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Networks and creators producing content in new audio and media formats
Company | Founded | Stage | Raised | Employees (est) | HQ Location | Founder | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rebel Girls | 2012 | Seed | $13M | 60 | San Francisco, United States | more | Owl Ventures, Base10 Partners, Mindshift Capital, Emmeline Ventures, Wenda Harris Millard, and 6 others |
Wondery | 2016 | Acquired | $15M | 259 | West Hollywood, United States | more | Lerer Hippeau, Waverley Capital, BDMI, Alan Patricof, Greycroft, and 8 others |
Lemonada Media | 2019 | Series A | $11M | 68 | Minneapolis, United States | BDMI, Blue Collective, Greycroft, Spring Point Partners, Wenda Harris Millard, and 4 others | |
Blinkist | 2012 | Series C | $35M | 237 | Berlin, Germany | Insight Partners, Headline, Greycroft, IBB Ventures, Hubraum, and 3 others | |
WaitWhat | 2017 | Series B | $16M | 56 | New York, United States | more | Cue Ball, Raga Partners, Burda Principal Investments, Emerson Collective, Able Partners, and 9 others |
Dear Media | 2018 | Other | $13M | 73 | West Hollywood, United States | Michael Bosstick, Raina Penchansky more | Magnet Companies |
Luminary Media | 2018 | Other | $100M | 39 | Chicago, United States | New Enterprise Associates, 14W, Sinai Ventures | |
Crowd Network | 2020 | Other | - | 24 | Manchester, United Kingdom | more | Enigma Holdings Group, Ltd. |
Podchaser | 2016 | Acquired | $6M | 48 | Oklahoma City, United States | Hyde Park Venture Partners, Greycroft, High Alpha, Matthew Luckett, Powerhouse Capital, and 12 others | |
Earwolf | 2010 | Other | - | 26 | Los Angeles, United States | Jeff Ullrich, Scott Aukerman more | |
 | 2012 | Other | $218M | 525 | San Francisco, United States | Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight Partners, LAUNCH, TPG Growth, TPG, and 37 others | |
Evergreen Podcasts | 2017 | Corporate Round | $1M | 32 | Lakewood, United States | Joan Andrews more | Lake Effect Radio |
Instaread | 2014 | Seed | $2M | 20 | San Francisco, United States | Kima Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, Pear VC | |
Pray.com | 2016 | Series B | $34M | 51 | Santa Monica, United States | Science, VMG Partners, TPG Growth, Greylock, Sequoia Capital, and 21 others | |
PodcastOne | 2010 | Acquired | $8M | 86 | California, United States | more | LiveXLive |
Gimlet Media | 2014 | Acquired | $28M | 103 | Brooklyn, United States | WPP, Stripes, Graham Holdings, Betaworks, MaC Venture Capital, and 9 others | |
Blue Wire | 2018 | Other | $12M | 99 | San Francisco, United States | more | DOT Capital, 500 Global, Side Door Ventures, Bettor Capital, Prakash Ramamurthy, and 3 others |
Cadence13 | 2015 | Acquired | - | 60 | New York, United States | more | Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Entercom Communications Corp. |
Meet Cute | 2019 | Series A | $9M | 27 | New York, United States | more | Union Square Ventures, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, LocalGlobe, Lerer Hippeau, Newark Venture Partners, and 1 others |
Aaptiv | 2015 | Acquired | $52M | 19 | New York, United States | more | Insight Partners, Pear VC, Millennium Technology Value Partners, Outlander Fund I Archimedes, Warner Music Group, and 9 others |
Changelog Media | 2009 | Other | - | 5 | Cypress, United States | Jerod Santo more | |
reVolver Podcasts | 2016 | Corporate Round | - | 11 | Dallas, United States | Jack Hobbs more | Latido Music |
Osiris Media | 2017 | Crowdfunding | - | 14 | Washington, United States | Nashville Entrepreneur Center, StartEngine, SeedInvest, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Rainmakers | |
