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ElevenLabs Reaches $22 Billion Valuation in $300 Million Tender
ElevenLabs says a $300 million employee tender offer values the voice AI company at $22 billion, double its Series D valuation in February. The company says enterprise customers now account for 55% of revenue and its agents handle more than
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A $22 billion price tag, not a $22 billion raise
ElevenLabs has doubled its valuation to $22 billion, but the announcement concerns a $300 million employee tender offer—not a new $22 billion investment in the company. The London-based voice AI startup says the tender gives employees a chance to realize some of the value they have helped create. Its September 30 announcement says Wellington and T. Rowe Price led the transaction.
The new valuation is twice the mark attached to ElevenLabs’ Series D in February. Sifted reported that round brought in $500 million. The jump makes the tender a striking price signal, while the amount of the offer itself is a fraction of the company’s stated valuation.
“As we grow, it’s important to us to let our people share in some of the value they are creating for our customers and the wider world.”
Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs
Enterprise agents are the growth case
ElevenLabs attributes much of its growth to businesses adopting its conversational-agent platform, ElevenAgents. The company says enterprise customers now account for 55% of revenue. Its agents handle more than 15 million conversations each week, three times the February level, while the platform’s annual recurring revenue has more than tripled over the same period.
Customers using the agents include Stripe, Deutsche Telekom, DoorDash’s SevenRooms, Admiral and Customers Bank, according to the company. ElevenLabs also says governments in Ukraine and Greece have deployed the platform. The examples span customer support, sales and business operations, but the company’s announcement does not break out revenue or deployment figures by customer.
Investors join as staff get liquidity
EQT, Goldman Sachs, GIC, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Sapphire Ventures and BDT & MSD invested in ElevenLabs for the first time through the tender, the company said. Existing backers including Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed, ICONIQ, D.E. Shaw, Evantic, DISRUPTIVE and Alkeon also participated. The company says it now has more than 800 employees.
The latest offer follows another employee tender disclosed by ElevenLabs in May, when the company said it had closed a $100 million tender alongside its Series D. That announcement described liquidity for the team as a reason for the transaction. The September offer raises the scale of that employee-liquidity program, even as the company’s headline valuation moves sharply higher.
The valuation rests on a private transaction
A tender sets a price through a share sale; it is not the same as a publicly traded market price. ElevenLabs has not described the $300 million employee offer as a conventional primary financing round. The distinction matters: the valuation reflects the price associated with this transaction, while the company’s public announcement centers on employee liquidity and enterprise adoption.
For the business case behind the new mark, ElevenLabs points to recurring enterprise use rather than voice generation alone. It says its agents now resolve tasks including refunds, insurance renewals, phone-plan upgrades, healthcare appointments and access to public services. The company puts the weekly volume at more than 15 million conversations.