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Linkfluence
Marketing · Paris, France · Founded 2006
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Established in 2006, Linkfluence emerged from the research endeavors of its four co-founders: Guilhem Fouetillou, Antoine Gounel, Antonin Rohmer, and Camille Maussang. The company was founded with the objective of leveraging social media intelligence to provide businesses with actionable insights. A significant milestone in its history was the acquisition by Meltwater in 2021, a move that integrated Linkfluence's social listening capabilities into Meltwater's broader media intelligence suite.
Linkfluence operates in the social media analytics and consumer intelligence market, serving a diverse client base that includes prominent brands like L'Oréal, Danone, and Pernod Ricard. The firm's business model centers on providing a suite of software and services that help these companies understand consumer conversations, trends, and brand perception. Revenue is generated through subscriptions to its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform and associated research services.
The core of Linkfluence's offering is its consumer intelligence platform, Radarly, which utilizes artificial intelligence to analyze vast amounts of social data from platforms such as Sina Weibo, Instagram, and Facebook. This platform allows clients to perform brand tracking, competitive analysis, and trend identification. It processes billions of data points daily, translating raw social media posts into structured insights through image recognition and natural language processing. This enables brands to gauge consumer sentiment, measure the impact of marketing campaigns, and identify emerging market trends in real-time.
Keywords: social media intelligence, consumer insights, brand monitoring, market research, social listening, data analytics, AI-powered analytics, SaaS, consumer intelligence platform, social media analytics
Company overview
Linkfluence company information
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- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Employees
- 67
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 63.2
- Investment activity
- 2 companies · latest Oct 2018
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
Valuation & funding
Linkfluence funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITIONOther financing | Mar 2021 | $55M | $55M | Meltwater | — |
| LATE VCOther financing | Jun 2020 | $8.8M | $35M | 360 Capital · BNP Paribas · Tikehau Capital · Kreaxi | — |
| SERIES DOther financing | Oct 2018 | $20M | $79M | Tikehau Capital · Ring Capital | ↗ |
| FundingOther financing | Apr 2017 | $0 | — | Claret Capital Partners | — |
| SERIES COther financing | Oct 2016 | $13M | $53M | BNP Paribas · Kreaxi · Trail Solutions Patrimoine · BNP Paribas Investment Partners | ↗ |
| EARLY VCOther financing | Sep 2015 | Hera Capital | — | ||
| SERIES BOther financing | Mar 2014 | Orkos Capital · Kreaxi · Trail Solutions Patrimoine | — | ||
| SERIES BOther financing | Sep 2013 | Orkos Capital · Banexi Ventures Partners · Kreaxi | — | ||
| SERIES AOther financing | Dec 2010 | Orkos Capital | — |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and profit over time
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| Year | Revenue | Growth | EBITDA | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.2M | 0% | $393K | 18.2% |
| 2025 | $2.2M | 0% | $393K | 18.2% |
| 2024 | $2.2M | 0% | $393K | 18.2% |
| 2023 | $2.2M | 0% | $393K | 18.2% |
| 2022 | $2.2M | 0% | $393K | 18.2% |
| 2021 | $2.2M | -21.9% | $393K | 18.2% |
| 2020 | $2.8M | — | $393K | 14.2% |
Growth signals
Linkfluence website traffic
Latest recorded traffic for Linkfluence is 1.8K monthly website visits, down 76% over the last three months. Linkfluence's team declined 65.5% over the past year.
Comparisons
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Capital deployed
Linkfluence investments and acquisitions
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$10Mvaluation
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$8Mvaluation
Talent graph
Linkfluence's talent
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Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Linkfluence
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