Stabl | 2015 | Other | - | 3 | London, United Kingdom | David McGuire more | |
Audiomatic | 2015 | Other | - | - | Mumbai, India | more | |
Boardwalk Audio | 2016 | Other | - | - | Los Angeles, United States | more | |
Fir Podcast Network | 2015 | Other | - | - | Concord, United States | more | |
LeadersIn | 2007 | Acquired | - | - | London, England | more | |
Podimo | 2019 | Series B | $173M | - | Copenhagen, Denmark | 83North, Headline, Heartcore Capital, Highland Europe, Possible Ventures, and 4 others | |
Radio Misfits | 2014 | Other | - | - | more | ||
Radiotopia | 2014 | Other | $1M | - | Cambridge, United States | more |
Distribution & Monetization
Platforms that host, distribute, monetize and offer tools for new audio and media formats
Company | Founded | Stage | Raised | Employees (est) | HQ Location | Founder | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spreaker | 2009 | Acquired | $1M | 154 | New York, United States | Italian Angels for Growth, Jupiter Venture | |
Buzzsprout | 2008 | Other | - | 10 | Jacksonville, United States | more | |
Sounder.fm | 2019 | Series A | $21M | 41 | New York, United States | more | iHeartMedia, Ulu Ventures, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Adventure Fund, Spotify, and 6 others |
Ausha | 2018 | Seed | $1M | 33 | Tourcoing, France | Bpifrance, Nord France Amorcage, Groupe IRD, Nima Karimi, Jean-Baptiste Defossez, and 3 others | |
Audioboom | 2009 | Acquired | $8M | 47 | St. Helier, Jersey | more | Candy Capital, Harwood Private Equity |
iono.fm | 2008 | Seed | - | 12 | Cape Town, South Africa | more | Clifftop Colony Capital Partners |
Omny Studio | 2012 | Acquired | $2M | 9 | Melbourne, Australia | University of Melbourne, Singtel Innov8, Melbourne Accelerator Program, Adventure Capital | |
PodOmatic | 2005 | Other | - | 21 | San Francisco, United States | more | |
Simplecast | 2013 | Acquired | $12M | 19 | Troy, United States | more | Hudson Valley Startup Fund, Leonis Investissement, Zelkova Ventures, Daniel Curran, Gabriel Jarrosson |
Supercast | 2019 | Seed | $2M | 14 | Victoria, Canada | more | Christian Reber, Tiny Capital, Des Traynor, Conconi Growth Partners, Form Capital, and 1 others |
Awesound | 2015 | Other | - | 1 | London, United Kingdom | more | |
Adori Labs | 2015 | Seed | $3M | 18 | Santa Clara, United States | more | Montane Ventures Pvt., Ltd. |
Audiobus | 2015 | Corporate Round | $24M | 17 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Advanced Media, Samsung Ventures, Dentsu, Hyundai Motor Company, Nippon Broadcasting System, and 4 others | |
Acast | 2013 | IPO | $126M | - | Stockholm, Sweden | Bonnier Ventures, Alfvén & Didrikson, European Investment Bank, MOOR, Swedbank Robur, and 8 others | |
MatchCasts | 2019 | Pre-Seed | - | - | Singapore, Singapore | more | Entrepreneur First |
Megaphone (formerly Panoply Media) | 2015 | Acquired | - | - | Washington, United States |
Infrastructure
Backend infrastructure that helps power platforms and platform monetization
Company | Founded | Stage | Raised | Employees (est) | HQ Location | Founder | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Instreamatic | 2015 | Seed | $6M | 26 | Palo Alto, United States | Bas Godska, Progress Ventures, NETWORK VC, AperiamVentures (formerly MathCapital), Hawke Ventures, and 3 others | |
Backtracks | 2016 | Seed | $4M | 7 | Austin, United States | Moonshots Capital, Sputnik ATX, Capital Factory, Kleiner Perkins, Next Coast Ventures, and 2 others | |
