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Voices operates as a leading enterprise-class marketplace and platform for comprehensive voice solutions. It facilitates the sourcing of professional human voice actors, alongside capabilities for ethically licensing voice AI and accessing custom voice data for AI model training. This integrated platform efficiently addresses diverse audio production needs, from traditional voiceovers to advanced synthetic voice applications for global businesses.
The company was founded in 2005 by David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. Their initial insight identified a fragmented voice-over industry, highlighting a clear need for a centralized, efficient platform. This founding vision aimed to streamline the discovery and hiring process for voice talent, fostering a more accessible marketplace for creative audio services.
Voices serves major global brands, advertising agencies, and technology companies seeking high-quality audio for their projects, while empowering a vast network of voice actors. Its core vision enables clients to effectively "find their voice" for branding and content, and provides professionals with meaningful work. The platform aspires to be the definitive global source for all voice-related services.
Voices has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round.
Voices has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Voices has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Seed in February 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2021 | $2M Seed | — | 75 & Sunny, Bessemer Venture Partners, Davidovs VC, FINTOP Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Immeasurable, Indicator Ventures, Newtopia VC, Pareto Holdings, Scribble Ventures, Story Ventures, Tucker Seed Fund LLC, Cory Levy, David And Daniil Liberman, Hannah Bronfman, Justin Mateen, RON Pragides, Sean RAD | Announced |
Voices is the world's leading enterprise-class voice solutions provider and #1 voice marketplace, connecting major brands, advertising agencies, and technology companies with professional voice actors, AI voices, and custom voice data.[1][2][3] It serves over 60,000 customers, including more than half of the Fortune 100, across 100+ languages with a community of 4 million members and 100,000+ hours of custom voice data.[1][2] The platform solves the challenge of sourcing, hiring, coaching, licensing, and paying high-quality voice talent at scale, emphasizing ethical AI practices and human-centric voice solutions to enable real connections in an increasingly voice-driven world.[1][2]
Founded in 2005 and headquartered in London, Ontario, Voices generates $42.8 million in annual revenue (2024) with 369-717 employees, demonstrating strong growth momentum through purpose-built technology for talent matching, quality assurance, and compliance.[3]
Voices emerged from over two decades of expertise in the voice-over industry, founded in 2005 to harness the power of voice for human connection in projects like stories, characters, products, and brands.[1][3] The company's backstory is rooted in recognizing voice as a key channel for human-technology interaction, especially as brands expand across mediums and voice AI evolves.[1] Early traction came from building the world's largest voice talent pool, earning trust from top brands since inception, with pivotal growth in ethical AI voice licensing and custom data services amid rising demand for scalable voice solutions.[2][3]
Voices rides the explosive growth of voice AI and human-AI hybrid interaction, powering everything from advertising, podcasts, gaming, and audiobooks to emerging voice-first interfaces in consumer tech and enterprise applications.[1][2][3] Timing is ideal amid market forces like AI democratization, multimodal content demands, and regulatory pushes for ethical data—Voices' 20+ years of voice expertise positions it ahead of pure AI upstarts.[1][3] It influences the ecosystem by setting standards for compliant, high-quality voice solutions, enabling brands to scale authentically while supporting voice actors' livelihoods in a $42.8M revenue business.[3]
Voices is poised to dominate as voice becomes the default interface for AI agents, smart devices, and personalized media, with expansions in custom AI voice data and global talent likely driving revenue past $50M soon.[1][3] Trends like real-time voice synthesis, multilingual AI scaling, and ethical regulations will shape its path, potentially through strategic partnerships or acquisitions in adjacent audio tech.[2] Its influence may evolve from marketplace leader to indispensable voice infrastructure provider, ensuring human creativity thrives in AI's rise—cementing its role in "finding the voice that fits" for tomorrow's connections.[1]
Voices has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Voices's investors include 75 & Sunny, Bessemer Venture Partners, Davidovs VC, FINTOP Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Immeasurable, Indicator Ventures, Newtopia VC, Pareto Holdings, Scribble Ventures, Story Ventures.
