According to VentureBeat, Affectiva announced the close of a $26 million funding round. Aptiv, one of Affectiva's commercial partners, led the round, with participation from Trend Forward Capital, Motley Fool Ventures and CAC.

Affectiva, an MIT Media Lab spin-off, is a global leader and industry expert in emotion measurement technologies with innovative and cutting-edge products such as Affdex, facial expression recognition technology and Q Sensor, a wearable biosensor. Affectiva delivers cost-effective, scalable emotion analytics to Fortune 500 companies, top tier universities and leading research agencies that use these insights to improve their products, processes and brand experiences.