Podsights | 2018 | Acquired | $6M | 15 | New York, United States | Newark Venture Partners, BDMI, Betaworks, Supernode Global, Graham Holdings, and 6 others | |
Zvook | 2019 | Pre-Seed | - | 4 | Brooklyn, United States | Antler | |
Midroll Media, LLC | 2013 | Acquired | - | - | Los Angeles, United States | Jeff Ullrich, Scott Aukerman more |
Player
Consumer facing players of new audio formats
Company | Founded | Stage | Raised | Employees (est) | HQ Location | Founder | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Podcast App | 2017 | Seed | - | 34 | San Francisco, United States | Y Combinator, Reach Capital, FJ Labs, Magma Partners, Kalei Ventures, and 6 others | |
Audible | 1995 | Acquired | $15M | 3062 | Newark, United States | Bing Gordon, Don Katz, Edwin J. Lau more | Apax Partners, HV Capital, Penguin Random House, Special Situations Funds |
Curio | 2016 | Series A | $9M | 53 | London, United Kingdom | Earlybird Venture Capital, Molten Ventures, 500 Global, Cherry Ventures, Horizons Ventures, and 3 others | |
iVoox | 2010 | Seed | - | 70 | Barcelona, Spain | more | ICF Capital, Grupo Intercom |
Castbox | 2016 | Series C | $45M | 62 | San Francisco, United States | Renee Wang, Shibin Li, Xiaocong He more | IDG Capital, SIG China (SIG Asia Investments), Qiming Venture Partners, GSR Ventures, Mobvista, and 1 others |
Stitcher | 2007 | Acquired | $19M | 106 | San Francisco, United States | New Enterprise Associates, Benchmark, Great Oaks Venture Capital, PROOF Fund, Ronald Conway, and 1 others | |
Spoon Radio | 2013 | Series B | $60M | 99 | Seoul, South Korea | Choi Hyuk Jun, Heejae Lee, Hyukjae Choi more | KB Investment, Goodwater Capital, Softbank Ventures Asia, Access Ventures, Altos Ventures, and 4 others |
Sybel | 2020 | Pre-Seed | $6M | 30 | Paris, France | Mangrove Capital Partners, Alexa Accelerator, Powered by Techstars, Eduardo Ronzano, Techstars | |
Pocket Casts | 2010 | Acquired | - | 5 | New York, United States | BBC Studios | |
RadioPublic | 2016 | Acquired | $1M | 8 | Boston, United States | Bose Ventures, WGBH, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, The New York Times, Companyon Ventures, and 7 others | |
Breaker | 2016 | Acquired | - | 2 | San Francisco, United States | more | Y Combinator, Betaworks, ACE & Company |
DoggCatcher | 2008 | Other | - | 1 | Durham, United States | more | |
Overcast Radio | 2014 | Other | - | 1 | New York, United States | Marco Arment more | |
Audm | 2016 | Acquired | $2M | 7 | New York, United States | Y Combinator, Switch Ventures, Precursor Ventures | |
Entale Media | 2017 | Acquired | $3M | 3 | London, United Kingdom | Ascension, Founders Factory, dmg ventures | |
hibooks | 2014 | Other | $3M | 1 | San Francisco, United States | Stanley Yuan more | Morning Crest Capital Management, Ltd., Byron Capital Partners, Ltd. |
Player FM | 2012 | Acquired | - | 1 | Los Angeles, United States | more | |
Airing Pods | 2014 | Other | - | - | Bangalore, India | Sony Kadavan more | |
AttenaPod | 2011 | Other | - | - | Bamberg, Germany | Daniel Oeh more | |
BeyondPod | 2010 | Other | - | - | Cincinatti, United States | Stefan Kyntchev more | |
Duoting | 2013 | Other | - | - | Beijing, China | more | |
Clubhouse | 2020 | Series C | $110M | - | San Francisco, United States | more | Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global Management, Scott Belsky, TQ Ventures, Elad Gil, and 9 others |
Moorcast | 2017 | Other | - | - | Washington D.C., United States | Christian Rikong more | |
APPDICTIVE Studio LLC | 2015 | Other | - | - | Santa Barbara, United States | ||
Podcast Republic | 2013 | Other | - | - | Irvine, United States | more | |
