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Participated · Series A · Apr 2025

Respondology operates a Comment Activation Platform that delivers AI-powered social media comment moderation and intelligence. It offers two flagship products—Moderate, which protects brands in real time from toxic comments, abuse, spam, and bots; and Discover, which analyzes comment trends and sentiment to surface insights in about 30 seconds. The platform supports over 100 languages and turns unstructured comment data into strategic marketing intelligence to help brands enhance engagement and refine marketing strategies. Respondology serves over 450 brands across sports, entertainment, consumer goods, and marketing agencies, protecting over two billion followers and moderating more than 365 million comments globally. Clients report performance improvements including a 17.6% average increase in ROAS on TikTok and a 7.35% lift on Meta, along with time savings and improved brand sentiment. The company is expanding beyond moderation to provide actionable insights and plans to accelerate product development, launch a third flagship product, grow the team, and scale go-to-market efforts. Respondology operates a comment-moderation platform that removes toxic and bot comments across social platforms. Its technology supports 22 languages and removes toxic comments and spam from public view in less than a second. The platform aims to create more engaging environments for brands and followers and to improve return on ad spend for social media advertisers. The company serves 240 customers across sports, entertainment and leading consumer brands. Respondology plans to use the Series A funds to hire talent to meet global demand and to accelerate its technology and features roadmap. Led by CEO Erik Swain and based in Boulder, CO, Respondology is a Boulder Heavy Industries portfolio company.