Company record
Sela
Updated November 2, 2026 · Presspool
Sela builds AI voice agents for mortgage lenders that automate borrower outreach, qualification and routing. sela.io
Funding
- $21 million Seed and Series A, announced September 22, 2026. Led by Costanoa Ventures. Emergence Capital participated; the total spans the seed and Series A. Listed in the AI startup funding roster for September 21–26, 2026. Sources: Sela (PR Newswire), Forkast.
Of the 294 rounds with exactly stated amounts in dollars on Presspool's weekly rosters since September 21, 2026, Sela's $21 million is the joint 123rd largest; their median is $16.25 million.
Whether AI names Sela
- On the Voice AI map: named or cited in 1 of 54 answers to Presspool's Voice AI questions on November 2, 2026 (ChatGPT 1 of 8, Claude 0 of 8, Perplexity 0 of 8, Gemini 0 of 8, Copilot 0 of 8, Google AI Mode 0 of 8, Google AI Overviews 0 of 6). See the map. Of the 29 companies on the map, Sela ranked joint 24th by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on Voice AI questions: ElevenLabs (39 of 54), Deepgram (28 of 54), Retell AI (27 of 54), Vapi (24 of 54) and PolyAI (23 of 54). Most often named in the same answers: Deepslate (1), ElevenLabs (1), Fish Audio (1), Gradium (1), Modulate (1).
- Machine Relations Index: Not cited in any Machine Relations Index answer, May 10, 2026 to October 18, 2026.
Week by week
Answers that named or cited Sela in each weekly sample of Presspool's Voice AI questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week.
| Week of | Voice AI |
|---|---|
| September 28, 2026 | 1 of 53 |
| October 5, 2026 | 0 of 48 |
| October 12, 2026 | 0 of 56 |
| October 19, 2026 | 1 of 55 |
| October 26, 2026 | 2 of 56 |
| November 2, 2026 | 1 of 54 |
Related records
Also on the Voice AI map: AssemblyAI, Assort Health, Bland, Cartesia, Deepdub, Deepgram, Deepslate, ElevenLabs, Fish Audio, Goodcall, Gradium, Inworld AI and 16 more on the map.
Closest rounds in the roster for September 21–26, 2026: Ande (more than $52 million Seed and Series A, September 22, 2026), Spott ($21 million Series A, September 22, 2026), Ando ($20 million Seed, September 24, 2026), Basalt Health ($20 million Series A, September 24, 2026), UltraSight ($24 million Series B2, September 23, 2026), Corridor ($25 million Seed, September 21, 2026).
Emergence Capital, named as an investor in this round, led Verda ($189 million (€163 million) Series B plus additional investment, September 22, 2026) and Cline ($32 million Seed and Series A, July 31, 2025). It is also named as an investor in Ando ($20 million Seed, September 24, 2026).