Podkicker | 2011 | Other | - | - | Vastervik, Sweden | more | |
Podparadise | 2016 | Other | - | - | Tuscon, United States | Tyler Lacy more | |
PodPitara | 2016 | Other | - | - | Pune, India | Dushyant Bhati more | |
Podtail | 2013 | Other | - | - | Stockholm, Sweden | Fredrik Jungstedt more |
Tools for Companies
Tools that help companies leverage new audio and media formats like Private Podcasts
Company | Founded | Stage | Raised | Employees (est) | HQ Location | Founder | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Casted | 2019 | Series A | $10M | 47 | Indianapolis, United States | Revolution Ventures, Elevate Ventures, High Alpha, Tappan Hill Ventures | |
uStudio | 2010 | Other | $10M | 22 | Austin, United States | Eon Corporation | |
Yac | 2019 | Series A | $11M | 5 | Kissimmee, United States | Betaworks, Slack Fund, Boost VC, GGV Capital, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, and 5 others | |
Grod Media | 2019 | Other | - | 1 | Los Angeles, United States | Alex Grodnik more | |
Hearo solutions | 2019 | Other | - | - | Wendlingen, Germany | Dan Freisem more | |
Storyboard | 2019 | Seed | $5M | - | Santa Monica, United States | CRV, Operator Partners, Slack Fund, Harry Stebbings, Dave Ambrose, and 1 others |
Tools for Creators
Tools for audio content production
Company | Founded | Stage | Raised | Employees (est) | HQ Location | Founder | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Verbit | 2017 | Series E | $569M | 1637 | New York, United States | Sapphire Ventures, Stripes, Viola Ventures, HV Capital, Third Point Ventures, and 18 others | |
TranscribeMe | 2011 | Seed | $7M | 838 | Oakland, United States | Keiretsu Capital, Tech Coast Angels, Plug and Play, Icehouse Ventures, Keiretsu Forum, and 5 others | |
Speechify | 2017 | Seed | - | 95 | Miami, United States | Streamlined Ventures, Adjacent, G9 Ventures | |
Descript | 2017 | Corporate Round | $50M | 110 | San Francisco, United States | more | Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI, Redpoint, Spark Capital, Naval Ravikant, and 20 others |
Deepgram | 2015 | Other | $56M | 171 | San Francisco, United States | Y Combinator, Tiger Global Management, In-Q-Tel, Wing Venture Capital, Compound, and 11 others | |
Krisp | 2017 | Series A | $18M | 209 | Berkeley, United States | Sierra Ventures, Shanda Group, RTP Global, Storm Ventures, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, and 7 others | |
Splice | 2013 | Series D | $160M | 273 | New York, United States | True Ventures, Flybridge, Union Square Ventures, DFJ Growth, GS Growth, and 19 others | |
Trint | 2014 | Other | $14M | 120 | London, United Kingdom | more | Horizons Ventures, The New York Times, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, The Associated Press, Bart Swanson, and 6 others |
Lilicast | 2017 | Other | - | 10 | Vorst, Belgium | Arik Azoulay more | MassChallenge |
Financing
Top Investors
Investor | Companies Backed | Rounds Participated In | Rounds Led | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TechNexus Venture Collaborative | 7 | 18 | 1.0 | |
Greycroft | 5 | 9 | 2.0 | |
Betaworks | 4 | 6 | 1.0 | |
Insight Partners | 3 | 12 | 7.0 | |
Lerer Hippeau | 3 | 5 | 1.0 | |
500 Global | 3 | 4 | 1.0 | |
Newark Venture Partners | 3 | 4 | 1.0 | |
BDMI | 3 | 5 | 1.0 | |
Powerhouse Capital | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | |
Knight Enterprise Fund | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | |
Advancit Capital | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | |
Andreessen Horowitz | 2 | 9 | 7.0 | |
Union Square Ventures | 2 | 6 | 4.0 | |
