Hearken - About the company
Hearken is a seed company based in Chicago (United States), founded in 2015 by Jennifer Brandel. It operates as an Online platform for journalists and audience to collaborate. Hearken has raised $750K in funding. The company has 5 active competitors, including 1 that is funded. Its top competitors include companies like ARGO, BetaReader.io and Chromatic.
Company Details
Hearken provides an audience-driven framework and platform enabling journalists to partner with the public throughout the reporting process. The company has built a custom technology for managing audience engagement. It's modules integrates with the websites and can also be embedded on back-end CMS like WordPress and core publisher. The back-end system allows to organize the data and collaborate with the audience.
- Website
- wearehearken.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@wearehearken.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
Chicago, United States
Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$750K in 2 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
1st among 5 active competitors
Employee Count
5 as on Aug 31, 2026
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Hearken's funding and investors
Hearken has raised a total funding of $750K over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Nov 25, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Dec 14, 2015 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Hearken has 3 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Hearken:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 14, 2015 | 2869676 | Seed | 8688176 | 7226501 | 6337776 | 4115032 |
Nov 25, 2015 | 8614346 | Seed | 1746139 | 8169323 | 7906927 |
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Hearken's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Hearken is Jennifer Brandel.
Here are the details of Hearken's key team members:
- Jennifer Brandel: Co-Founder of Hearken. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Hearken's employee count trend
Hearken has 5 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Hearken's employee count trend over the years:
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Hearken's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Hearken include ARGO, BetaReader.io and Chromatic. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Hearken, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Hearken 2015, Chicago (United States), Seed | Online platform for journalists and audience to collaborate | $750K | 38/100 | |
2nd | ARGO 2018, New York City (United States), Funding Raised | Augmented reality app to visualize documents | - | 25/100 | |
3rd |  BetaReader.io 2017, Stockholm (Sweden), Unfunded | Feedback management platform for professional authors | - | - | 25/100 |
4th |  Chromatic 2019, San Francisco (United States), Unfunded | Offering solutions for content creation and UI feedback | - | - | 24/100 |
5th | Feedback In Games 2024, Thessaloniki (Greece), Unfunded | Online platform offering feedback analytics | - | - | 16/100 |
6th | Review Trinity 1999, Deadpooled | Online platform offering reviews and feedback solution | - | - | 15/100 |
7th |  Feedweb Research 2011, Kfar Saba (Israel), Deadpooled | Audience engagement plug-in for bloggers & publishers | - | - | 15/100 |
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Hearken's Investments and acquisitions
Hearken has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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Hearken, Inc. Appoints Tasha Henderson to its Board of DirectorsMarTech Series•Dec 15, 2021•Hearken, Loop Capital
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