When was Swayable founded?

Swayable was founded in 2017 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Swayable located?

Swayable is headquartered in New York City, United States.

How many employees does Swayable have?

As of Jun 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Swayable is 64.

Is Swayable a funded company?

Swayable is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Seed round on Mar 05, 2018.

When was the latest funding round of Swayable?

Swayable's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Mar 05, 2018, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does Swayable rank among its competitors?

Swayable ranks 62nd amongst 1054 active competitors, of which 170 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Vypr, which secured $6.45M in Apr, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Swayable?

Swayable's top competitors include User Testing, Qualtrics and Ai Palette. Among them, Vypr secured the most recent funding round in April, 2025.

Swayable - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Swayable offers a platform to gauge the impact of media content on people minds. The platform is used by consumer facing brands, as well as public interest advocacy campaign organizations including U.S. President Biden election campaign. The company churns out insights primarily using randomized controlled trial testing, wherein the subjects sourced through its network of app publishers are given different messages, and the best is chosen based on causal data science that proves which had the greatest impact. Clients include PandG, Airbnb, Intel, and Square, as well as the Democratic National Committee and Tides Foundation, among others. Graduated from Y Combinator and has attracted VC investment from angels including Chris Sacca and Paul Buchheit, as well as Higher Ground Labs and New Media Ventures.

Website: www.swayable.com/
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Founded Year

2017

Location

New York City, United States

Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$120K in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Mar 05, 2018, $*****

Investors

Y Combinator & 3 more

Ranked

62^nd among 1054 active competitors

Employee Count

64 as on Jun 30, 2026

Similar Companies

Ai Palette & 889 more

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Swayable has raised a total funding of $120K over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Mar 05, 2018 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Swayable has 4 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Swayable:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Mar 05, 2018	1568470	Seed	6705229	8886863	6243387	3181271

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The founders of Swayable is Lyel Resner.

Here are the details of Swayable's key team members:

Lyel Resner: CTO and Co-Founder of Swayable.

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Swayable's employee count trend

Swayable has 64 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Swayable's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Swayable include User Testing, Qualtrics and Ai Palette. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Swayable, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	User Testing 2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of platform for gathering and analyzing user experience feedback	$148M	Insight Partners, Accel & 15 others	81/100
2nd	Qualtrics 2002, Provo (United States), Acquired	Provider of experience management software facilitating customer, employee, and market research	$400M	Insight Partners, Accel & 10 others	76/100
3rd	Ai Palette 2018, Singapore (Singapore), Acquired	AI-powered platform for CPG innovation, trend discovery, and product development	$12.7M	Exfinity Venture Partners, pi Ventures & 10 others	71/100
4th	Faraday 2012, Burlington (United States), Series A	AI-based platform providing consumer insights to enterprises	$12M	Intercap, FreshTracks Capital & 6 others	68/100
5th	dscout 2011, Chicago (United States), Series C	Provider of a platform for conducting and analyzing user experience research	$81M	Guidepost Growth Equity, Beringea & 3 others	68/100
6th	Black Swan Data 2011, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	Online data analytics platform	$26.5M	Blackstone, Oxx & 10 others	67/100
7th	Vypr 2013, Manchester (United Kingdom), Series B	Provider of a platform for product and consumer intelligence solutions	$13.9M	YFM Equity Partners, ACF Investors & 28 others	66/100
8th	Cint 1998, Stockholm (Sweden), Acquired	Market research platform	$26.4M	Prime Ventures, Cipio Partners & 2 others	66/100
9th	Kognitiv 2009, Waterloo (Canada), Acquired	Provider of loyalty program services	$35M	Aimia, Blindspot & 8 others	65/100
10th	Forsta 2007, New York City (United States), Acquired	Provider of customer journey analytics and market research solution	$1M	DCA Partners, EQT & 3 others	65/100
62nd	Swayable 2017, New York City (United States), Seed	Platform to gauge the impact of media content on people minds	$120K	Y Combinator, Higher Ground Labs & 2 others	51/100