Unbabel - About the company
Unbabel is an acquired company based in Lisbon (Portugal), founded in 2013 by Hugo Silva, Sofia Pessanha and Joao Graca. It operates as a Provider of an AI based translation platform. Unbabel has raised $106M in funding from investors like Y Combinator, Scale Venture Partners and Shilling Capital Partners. The company has 101 active competitors, including 20 funded and 9 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like DeepL, Synthesia and Reverie Language Technologies.
Company Details
Unbabel is the provider of an AI based translation platform. Its features include AI and human powered translations, multilingual support, management of customer service language operations on a single platform, as well as integration with CRM and chat platforms. Its clients include Microsoft and Logitech. It works on a subscription plan.
- Website
- unbabel.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@unbabel.com
- Registered Address
- San Francisco,California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2013
Location
Lisbon, Portugal
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$106M in 16 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
3rd among 101 active competitors
Employee Count
661 as on Aug 31, 2026
Similar Companies
Exit Details
Acquired by TransPerfect (Aug 22, 2025)
Legal entities associated with Unbabel
Unbabel is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
UNBABEL, INC. CIN: 464264090 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | - | 4 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
Unbabel's acquisition details
Unbabel got acquired by TransPerfect on Aug 22, 2025.
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Unbabel's funding and investors
Unbabel has raised a total funding of $106M over 16 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 2014. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Dec 18, 2023 for $*****. 6 investors participated in its latest round. Unbabel has 34 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Unbabel:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Dec 18, 2023 | 7680559 | Series C | 6897014 | 8834934 | 5117953 | 4377799 |
Aug 01, 2023 | 5004813 | Grant (prize money) | 8531453 | 6515316 | 1680811 | |
Oct 01, 2022 | 7877129 | Grant (prize money) | 6324347 | 9244748 | 7521106 |
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Unbabel's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Unbabel's key team members:
- Hugo Silva: Co-Founder of Unbabel and founder of 1 other company. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Sofia Pessanha: Former Co-Founder of Unbabel and founder of 1 other company.
- Joao Graca: Former Co-Founder of Unbabel. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Unbabel's employee count trend
Unbabel has 661 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Unbabel's employee count trend over the years:
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Unbabel's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Unbabel include DeepL, Synthesia and Reverie Language Technologies. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Unbabel, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | AI, SaaS, and neural network-based machine translation tools | $415M | 75/100 | ||
2nd | Synthesia 2017, London (United Kingdom), Series E | Developer of software for generating videos using artificial intelligence avatars | $536M | 69/100 | |
3rd | Provider of an AI based translation platform | $106M | 56/100 | ||
4th | Reverie Language Technologies 2009, Bengaluru (India), Acquired | Provider of AI-powered language translation, localization, and voice technology solutions | $4.14M | 66/100 | |
5th | Lilt 2015, Palo Alto (United States), Series C | Provider of cloud-based machine translation tools and services | $164M | 63/100 | |
6th | Online language translation tool | - | - | 57/100 | |
7th |  Intento 2013, Berkeley (United States), Series A | Provider of AI-driven language translation and localization platform for enterprises | $16.2M | 55/100 | |
8th | Palabra Ai 2023, London (United Kingdom), Seed | Provider of real-time AI speech translation for audio and video calls | $8.4M | 50/100 | |
9th | Cloud based multimedia translation and localization platform for enterprises | $5.42M | 50/100 | ||
10th |  SDL 1992, Maidenhead (United Kingdom), Acquired | Provider of language, content, and intellectual property lifecycle management solutions | - | 49/100 |
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Unbabel's Investments and acquisitions
Unbabel has acquired 3 companies including Bablic, EVS Translations and Lingo24. Unbabel has not made any investments as of now.Here is the list of its acquisitions:
Date of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 01, 2023 | Acquisition | 2012 | Tel Aviv (Israel) | |
Jan 17, 2023 | Acquisition | 1991 | Atlanta (United States) | |
Dec 16, 2021 | Acquisition | 2001 | Edinburgh (United Kingdom) |
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Reports related to Unbabel
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News related to Unbabel
Filter this listMedia has covered Unbabel for 1 event in last 1 year.
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Finland’s DataCrunch secures €55M to challenge US hyperscalers and boost Europe’s AI leadershipEU-Startups•Sep 08, 2025•Tesi, DataCrunch, Byfounders, Skaala and 19 others
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TransPerfect Solidifies Leadership Position in Language AI by Acquiring Unbabel
GlobeNewswire•Aug 22, 2025•Unbabel, TransPerfect
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Unbabel's CEO: Investor backed out at the last minute, but acquisition continuesSAPO•Jul 04, 2025•Unbabel, Iberis Capital
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Acclaro & Unbabel Partner for AI-Powered Global Translation ServicesAiThority•Apr 14, 2025•Unbabel, Acclaro
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Acclaro and Unbabel Partner to Advance Global AI-Powered Translation ServicesBusiness Wire•Apr 14, 2025•Acclaro, Unbabel
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Startup CEO says humans won't be needed for translation in 3 years as it launches AI appCNBC•Nov 13, 2024•Unbabel
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Unbabel Launches TowerLLM, Offering Best-in-Market Machine Translation With GenAISlator•Jun 06, 2024•Unbabel
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Unbabel Releases New Open-Source Large Language Model, The First LLM Fine Tuned to Predict Translation Qualitymultilingual.com•Sep 26, 2023•Unbabel
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Communication using thought alone? Unbabel unveils AI project to give us superhuman capabilitiesTechCrunch+•Aug 18, 2023•Unbabel
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