Volocom

What Volocom does

Volocom S.r.l. is an Italian private technology company founded in 2001 by Valerio Bergamaschi and headquartered in Milan, with additional offices in Rome, Opera, and Lugano (Switzerland). It operates in the media monitoring and news intelligence sector, developing entirely proprietary AI, machine learning, Big Data, semantic analysis, and cloud platforms that ingest more than 4 million content items per day from 200,000 international sources in over 130 languages across print, web, TV, radio, and social media. Its product portfolio spans VoloEasyReader ANSA Edition (a B2B digital newsstand aggregating 800+ publishers, the most widely distributed of its kind in Italy), VoloIntelligence (real-time news monitoring), VoloMaps (geolocated environmental and natural-risk monitoring), Portal X (brand and market intelligence), and ancillary media-monitoring and reporting services. It serves 20,000+ professional clients including government institutions (Vatican, Palazzo Chigi, Banca d'Italia, INPS, regional administrations), large enterprises (Leonardo, Enel, Mediaset, Rai, KPMG, Accenture, GSK, Novartis), media organizations (ANSA, GEDI, RCS, Il Sole 24 Ore), and universities.

The company monetizes primarily through annual enterprise subscriptions with custom, quote-based pricing, supplemented by professional services for tailored reports and analyses. It maintains a sales-led go-to-market with demo-driven enterprise engagement, free trials, and inside-sales follow-up, supported by content marketing, social channels, newsletters, and the Volocom Institute of Strategic Studies (VISS) research publications. The business is bootstrapped and founder-led, with no disclosed external funding, no subsidiaries, and no public listing. Volocom holds ISO 9001 certification, GDPR compliance, gender parity certification, and FIBEP membership, and relies on official licensing agreements with publishers to maintain copyright-compliant content distribution, including exclusive Italian agreements with Le Figaro and ItalyPost/Post Media Srl.

Name

Volocom

Legal name

Volocom S.r.l.

Website

https://volocom.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Volocom is an Italian AI-powered media intelligence company that monitors over 4 million daily contents across 200,000 sources and 130+ languages, serving 20,000+ enterprise, government, media, and institutional clients via proprietary platforms like VoloEasyReader, VoloIntelligence, VoloMaps, and Portal X.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media Intelligence Software

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

News & Current Affairs Aggregators (MPACAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

News Agencies & Wire Services (General & Specialized) (MPAJADAE), News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO), Periodicals, Magazines & Newspapers Distribution (CRAOALAB)

Keywords

• Media monitoring services
• News intelligence platform
• Media analysis software
• Digital press review
• Brand intelligence platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Media Monitoring Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to media monitoring platforms including real-time news tracking, sentiment analysis, and comprehensive reporting across print, web, TV, radio and social media sources
2. Digital Newspaper Platform (VoloEasyReader): B2B digital newspaper platform providing access to newspapers, periodicals, magazines, and news agencies through a single unified platform
3. Report and Analysis Services: Customized reports transforming millions of content pieces into clear, actionable analyses for marketing, communication, and management solutions
4. Brand & Market Intelligence (Portal X): Personalized platform for collecting, organizing and valorizing relevant business information in a secure, credentialed environment

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Volocom develops and sells proprietary AI-powered media intelligence platforms (VoloEasyReader, VoloIntelligence, VoloMaps, Portal X) that monitor and analyze content from print, web, TV, radio, and social media sources in over 130 languages. The company also provides media monitoring services and customized analytical reports for enterprises, government institutions, and publishers across Italy and internationally.

Product overview

Volocom offers a multi-product platform for media intelligence and news monitoring. The core portfolio includes VoloEasyReader ANSA Edition (digital newsstand for B2B content aggregation), VoloIntelligence (real-time news monitoring and analysis), VoloMaps (geolocated risk monitoring), and Portal X (brand and market intelligence). These products are complemented by media monitoring services covering press, web, TV, radio, and social channels, along with reporting and analysis solutions. All offerings are powered by proprietary AI and machine learning technologies processing over 4 million content items daily from 200,000 international sources in 130+ languages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VoloEasyReader: B2B digital newspaper stand offering access to newspapers, periodicals, magazines, and news agencies. ANSA Edition is the most widely distributed in Italy.
• VoloIntelligence
• VoloMaps
• Portal X
• VISS (Volocom Institute of Strategic Studies)

Products and services

• VoloEasyReader ANSA Edition

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 4 million news contents processed daily from 200,000 international sources
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Le FigarocoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2026First and currently unique agreement in Italy for the regularized distribution of Le Figaro content through Volocom's digital services. Volocom distributes Le Figaro content through its platforms, making it available in the VoloEasyReader digital newspaper and Volocom media monitoring services. This partnership provides Italian clients with authoritative international content for analysis of political, economic, financial, and cultural topics.
• Post Media Srl (ItalyPost)coreTechnology or IntegrationAgreement with Post Media Srl, publisher of the new economic-financial daily ItalyPost, enabling integration of the newspaper's editorial content into Volocom's digital services ecosystem. Volocom can distribute and enhance ItalyPost content through its platforms, making it available in the VoloEasyReader digital newspaper, personalized press reviews, and digital monitoring platforms.
• ANSAcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for VoloEasyReader ANSA Edition - the most widespread B2B digital newspaper in Italy, providing unified access to newspapers, periodicals, magazines, and news agencies including ANSA content.
• Various Italian PublisherscoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial licensing agreements and partnerships with publishers ensuring full respect for editorial rights and copyright compliance. Over 800 publishers and qualified sources integrated into the platform.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Signal AI: AI-powered media intelligence and reputation management platform serving enterprise and government clients with risk and trend analytics. Comparable AI-native positioning and enterprise/government go-to-market.
• PressReader: Digital newsstand platform distributing newspapers, magazines, and periodicals to B2B and B2C customers via licensing agreements with publishers. Directly comparable to VoloEasyReader's B2B content aggregation model.
• Mention: Real-time media monitoring platform tracking brand mentions across web, social, and news sources with alerting and analytics. Closely comparable to VoloIntelligence's core monitoring functionality.
• Talkwalker: AI-powered consumer and media intelligence platform offering social listening, trend detection, and analytics across multiple languages. Overlaps with Volocom's AI-driven, multi-language media intelligence stack.
• LexisNexis: Provides news, media monitoring, and business intelligence services to legal, corporate, and government clients. Comparable to Volocom's licensed-source, compliance-grade media intelligence offering.
• Cision: Major media monitoring and communications intelligence platform (parent of Brandwatch and PR Newswire), serving PR, enterprise, and government clients globally. Direct overlap with Volocom's monitoring and analytics products.
• Digimind: Social listening and competitive intelligence platform with multilingual monitoring and analytics. Closely comparable to Volocom's social media monitoring and semantic analysis capabilities.
• Brandwatch: Consumer intelligence and social media analytics platform (part of Cision Group) used by enterprises for brand and market intelligence. Directly comparable to Portal X and Volocom's brand monitoring capabilities.
• Meltwater: Global leader in media intelligence and social listening, offering multi-language press, web, and social monitoring with AI-driven analytics. Direct competitor to VoloIntelligence, with overlapping enterprise target customers.

Broad incumbents

• Kantar Media: Global incumbent in media measurement, monitoring, and audience intelligence serving advertisers and media owners. Overlaps with Volocom's monitoring and reporting services at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/volocomsrl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/volocom
• Instagraminstagram.com/volocom.technology
• Xx.com/volocomm

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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