Fleksy builds mobile keyboard software and licenses a white-label SDK that lets third parties brand and customize predictive, context-specific keyboard experiences. The company pivoted from a consumer keyboard to a B2B focus, keeping a consumer app as a privacy-focused showcase. Its SDK can be used to integrate context-specific advertising, forthcoming CRM features, and security-focused customizations for enterprise clients. Fleksy says dozens of companies currently license its tech and it has about 50 prospects in the pipeline. Revenue from the SDK business grew 10x year-over-year, and the company plans to use new funding to accelerate growth and hiring for its 13-person team. Fleksy cites strong traction across the US and Europe and customers worldwide. Fleksy is a mobile keyboard app offering gesture-based typing, next-word and content prediction, in-keyboard web search and an "apps within apps" extension platform. The product is engineered by the Barcelona-based startup behind ThingThing and is available on Android and iOS in 45+ languages. The team emphasizes privacy-by-design and plans further investment in its core AI engine, additional features like swipe-to-type, and broader language support. Growth strategy focuses on licensing the keyboard to Android OEMs as the default input method, with a revenue-share model and a fleksyapps store/affiliate linking for monetization. Fleksy reports just over 1M active users today and has public user targets including a short-term goal of 25M users and an aspirational 550M-device target by 2020. Early OEM partnerships include Palm, which ships a custom Fleksy keyboard on its ultra-mobile device. Fleksy builds a mobile software keyboard and sells keyboard apps for iOS and Android. The company said its growth got a big boost from the launch of iOS 8 and it has released frequent iOS updates to improve its predictive engine. Fleksy’s Android reach has exceeded two million downloads, and its iOS app has topped the charts in at least 25 countries. A new Android update adds a repositioned backspace and shift key (toggle option), a minimal-layout language selector, and improved automatic word‑correction accuracy. Management plans to use the new financing to fund development on both iOS and Android and to continue iterating on product design and accuracy. The company faces competition from better‑funded rivals like SwiftKey but emphasizes design proficiency and rapid iteration. Fleksy builds a third‑party software keyboard designed to let users type without looking at the device, originally conceived to help people with visual impairments. The product emphasizes an eyes‑free typing experience and aims to become a next‑generation input method for a range of connected devices. The company had focused primarily on Android up to now and moved quickly to deliver a beta of its keyboard for iOS 8 following Apple’s platform change. Fleksy is accepting beta testers for the iOS 8 build and is working to replicate features that Apple does not expose via API. The team has been developing capabilities such as dictation, automatic capitalization and autocorrect internally to overcome iOS limitations. Fleksy’s co‑founder Ioannis Verdelis has spoken about the growth opportunity on iOS if Apple relaxes previous default‑keyboard policies.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Oct 2021