ElevenLabs raised $550M+ in its Series D, up from a previously announced $500M, adding BlackRock, Nvidia, and others as investors; its ARR passed $500M in Q1 (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)

<a href="https://tech.eu/2026/05/05/elevenlabs-adds-blackrock-nvidia-and-jamie-foxx-to-550m-series-d/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260505/i26.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260505/p26#a260505p26" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> John Reynolds / <a href="https://tech.eu/">Tech.eu</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://tech.eu/2026/05/05/elevenlabs-adds-blackrock-nvidia-and-jamie-foxx-to-550m-series-d/">ElevenLabs raised $550M+ in its Series D, up from a previously announced $500M, adding BlackRock, Nvidia, and others as investors; its ARR passed $500M in Q1</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; ElevenLabs also said it had completed it second employee share sale in less than a year.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; One of the UK's most hyped AI startups today &hellip; </p>