Companies · AI / ML

Unbabel, Inc.Winter 2014Acquired

SAN FRANCISCO · CA, USA; Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; London, England, United Kingdom; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Timișoara, TM, Romania; Cebu City, Central Visayas, Philippines · AI / ML · refined from filed group “Other · founded 2013 · http://unbabel.com

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Unbabel, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$74.2M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
4.2×
Latest step-up
Top 4%
Sector rank · raised
Series C
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Sep 09 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Unbabel, Inc. looks over-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the ai/ml sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 1.52× the median modeled value of Series C AI / ML companies in 2019–2021 (6 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 6.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

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Where it sits in AI / ML

Unbabel, Inc. is one of 2067 AI / ML companies tracked from SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA; Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; London, England, United Kingdom; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Timișoara, TM, Romania; Cebu City, Central Visayas, Philippines, on record since 2013. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 97% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

AI-powered Language Operations platform

Unbabel is an AI Centric Language Operations Platform that eliminates language barriers so that businesses can grow across markets. Our platform enables anyone to easily create flexible translation pipelines for any language or type of content in a scalable way. The pipelines combine best in class AI components, such as our Machine Translation and Quality Estimation, with different levels of human-in-the-loop capabilities, such as human translation and human annotations. The result is an easy to use, super scalable platform for Language Operations that can easily go from real time translation using adapted machine translation to high end human transcreation. Based in San Francisco, Unbabel works with hundreds of businesses such as Lego, Logitech, Microsoft, Warner Bros, Virgin Pulse, Booking.com or Under Armour, to communicate effortlessly with customers around the world, no matter what language they speak.

B2BOperationsai/ml
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As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
15
Investors (latest)
2019-09-09
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$1.3B$2.5B$3.8B$5.0BSeries A · 2017-12-21 Raised $14M (real) Modeled valuation $512M (est)$14M$512MSeries A2017Series C · 2019-09-09 Raised $60M (real) Modeled valuation $2.5B (est)$60M$2.5BSeries C2019+$60MCumulative $74M

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series A$14.2M · 2017
Series C$60.0M · 2019no Series B on file

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 40%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$2.5B
Base estimate est.
$227.4M
Conservative case
$6.5B
Upside case
$400.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ca $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the ai/ml sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $511.7M · 2017-12-212017Series C · modeled $2.5B · 2019-09-092019
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
15%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
76%
Survival probability
57% low · 88% high
1.42×/yr
Annual markup
1.62×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
6.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
ai/ml
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
21 mo
Avg between rounds
$43.2M/yr
Capital velocity
8.5 yr
On record since
2017
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2067 companies in AI / ML. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 16× above median
This company$74.2M
Sector median$4.7M
Latest round — vs other Series C rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.1× above median
This company$60.0M
Sector median$55.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 88× above median
This company$2.5B
Sector median$27.9M

Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 98% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #1 of 6.

This companyCohort peer
$1.0B$10.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Optimizely, Inc. · Series C Raised $201.4M · modeled $2.0B (est)Clara Holdings Ltd · Series C Raised $95.0M · modeled $1.7B (est)Clarity AI, Inc. · Series C Raised $104.5M · modeled $1.6B (est)Jupiter Intelligence, Inc. · Series C Raised $76.7M · modeled $1.5B (est)Apex.AI, Inc. · Series C Raised $70.0M · modeled $1.4B (est)Unbabel, Inc. (this company) Raised $74.2M · modeled $2.5B (est)Unbabel, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Unbabel, Inc. this companySeries C$74.2M$2.5B1.52×
Optimizely, Inc.Series C$201.4M$2.0B1.27×
Clara Holdings LtdSeries C$95.0M$1.7B1.02×
Clarity AI, Inc.Series C$104.5M$1.6B0.98×
Jupiter Intelligence, Inc.Series C$76.7M$1.5B0.93×
Apex.AI, Inc.Series C$70.0M$1.4B0.87×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series A$14.2M2017-12-21$64.4M$511.7M90%
Series C$60.0M2019-09-09$400.0M$2.5B90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series A$14.2M2017-12-21
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 7 investors on this round.
  2. Series C$60.0M2019-09-09
    • Raised again after 21 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.2× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 15 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2021 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~21mo cadence
$180.0M
Modeled next size est.range $117.0M$288.0M
4.2×
Last step-up
$43.2M/yr
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Amy Calais Kux2019-09
Andy Calais Vitus2017-12
Chris Calais Tottman2017-12
Davis Calais Doherty2017-12
Joao Calais Graca2017-12
Sri Calais Chandrasekar2019-09
Vasco Calais Pedro2017-12
Wolfgang Calais Allisat2017-12
Registry & provenance

Unbabel, Inc. is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1726656
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Unbabel, Inc. raised?
Unbabel, Inc. has raised approximately $74.2M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Unbabel, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Unbabel, Inc. is approximately $2.5B (modeled range $227.4M–$6.5B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Unbabel, Inc. at?
Unbabel, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series C. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Sep 09.
What does Unbabel, Inc. do and where is it based?
Unbabel, Inc. operates in the AI / ML sector, based in SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA; Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; London, England, United Kingdom; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Timișoara, TM, Romania; Cebu City, Central Visayas, Philippines. AI-powered Language Operations platform
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