Poetics Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2017

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 18

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Later Stage VC

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $1.33M

  • Investors
  • 4

Poetics General Information

Description

Developer of a web platform designed to identify human emotions by detecting acoustic features of the voice. The company's platform analyzes multiple physical properties that detect emotions such as joy, calmness, anger, and sorrow in real time, enabling clients to measure and gauge people's happiness and positivity levels.

Contact Information

Website
www.poetics-ai.com
Formerly Known As
Empath
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 502 Maison Harajuku
  • 3-16-3 Sendagaya
  • Tokyo, Shibuya-ku 151-0051
  • Japan
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Primary Industry
Business/Productivity Software
Other Industries
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Parent Company
CAC Holdings
Vertical(s)
Digital Health, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, TMT
Corporate Office
  • 502 Maison Harajuku
  • 3-16-3 Sendagaya
  • Tokyo, Shibuya-ku 151-0051
  • Japan
+81

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Poetics Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
10. Later Stage VC 28-Feb-2025 $1.33M Completed Generating Revenue
9. Accelerator/Incubator 01-Jan-2024 Completed Generating Revenue
8. Merger/Acquisition 01-May-2023 Completed Generating Revenue
7. Later Stage VC 11-Jan-2023 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Accelerator/Incubator 01-May-2022 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Early Stage VC 06-Dec-2019 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Accelerator/Incubator 24-Jun-2019 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Accelerator/Incubator 26-Nov-2018 Completed Startup
2. Early Stage VC (Series A) 31-Jul-2018 $2.87M $2.87M Completed Startup
1. Grant 16-May-2018 $55K Completed Startup
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Poetics Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
C Preferred
B Preferred
A preferred 699 $5261.33 $5261.33 1x $5261.33 34.64%
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Poetics Patents

  • 8

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 3

    Granted

  • 5

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

Poetics Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
GB-202303795-D0 Systems and methods for skills inference using a datastore and models Pending 09-Sep-2020
GB-2613743-A Systems and methods for skills inference using a datastore and models Pending 09-Sep-2020
GB-2613743-A8 Systems and methods for skills inference using a datastore and models Pending 09-Sep-2020
JP-2022025715-A Method for evaluating cosmetic and cosmetic behavior Pending 29-Jul-2020
JP-2021110781-A Emotion analyzer, emotion analysis method and emotion analysis program Active 07-Jan-2020
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Poetics Former Investors (11)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Google for Startups Accelerator/Incubator Minority
Iyogin Capital Venture Capital Minority
J-Startup Accelerator/Incubator
Miraidoa Tohoku Venture Capital Minority
Pitch Your Startup Accelerator/Incubator
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Poetics FAQs

  • When was Poetics founded?

    Poetics was founded in 2017.

  • Where is Poetics headquartered?

    Poetics is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

  • What is the size of Poetics?

    Poetics has 18 total employees.

  • What industry is Poetics in?

    Poetics’s primary industry is Business/Productivity Software.

  • Is Poetics a private or public company?

    Poetics is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Poetics?

    The current valuation of Poetics is .

  • What is Poetics’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Poetics is .

  • How much funding has Poetics raised over time?

    Poetics has raised $1.33M.

  • Who are Poetics’s investors?

    Google for Startups, Iyogin Capital, J-Startup, Miraidoa Tohoku, and Pitch Your Startup are 5 of 11 investors who have invested in Poetics.

  • When was Poetics acquired?

    Poetics was acquired on 28-Feb-2025.

  • Who acquired Poetics?

    Poetics was acquired by CAC Holdings.

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