ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx and Eva Longoria as new investors

Voice AI ElevenLabs open New investors who are part of a $500 million Series D fundraising campaign, Which was first announced in February. Additions include institutions such as BlackRock, Wellington, DE Shaw and Schroders; companies such as Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures, Santander, KPN, and Deutsche Telekom; and individual investors like Jamie Foxx, Eva Longoria, and Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk.

The startup also noted that it crossed $500 million in ARR (annual recurring revenue), post completion last year with nearly $350 million in ARR. ElevenLabs added, co-founder and CEO Matej Staniszewski said last month $100 million in net new annualized rate of return in the first quarter of 2026and ended the quarter with approximately $450 million in ARR.

The company has also rapidly accelerated its valuation, growing from $6.6 billion last September to $11 billion in February of this year.

“Voice is the most important channel for any customer interaction, and the standards for quality, response time and security are extremely high. ElevenLabs is not just a leader in its category – it has become a key enabler of Deutsche Telekom’s broader industrial AI vision. From voice as a service to multilingual automation and in-network AI agents, we believe the company is uniquely positioned to reshape how businesses interact with customers across all channels,” Karin Peters, Managing Director, Deutsche Telekom. T Capital, Deutsche Telekom’s investment arm, said in a statement.

Last quarter, the voice AI company signed enterprise contracts with companies like Deutsche Telekom, Revolut, and Klarna.

ElevenLabs said that, along with raising funds, it also closed a $100 million tender, the second in about six months after the company issued a tender last September. Staniszewski he said in a blog post The company will give individual investors the opportunity to invest in ElevenLabs through Robinhood Ventures, but it did not provide details about the program.

Staniszewski noted that consumers will not trust systems that appear robotic or “react strangely,” and stressed the importance of building “human-level AI voice models.” Last month, the company acquired A team from Polish voice AI startup Papla To strengthen its research team.