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Social Voice

Category: AI in Marketing

AI-powered video intelligence platform that extracts voice, visual, and contextual insights from social videos for brands. Social Voice was founded in 2022. The company is led by Fergal Lennon. Based in Cork, Ireland. Team size: 1-10. Total funding raised: €3.5M. Latest round: Crowdfunding. Key investors include Capitan Investment Partners, Dods (Group), Druid Capital Ltd, Enterprise Ireland.

Founded
2022
Headquarters
Cork, Ireland
Team size
1-10
Total funding
€3.5M

Value proposition

Goes beyond metadata by analyzing the actual audio and visual content inside social videos (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram) to reveal genuine sentiment, brand mentions, and crisis/brand-safety signals that text-based social listening tools miss.

Products and solutions

Social Video Intelligence platform analyzing voice, visuals, and context inside video content across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram at scale

Unique value

Patented deep-AI video analysis technology capturing audio and visual data other social listening tools rely only on metadata for

Target customer

Global brands, marketing/PR agencies, and media intelligence teams

Industries served

Marketing, Media Intelligence, Brand Safety, Influencer Marketing

Technology advantage

Patented multimodal (audio+visual) video analysis technology providing deeper sentiment and brand-safety insight than metadata/caption-based competitors

How they differentiate

Analyzes actual in-video audio and visual content (not just metadata/captions), giving deeper multimodal sentiment and brand-safety insight

Main competitors

Meltwater, Brandwatch, Talkwalker

Key partnerships

Meltwater (global partnership for social video intelligence integration)

Notable customers

Coca-Cola (PoC), Unilever (PoC), Edelman (PoC)

Major milestones

Founded 2022 in Cork by Dr. Allen O'Neill, Global Tech Innovator 2023 finalist, US patent US12346367B2 granted July 2025, Spark Venture Funding crowdfunding closed Jan 2026 at €1,079,445 (180% of €600k target), Total funding €3.5M as of May 2026 (Business Post); Enterprise Ireland HPSU, First major contract late 2025; Meltwater global partnership announced Dec 2025

Market positioning

Niche video-intelligence layer within the broader social listening / media intelligence market, positioned as a complement/upgrade to text-first tools like Meltwater and Brandwatch

Geographic focus

Global reach from an Ireland (Cork) HQ

Patents and IP

US12346367B2 (granted 2025-07-01): System and method for using AI to analyze social media content; inventor Allen O'Neill, assignee Social Voice Ltd. Additional patents claimed in portfolio.

About Fergal Lennon

20+ years as CEO/entrepreneur leading growth-stage organisations prior to joining Social Voice as CEO.

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