When was Speechmatics founded?

Speechmatics was founded in 2006 and raised its 1st funding round 11 years after it was founded.

Where is Speechmatics located?

Speechmatics is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Who is the current CEO of Speechmatics?

Benedikt Thuengen of Speechmatics. They have also founded 1 company.

Which legal entities is Speechmatics associated with?

Speechmatics is associated with CANTAB RESEARCH LIMITED and 1 other.

How many employees does Speechmatics have?

As of Dec 31, 2025, the latest employee count at Speechmatics is 109.

Is Speechmatics a funded company?

Speechmatics is a funded company, having raised a total of $90.6M across 5 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Jan 05, 2017.

How much is Speechmatics worth?

The latest valuation of Speechmatics is $***** as of Jun 01, 2020.

When was the latest funding round of Speechmatics?

Speechmatics' latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Jun 27, 2022, with participation from 3 investors.

What is the annual revenue of Speechmatics?

Annual revenue of Speechmatics is £12.6M as on Dec 31, 2024.

Where does Speechmatics rank among its competitors?

Speechmatics ranks 7th amongst 161 active competitors, of which 21 are funded. It stands 4th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Intella, which secured $12.5M in Sep, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Speechmatics?

Speechmatics' top competitors include Otter.ai, Deepgram and Verbit. Among them, Intella secured the most recent funding round in September, 2025.

Speechmatics - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Speechmatics provides cloud-based speech recognition technology based on deep learning neural networks. Its technology can be used to extract audio from common file formats which is then transcribed along with speaker recognition, punctuation and timings. by converting audio to text, the audio becomes searchable and analysable. The technology can be used by a client via a web interface or REST API. Clients include Red Bee, Digital Anarchy, Red Box, Screen Systems and more.

Website: www.speechmatics.com/
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Founded Year

2006

Location

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$90.6M in 5 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Jun 27, 2022, $*****

Post Money Valuation

$***** as on Jun 01, 2020

Investors

Susquehanna Growth Equity & 30 more

Ranked

7^th among 161 active competitors

Annual Revenue

£12.6M as on Dec 31, 2024

Employee Count

109 as on Dec 31, 2025

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Speechmatics is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
SPEECHMATICS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72900TN2019FTC132354 , India, Active	Nov 04, 2019	$872K (As on Mar 31, 2023)	11 (As on Mar 31, 2023)
CANTAB RESEARCH LIMITED CIN: 5697423 , Germany, Active	Feb 02, 2006	$16.1M (As on Dec 31, 2024)	117 (As on Dec 31, 2024)

Speechmatics has raised a total funding of $90.6M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 05, 2017. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Jun 27, 2022 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Speechmatics has 8 institutional investors and 23 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Speechmatics:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jun 27, 2022	9532054	Series B	1064084	1699485	2130677	4766718
Jun 01, 2020	3657019	Series A	9949187	5112130	9202999	9358224
Oct 21, 2019	7510097	Series A	5081776	3725815	Albion Capital Group	IQ Capital

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The founders of Speechmatics is Anthony John Robinson.

Here are the details of Speechmatics' key team members:

Anthony John Robinson: Founder of Speechmatics. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.
Benedikt Thuengen: Former Co-Founder of Speechmatics and founder of 1 other company.

Speechmatics' Board of Directors

Speechmatics's board has 4 active members. Anthony John Robinson, Richard Stanley Gibson, Robert James Whitby-smith and Katrina Maria Wigdahl are part of team.

Here is the list of Speechmatics' board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Anthony John Robinson	Team	-	Current	19y 10m
rddwszs	Team	-	Current	5y 5m
rsrnzfg	Team	-	Current	8y 5m
jgbzb{s	Team	-	Current	6y 9m
nmzw{lt	Team	-	Past	8y 9m
sndzfrm	Team	-	Past	8y 9m

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Speechmatics' employee count trend

Speechmatics has 109 employees as of Dec 25. Here is Speechmatics's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Speechmatics include Otter.ai, Deepgram and Verbit. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Speechmatics, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Otter.ai 2016, Los Altos (United States), Series B	Developer of an AI meeting agent providing transcription and summarization	$70M	Horizons Ventures, Spectrum Equity & 25 others	71/100
2nd	Deepgram 2015, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Provider of AI-based speech transcription software	$85.9M	Y Combinator, Tiger Global Management & 23 others	71/100
3rd	Verbit 2017, New York City (United States), Series E	Provider of cloud and AI-based natural language processing platform to develop speech recognition applications	$550M	Sapphire Ventures, Stripes & 32 others	68/100
4th	Descript 2017, San Francisco (United States), Series C	Automated transcribing solution provider for audio files	$101M	Spark Capital, Redpoint Ventures & 27 others	67/100
5th	3Play Media 2008, United States, Acquired	Provider of captioning, transcription, translation solutions to enterprises	$962K	XLIX Ventures, MooDoos & 2 others	64/100
6th	Trint 2014, London (United Kingdom), Series A	Automated transcription to help various industries	$27.2M	Horizons Ventures, The New York Times Company ... & 32 others	55/100
7th	Speechmatics 2006, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Series B	Provider of cloud-based speech recognition solutions	$90.6M	Susquehanna Growth Equity, In-Q-Tel & 29 others	63/100
8th	Voci Technologies 2006, Pittsburgh (United States), Acquired	Hardware accelerated speech recognition technology	$17.5M	BlueTree Allied Angels, Grotech Ventures & 9 others	54/100
9th	Amberscript 2017, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Series A	Provider of automatic transcription of audio and video to text solution	$10M	Endeit Capital, Knight Capital & 1 others	50/100
10th	TranscribeMe 2011, San Francisco (United States), Series A	Audio search & transcription platform	$9.6M	TA Ventures, Sand Hill Angels & 14 others	49/100