Aware is a Columbus, Ohio–based startup that monitors text-based conversations on workplace messaging platforms such as Slack, Teams and Workplace for legal compliance, confidential information sharing, sentiment and toxic behavior. Its platform flags risky messages and provides organizational insights at scale. Aware says average customers have about 15,000 users, while some customers have hundreds of thousands of employees; typical organizations now exchange hundreds of millions of messages per year, driving demand for automated monitoring. The company reports revenue is up 175% year‑over‑year and more than 300% growth since December. Aware plans to expand its technology beyond text to other mediums like video (e.g., Zoom) and to continue enhancing its natural‑language and detection tools. Large enterprise customers named include AIG, AstraZeneca, BT Group, Memorial Health, MercadoLibre, Rivian, Sunlife Financial and Wipro. Aware offers an AI-enhanced platform that provides unified visibility, controls and governance across digital collaboration tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams and Workplace. The product continuously enriches conversation data with proprietary natural language processing (NLP) and AI models to surface organizational insights like employee sentiment and commonly discussed themes. It provides GRC capabilities including archiving, eDiscovery, monitoring/DLP, data management and preservation, bi-directional retention and regulatory compliance controls. The company plans to use the Series B proceeds to accelerate go-to-market efforts, increase partnerships, expand its integration ecosystem and support ongoing product research and development. Founded in 2017 and based in Columbus, Ohio, Aware has served global customers including Wipro, AstraZeneca, Sun Life Financial, Farmers Insurance, Memorial Health System and British Telecom. The article reports Aware raised $12M in Series B equity funding.

Total raised

$72M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series C

Latest activity

Oct 2021