Bolt Insight secures £7m in funding led by Pembroke VCT to scale its AI intelligence platform globally.
The £7m investment was led by Pembroke VCT with participation from 212, Active Partners, Velocity, and TIBAS Ventures.
Bolt Insight is an AI-powered consumer research company that helps brands unlock consumer insights through moderated research. The London-headquartered firm provides qualitative and quantitative intelligence to major consumer packaged goods brands.
Bolt Insight has secured a £7m funding round led by Pembroke VCT, which contributed £3.5m to the total. Additional backing came from 212, Active Partners, Velocity, and TIBAS Ventures. The capital will be used to scale the company's BoltChatAI offering globally and develop an autonomous intelligence platform for brand decision-making.
From the founder
"When we launched Bolt Insight in 2019, our mission was to bring real consumer voices into the heart of business decision-making. With the launch of BoltChatAI in 2022, we proved that AI-moderated qualitative research could deliver rich insight at unprecedented speed and scale."
Hakan Yurdakul
CEO and Co-Founder at Bolt Insight
Investor perspective
"Bolt Insight is a brilliant example of how AI can lead change in an established industry by putting real consumer voices at the heart of decision-making. Hakan, Kerem and the rest of the team have built an impressive platform trusted by some of the world’s biggest brands, blending the speed of AI with the depth of human insight to deliver smarter, faster research at scale. As demand for real-time intelligence continues to grow, Bolt is perfectly positioned to lead a new generation of consumer understanding. We’re proud to support the team as they expand globally and continue redefining what’s possible in market research."
Andrew Wolfson
CEO at Pembroke Investment Managers, Pembroke
Use of funds
- 01Expand into international markets
- 02Continue product development
Investors
Categories
About the company
Bolt Insight
Bolt Insight provides AI-powered consumer research and intelligence platforms for global brands.