In September 2026, Conveo raised a $50 million Series A round to accelerate its transatlantic hiring and expand its consumer intelligence platform. As reported by Pulse 2.0, the round was backed by DST Global Partners, Balderton Capital, Visionaries, 6 Degrees Capital, and Y Combinator, bringing the company’s total funding to $55.8 million following an earlier $5.3 million seed round.
Founded in 2024 out of Y Combinator’s S24 cohort, the Antwerp-founded startup builds software that conducts automated, qualitative video interviews with consumers. Across early enterprise deployments, the company has added accounts including Google, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, AB InBev, and Canva.
Automated Moderation for Qualitative Research
Traditional market research typically forces brands to trade off between quantitative surveys that offer broad statistical sample sizes and qualitative focus groups that deliver depth at substantial time and expense. Conveo addresses this tradeoff with an AI video interviewer that carries out hundreds or thousands of adaptive, conversational interviews in days.
The platform tracks speech, tone, facial expressions, and onscreen context. It supports qualitative methodologies such as in-home product usage demonstrations, MaxDiff prioritization, diary studies, and price sensitivity evaluations. By deploying standard AI interview models across different territories, enterprise research teams can run studies across international markets without sourcing local interview panels for each region.
Beyond standalone interview studies, Conveo recently rolled out StoryLines, a product designed to conduct continuous consumer research around specific strategic topics. According to reporting from Tech.eu, findings from StoryLines feed into an enterprise consumer intelligence layer that product, marketing, and strategy teams query via natural language dashboards and AI agents.
Under the hood, Conveo’s web application runs on Remix (React Router v7 and TypeScript), Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui, backed by PostgreSQL. The AI pipeline integrates OpenAI, Deepgram, LangChain, and LangSmith. Background workloads and infrastructure are deployed on Google Cloud Platform with Inngest, while Linear, GitHub, and Sentry support engineering operations.
Leadership and Team Composition
Conveo was founded by Ben Smet, Dieter De Mesmaeker, and Hendrik Van Hove.
De Mesmaeker previously co-founded online data science education platform DataCamp, serving as CTO as it scaled past $75 million in annual recurring revenue. At Conveo, he leads technical development and serves as chief executive officer. Van Hove, who serves as chief operating officer, conceived the core product while running qualitative interview studies and analytics on AI and private equity client engagements at McKinsey. Smet, an alumnus of The Wharton School, brings finance experience to the founding group.
The company's commercial and operational ranks draw from enterprise research firms and consultancies. Sales leadership includes former vice presidents from market research firm Ipsos, while Head of Research Niels Schillewaert previously founded a 600-person market research firm.
US Expansion and Growth Plans
Following the Series A funding round, Conveo is shifting resources toward its commercial expansion in the United States. Van Hove relocated from Brussels to Manhattan to head US client relations and enterprise rollouts.
As reported by Fortune, the company expanded from 15 employees in late 2025 toward 80 staff members across its technical hub in Antwerp and offices in New York, London, and San Francisco. Conveo continues to maintain its primary engineering footprint in Europe, citing talent retention and operational focus.
The company is positioning itself for further fundraising. In an interview with Axios, De Mesmaeker stated that Conveo expects to raise a $50 million to $100 million Series B round during the first half of 2027.
Hiring Priorities
Conveo is actively recruiting across engineering, product marketing, design, and sales to support its enterprise customer base. Engineering positions are distributed across its regional hubs, with open roles including a Senior Product Engineer ($200k-$260k + Equity) - NYC in New York, a Senior Product Engineer (€90-€110k + Benefits +Equity) in Antwerp, and a Senior Product Engineer (£80k-125k + Equity) in London.
Commercial and marketing expansion is centered primarily in the US and the UK. Open listings include an onsite Sales Director spanning New York or San Francisco, an onsite Head of Product Marketing in New York, and business development leads to capture Fortune 500 consumer insights budgets.
Open Roles at Conveo
| Role | Location | Work Mode | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Product Engineer ($200k-$260k + Equity) - NYC | New York | Onsite | $200,000 – $260,000 |
| Senior Product Engineer (€90-€110k + Benefits +Equity) | Antwerp | Onsite | €90,000 – €110,000 |
| Senior Product Engineer (£80k-125k + Equity) | London | Onsite | £80,000 – £130,000 |
| Product Engineer (Internal tools & apps) | London / Antwerp | Hybrid | £90,000 – £110,000 |
| Design Lead | New York / Remote (US) | Hybrid | $150,000 – $190,000 |
| Head of Video Content | New York | Onsite | $150,000 – $190,000 |
| Sales Director | New York / San Francisco | Onsite | $150,000 – $200,000 |
| Sales Director | London | Onsite | £100,000 – £120,000 |
| Head of Product Marketing | New York | Onsite | $130,000 – $160,000 |
| Events Manager US | New York | Onsite | $110,000 – $140,000 |
| Research Impact Lead - SF | San Francisco | Onsite | $80,000 – $150,000 |
| Paid Marketing Associate | New York | Onsite | $70,000 – $90,000 |
| Business Development Representative (BDR) - NYC | New York | Onsite | $60,000 – $80,000 |
| Finance & Strategy Associate | London / Antwerp / Remote (US) | Hybrid | £50,000 – £90,000 |
| Finance & Strategy Associate | London / Antwerp / Remote (US) | Onsite | Not listed |
| Strategy & Ops Associate | Antwerp / London / Remote (US) | Hybrid | Not listed |
| GTM Associate - Internship | Antwerp | Onsite | Not listed |