Top 7 Podcast Startups in 2024

1) Acast

Acast is a podcast and audio-on-demand platform that hosts, monetizes, and distributes audio content throughout the world.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Sweden
• State: Stockholms Lan
• City: Stockholm
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Johan Billgren, Karl Rosander, Mans Ulvestam, Markus Ahlstrand
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding: $126,228,642
• Funding rounds: 9
• Number of investors: 10 (European Investment Bank, Bonnier Ventures, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Alfvén & Didrikson, Swedbank Robur)

You can find their website here.

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2) Podimo

Podimoa is an open podcast platform that provides creators with a subscription service.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Denmark
• State: Hovedstaden
• City: Copenhagen
• Started in: 2019
• Founders: Andreas Sachse, Eva Lægdsgaard, Morten Strunge, Nikolaj Koppel, Sverre Dueholm
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding: € 32,200,000
• Funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 6 (83North, Heartcore Capital, Headline, Stefan Blom, Meridia Capital)

You can find their website here.

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3) Dive

Dive is an unique audio-community for professionals who want to share their job or industry insights and learnings.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Germany
• State: Berlin
• City: Berlin
• Started in: 2020
• Founders: Dmytro Boguslavskyy, Fernando Barrera, Lucas Consoli
• Number of employees: 1-10
• Funding: € 700,000
• Funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 4 (Min-Liang Tan, Boon Hwee Koh, zVentures, Lim Kaling)

You can find their website here.

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4) Pratilipi

Pratilipi is a platform for language storytelling that connects readers, writers, and their stories.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• State: Karnataka
• City: Bengaluru
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Prashant Gupta, Rahul Ranjan, Ranjeet Pratap Singh, Sahradayi Modi, Sankaranarayanan Devarajan
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding: $29,833,055
• Funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 12 (Tencent, Qiming Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Shunwei Capital, Omidyar Network)

You can find their website here.

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5) Headfone

Headfone is a social audio platform for recording, listening, and sharing audios.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• State: Karnataka
• City: Bengaluru
• Started in: 2017
• Founders: Pratham Khandelwal, Yogesh Sharma
• Number of employees: 1-10
• Funding: $3,012,075
• Funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 4 (Hashed, Axilor Ventures, Fosun RZ Capital, Seung Yoon Lee)

You can find their website here.

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6) Patreon

Patreon is a website that connects musicians and other artists with their supporters.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: California
• City: San Francisco
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Jack Conte, Sam Yam
• Number of employees: 501-1000
• Funding: $413,300,000
• Funding rounds: 8
• Number of investors: 34 (Index Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, SV Angel, CRV, Tiger Global Management)

You can find their website here.

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7) OZY Media

OZY Media is a premium media and entertainment company that covers TV, events, podcasts, and news for curious individuals.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: California
• City: Mountain View
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Carlos Watson, Louise Rogers, Samir Rao
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding: $70,300,000
• Funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 15 (Axel Springer, Emerson Collective, LionTree, iHeartMedia, VentureSouq)

You can find their website here.

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