TPG Growth | 2 | 3 | 3.0 | |
Boost VC | 2 | 3 | 3.0 |
Recent Rounds
Largest Rounds
Company | Segment | Round Date | Round Size | Round Stage | Investors |
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Descript | Tools for Creators | 10/22 | $0M | Corporate Round | OpenAI |
Podimo | Content | 09/22 | $58M | Series B | 83North, Highland Europe, Saban Ventures, Heartcore Capital, Headline, and 1 others |
Dear Media | Content | 08/22 | $5M | Other | |
Trint | Tools for Creators | 08/22 | $0M | Other | TechNexus Venture Collaborative |
PodcastOne | Content | 07/22 | $8M | Note | LiveXLive |
Blue Wire | Content | 07/22 | $3M | Other | DOT Capital, Pirate Entrepreneurship Fund, East Carolina Angels |
Rebel Girls | Content | 03/22 | $13M | Seed | Base10 Partners, Owl Ventures, Mindshift Capital, Emmeline Ventures, Wenda Harris Millard, and 6 others |
Sounder.fm | Distribution & Monetization | 02/22 | $8M | Series A | iHeartMedia, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Adventure Fund, Diverse Angels, Xoogler |
Lemonada Media | Content | 01/22 | $8M | Series A | BDMI, Greycroft, Spring Point Partners, Wenda Harris Millard, Madison Wells Media, and 3 others |
Sounder.fm | Distribution & Monetization | 12/21 | $10M | Series A | iHeartMedia |
Podimo | Content | 11/21 | $78M | Series B | 83North, Highland Europe, Possible Ventures, Heartcore Capital, Headline, and 3 others |
Verbit | Tools for Creators | 11/21 | $100M | Secondary | |
Verbit | Tools for Creators | 11/21 | $150M | Series E | Third Point Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Vertex Growth Fund, Titan Capital Partners, and 4 others |
Deepgram | Tools for Creators | 10/21 | $17M | Other | |
iVoox | Player | 07/21 | $0M | Debt | ICF Capital |
WaitWhat | Content | 06/21 | $12M | Series B | Raga Partners, Emerson Collective, GingerBread Capital, Capital One Ventures, Reid Hoffman, and 4 others |
Clubhouse | Player | 06/21 | $0M | Series C | 10X Capital |
Verbit | Tools for Creators | 06/21 | $157M | Series D | Sapphire Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Stripes, Viola Ventures, Third Point Ventures, and 8 others |
Verbit | Tools for Creators | 06/21 | $37M | Debt | Silicon Valley Bank |
Clubhouse | Player | 05/21 | $0M | Series B | TQ Ventures, Offline Ventures |
Instreamatic | Infrastructure | 05/21 | $0M | Seed | Brian McNamara |
Instreamatic | Infrastructure | 04/21 | $6M | Series A | Progress Ventures, AperiamVentures (formerly MathCapital), NETWORK VC, Hawke Ventures, Accomplice, and 1 others |
Castbox | Player | 04/21 | $15M | Series C | SIG China (SIG Asia Investments), GSR Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners |
Clubhouse | Player | 04/21 | $0M | Series C | Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global Management, Elad Gil, TQ Ventures, DST Global, and 3 others |
Casted | Tools for Companies | 04/21 | $7M | Series A | Revolution Ventures, Elevate Ventures, High Alpha, Tappan Hill Ventures |
Podsights | Infrastructure | 03/21 | $4M | Other | Newark Venture Partners, Betaworks, BDMI, Supernode Global, Graham Holdings, and 2 others |
Sounder.fm | Distribution & Monetization | 03/21 | $2M | Seed | Ulu Ventures, Xoogler, Newark Venture Partners |
Blue Wire | Content | 02/21 | $4M | Corporate Round | |
Splice | Tools for Creators | 02/21 | $55M | Series D | GS Growth, Stefan Blom |
Podimo | Content | 02/21 | $14M | Other | Headline, Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker, aldeA Ventures |
Krisp | Tools for Creators | 02/21 | $9M | Series A | RTP Global, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Storm Ventures, s16vc, CM Ventures |
