When was Sign-Speak founded?

Sign-Speak was founded in 2020 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Sign-Speak located?

Sign-Speak is headquartered in New York City, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Sign-Speak?

Yamillet Payano of Sign-Speak. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Sign-Speak have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Sign-Speak is 12.

Is Sign-Speak a funded company?

Sign-Speak is a funded company, having raised a total of $684K across 4 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Apr 14, 2021.

When was the latest funding round of Sign-Speak?

Sign-Speak's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Apr 07, 2023, with participation from 0 investor. Its primary sector is HRTech. In United States, the HRTech sector has seen $1.18B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Sign-Speak rank among its competitors?

Sign-Speak ranks 139th amongst 633 active competitors, of which 145 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Ekincare, which secured $1.01M in Jan, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Sign-Speak?

Sign-Speak's top competitors include Hinge Health, Ekincare and Sharecare. Among them, Ekincare secured the most recent funding round in January, 2026.

Sign-Speak - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Online hearing aid benefits platform for deafened individuals. It offers speech recognition technology to consumers and employees that use ASL and need hearing aids for communication and engagement. It provides machine learning language augmented technology that identifies sign language and transforms it into voiced speech. It offers integration through the web, chatbot, and API.

Website: sign-speak.com
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Email ID: *****@sign-speak.com

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2020

Location

New York City, United States

Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$684K in 4 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Apr 07, 2023, $*****

Investors

National Science Foundation & 3 more

Ranked

139^th among 633 active competitors

Employee Count

12 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Hinge Health & 843 more

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Sign-Speak is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Sign-Speak Inc. CIN: 870972038 , United States, Active		-	-	-

Sign-Speak has raised a total funding of $684K over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 14, 2021. Sign-Speak has 4 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Sign-Speak:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Apr 07, 2023	7612737	Seed	2164471	1537678	4131711	8804583
Feb 15, 2023	5479085	Grant (prize money)	5988631	8187117	1770518	National Science Foundation
Sep 30, 2021	1510909	Grant (prize money)	1921342	7509933	6218255	Google for Startups

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The founders of Sign-Speak are Yamillet Payano and Nicholas Wilkins. Yamillet Payano is the CEO of Sign-Speak.

Here are the details of Sign-Speak's key team members:

Yamillet Payano: Co-Founder & CEO of Sign-Speak.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Nicholas Wilkins: Co-Founder of Sign-Speak.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Sign-Speak's employee count trend

Sign-Speak has 12 employees as of May 26. Here is Sign-Speak's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Sign-Speak include Hinge Health, Ekincare and Sharecare. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Sign-Speak, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Hinge Health 2015, San Francisco (United States), Public	Provider of virtual physical therapy and digital pain care solutions	$854M	Tiger Global Management, Coatue & 14 others	83/100
2nd	Ekincare 2015, Hyderabad (India), Series B	Provider of employee health benefits platform offering health and wellness programs	$28M	Ventureast, HealthQuad & 43 others	79/100
3rd	Sharecare 2010, United States, Acquired	Provider of health and wellness social network for employees	$64M	Trinity Health, Summit Partners & 25 others	78/100
4th	HealthEquity 2002, Draper (United States), Public	Employee benefits management platform for individuals and businesses	$15.3M	Berkley Capital, Napier Park Global Capital ... & 4 others	74/100
5th	Sword Health 2015, New York (United States), Series E	Provider of AI-powered digital physical therapy and pelvic health solutions	$450M	Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst & 37 others	74/100
6th	Wellhub 2012, New York City (United States), Series F	Cloud based corporate wellness program for employee health, productivity, and retention	$85M	EQT, General Atlantic & 21 others	74/100
7th	Accolade 2007, Plymouth Meeting (United States), Acquired	Cloud-based platform for employee health benefits	$228M	McKesson, Andreessen Horowitz & 17 others	74/100
8th	Healthee 2021, New York City (United States), Series B	AI-powered health benefits application for healthcare services	$84M	Glilot Capital Partners, Fin Capital & 8 others	72/100
9th	Noom 2008, New York City (United States), Series F	Provider of a digital platform for weight loss management and behavior change	$624M	Silver Lake, RRE Ventures & 41 others	72/100
10th	League 2014, Toronto (Canada), Series C	Provider of SaaS based digital platform to manage employee health benefits	$242M	TDM Growth Partners, OMERS & 18 others	71/100
139th	Sign-Speak 2020, New York City (United States), Seed	Online hearing aid benefits platform for deafened individuals	$684K	National Science Foundation, Launch NY & 2 others	40/100