.4M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** PE round, raised on Mar 2004.

When was the latest funding round of Fluency Voice Technology?

Fluency Voice Technology's latest funding was a $***** PE round on Oct 10, 2005, with participation from 2 investors.

Where does Fluency Voice Technology rank among its competitors?

Fluency Voice Technology ranks 225th amongst 1146 active competitors, of which 111 are funded. It stands 9th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Clearspeed, which secured $60M in Jun, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Fluency Voice Technology?

Fluency Voice Technology's top competitors include NICE, Five9 and Invoca. Among them, Clearspeed secured the most recent funding round in June, 2025.

Fluency Voice Technology - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Offers on-premise and hosted speech recognition solutions for call centers. Was spin-off from the Voice Research & Development team of netdecisions in 1988. Became a seperate entity in 2001. Customers include the likes of Standard Life Bank, Pizza Hut, Carlson, Barclays, OutRight, Capital Blue Cross and Capita Software Services Acquired by Syntellect ltd(Subsidiary of Enghouse Systems) in 2008.

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2001

Location

Phoenix, United States

Stage

Acqui-Hired

Total Funding

$16.4M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

PE, Oct 10, 2005, $*****

Investors

Kennet Partners & 1 more

Ranked

225^th among 1146 active competitors

Similar Companies

Five9 & 400 more

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Fluency Voice Technology has raised a total funding of $16.4M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 2004. Its latest funding round was a PE round on Oct 10, 2005 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Fluency Voice Technology has 2 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Fluency Voice Technology:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 10, 2005	4388098	PE	2115936	4521788	2867203	6160376
Mar 2004	7178921	PE	6942478	5922930	1704038	Kennet Partners & 1 more

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The founders of Fluency Voice Technology are Paul Barnes and Philip Padfield.

Here are the details of Fluency Voice Technology's key team members:

Paul Barnes: Former Founder of Fluency Voice Technology.
Philip Padfield: Former Founder of Fluency Voice Technology.

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Top competitors of Fluency Voice Technology include NICE, Five9 and Invoca. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Fluency Voice Technology, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	NICE 1986, Hoboken (United States), Public	Cloud based platform offering customer experience management software	-	HarbourVest Partners, Morgan Stanley & 9 others	75/100
2nd	Five9 2001, San Ramon (United States), Acquired	Provider of cloud contact center software with AI and automation	$84.1M	Adams Street Partners, Partech Partners & 8 others	75/100
3rd	Invoca 2008, Santa Barbara (United States), Series F	Developer of conversation analytics software for marketing, sales, and contact centers	$202M	Accel, SLW & 21 others	70/100
4th	Bandwidth 1999, Raleigh (United States), Public	Cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform for VoIP communication management	$21.9M	Carmichael Partners, Herald Investment Management ... & 5 others	69/100
5th	RingOver 2005, Montrouge (France), Series B	Provider of cloud telephony software for business communication and collaboration	$33.4M	Bpifrance, Orange Ventures & 1 others	67/100
6th	Luminoso 2010, Boston (United States), Series B	AI based text analytics solution provider	$31.7M	Raptor Group, DVI Equity Partners & 12 others	66/100
7th	Chorus.ai 2015, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Conversational intelligence platform for sales	$100M	Georgian, Emergence Capital & 3 others	64/100
8th	Calabrio 2007, Minneapolis (United States), Acquired	Workforce optimization software for contact centers	$9.29M	Cisco Investments, Golub Growth & 5 others	63/100
9th	Clearspeed 2016, San Diego (United States), Series D	Provider of AI and voice-based risk assessment platform	$110M	Align Private Capital, Mobeus Equity Partners ... & 7 others	62/100
10th	Intradiem 1995, Alpharetta (United States), Series B	Automation solutions for contact centers, retails and back offices	$32M	MK Capital, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ... & 7 others	62/100
225th	Fluency Voice Technology 2001, Phoenix (United States), Acqui-Hired	On-premise and hosted Speech recognition solutions for call centers	$16.4M	Kennet Partners, Nedamco Capital	28/100