Lemonada Media | Content | 02/21 | $1M | Other | |
| Content | 02/21 | $0M | Other | BluePointe Ventures |
Deepgram | Tools for Creators | 02/21 | $25M | Series B | Tiger Global Management, Bossanova Investimentos, Wing Venture Capital, Citi Ventures, SAP.iO |
Descript | Tools for Creators | 02/21 | $30M | Series B | Spark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Naval Ravikant, Lenny Rachitsky, Tobias Lütke, and 18 others |
Yac | Tools for Companies | 01/21 | $8M | Series A | GGV Capital, Slack Fund |
Clubhouse | Player | 01/21 | $100M | Series B | Andreessen Horowitz |
Backtracks | Infrastructure | 01/21 | $2M | Seed | Moonshots Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Kli Capital, Sputnik ATX, Bull Creek Capital |
Podchaser | Content | 01/21 | $4M | Series A | Greycroft, Powerhouse Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners, LightShed Ventures, Advancit Capital, and 5 others |
Storyboard | Tools for Companies | 12/20 | $5M | Seed | CRV, Operator Partners, Slack Fund, Harry Stebbings, Dave Ambrose, and 1 others |
Blue Wire | Content | 12/20 | $5M | Series A | DOT Capital, Side Door Ventures, Bettor Capital, Forty5 Ventures |
Meet Cute | Content | 12/20 | $6M | Series A | Union Square Ventures, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, LocalGlobe, Lerer Hippeau, Newark Venture Partners |
| Content | 12/20 | $75M | Series C | Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight Partners, TPG, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Empede Capital, and 1 others |
Verbit | Tools for Creators | 11/20 | $60M | Series C | Sapphire Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Stripes, HV Capital, Vertex Growth Fund, and 1 others |
Curio | Player | 09/20 | $9M | Series A | Earlybird Venture Capital, Molten Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Horizons Ventures |
Trint | Tools for Creators | 09/20 | $7M | Series A | The New York Times, Edge VC |
Yac | Tools for Companies | 08/20 | $1M | Other | Slack Fund |
Krisp | Tools for Creators | 08/20 | $5M | Series A | Sierra Ventures, Storm Ventures, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, CM Ventures, HIVE Ventures |
Backtracks | Infrastructure | 07/20 | $0M | Note | Moonshots Capital |
Sybel | Player | 06/20 | $0M | Pre-Seed | Techstars, Alexa Accelerator, Powered by Techstars |
Acast | Distribution & Monetization | 06/20 | $28M | Other | Alfvén & Didrikson, Bonnier Ventures, Swedbank Robur, Första AP-fonden, MOOR |
Lemonada Media | Content | 06/20 | $2M | Seed | Blue Collective |
Deepgram | Tools for Creators | 06/20 | $0M | Other | In-Q-Tel |
Podimo | Content | 05/20 | $17M | Series A | 83North, Possible Ventures, Heartcore Capital, Headline |
Yac | Tools for Companies | 05/20 | $2M | Seed | Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Florida Technology |
Clubhouse | Player | 05/20 | $10M | Series A | Andreessen Horowitz, Scott Belsky, Worklife, Offline Ventures, Natalie Carnegie, and 2 others |
Backtracks | Infrastructure | 05/20 | $0M | Note | Moonshots Capital |
Instreamatic | Infrastructure | 05/20 | $0M | Note | |
Instreamatic | Infrastructure | 05/20 | $0M | Note | |
Evergreen Podcasts | Content | 05/20 | $1M | Corporate Round | Lake Effect Radio |
Dear Media | Content | 04/20 | $8M | Series A | Magnet Companies |
Aaptiv | Content | 04/20 | $0M | Other | Insight Partners |
Osiris Media | Content | 04/20 | $0M | Other | Nashville Entrepreneur Center |
Instreamatic | Infrastructure | 04/20 | $0M | Note | NETWORK VC |
Instreamatic | Infrastructure | 04/20 | $0M | Note | Bas Godska |
Deepgram | Tools for Creators | 03/20 | $12M | Series A | Wing Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Compound, SAP.iO |
Pray.com | Content | 03/20 | $18M | Series B | VMG Partners, Science, Garden City Companies, Moxxie Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and 3 others |
Ausha | Distribution & Monetization | 03/20 | $1M | Seed | Nord France Amorcage, Groupe IRD, Nima Karimi, Jean-Baptiste Defossez, Manuel Dorne, and 2 others |
Ausha | Distribution & Monetization | 03/20 | $1M | Debt | Bpifrance |
Sounder.fm | Distribution & Monetization | 03/20 | $2M | Seed | Ulu Ventures, Spotify, Xoogler, Newark Venture Partners, Curtis Lee, and 2 others |
Osiris Media | Content | 03/20 | $0M | Crowdfunding | StartEngine |
Pocket Casts | Player | 03/20 | $0M | Corporate Round | BBC Studios |
Supercast | Distribution & Monetization | 02/20 | $2M | Seed | Christian Reber, Tiny Capital, Des Traynor, Conconi Growth Partners, Form Capital, and 1 others |
Blue Wire | Content | 02/20 | $1M | Seed | DOT Capital, 500 Global, Prakash Ramamurthy, Forty5 Ventures |
Casted | Tools for Companies | 02/20 | $3M | Seed | Elevate Ventures, High Alpha, Tappan Hill Ventures |
Podchaser | Content | 01/20 | $2M | Seed | Hyde Park Venture Partners, High Alpha, Lunsford Capital, Rich Greenfield, Poplar Ventures, and 2 others |
Meet Cute | Content | 01/20 | $3M | Seed | Union Square Ventures, Advancit Capital |
Podsights | Infrastructure | 01/20 | $2M | Seed | BDMI, Supernode Global, Greycroft, Betaworks Ventures, Howard Lindzon, and 2 others |
reVolver Podcasts | Content | 01/20 | $0M | Corporate Round | Latido Music |
Yac | Tools for Companies | 01/20 | $1M | Seed | Active Capital, Betaworks, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Florida Funders |
Verbit | Tools for Creators | 01/20 | $31M | Series B | Stripes, Vertex Ventures, Viola Ventures, HV Capital, Oryzn Capital, and 1 others |
Rebel Girls | Content | 01/20 | $0M | Seed | Owl Ventures |
Speechify | Tools for Creators | 01/20 | $0M | Seed | Adjacent, G9 Ventures |
Spoon Radio | Player | 12/19 | $40M | Series B | KB Investment, Naver, IMM Investment, SBI Investment Korea |
Yac | Tools for Companies | 12/19 | $0M | Seed | TechNexus Venture Collaborative |
RadioPublic | Player | 12/19 | $0M | Other | TechNexus Venture Collaborative |
MatchCasts | Distribution & Monetization | 11/19 | $0M | Pre-Seed | |
Descript | Tools for Creators | 09/19 | $15M | Series A | Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint |
Entale Media | Player | 09/19 | $2M | Series A | Ascension, dmg ventures |
| Content | 09/19 | $0M | Secondary | TPG, Lightspeed, Giant Ventures, LVL1 Group, Insight |
Acast | Distribution & Monetization | 08/19 | $28M | Debt | European Investment Bank |
Blue Wire | Content | 07/19 | $0M | Pre-Seed | 500 Global |
Krisp | Tools for Creators | 07/19 | $0M | Note | TechNexus Venture Collaborative |
Zvook | Infrastructure | 07/19 | $0M | Pre-Seed | Antler |
Podimo | Content | 07/19 | $7M | Seed | Heartcore Capital, Headline, Stefan Blom |
| Content | 07/19 | $27M | Series B | Lightspeed Venture Partners |
Wondery | Content | 06/19 | $10M | Series B | Waverley Capital, BDMI, Lerer Hippeau, Powerhouse Capital, Greycroft, and 2 others |
Osiris Media | Content | 06/19 | $0M | Seed | SeedInvest, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Rainmakers |
MatchCasts | Distribution & Monetization | 06/19 | $0M | Pre-Seed | Entrepreneur First |
Backtracks | Infrastructure | 05/19 | $2M | Seed | Moonshots Capital, Capital Factory, Next Coast Ventures, Kli Capital, Sputnik ATX, and 1 others |