Top 14 Audio Startups in 2023

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August 30, 2023

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Have you ever wondered who is on the list of Audio companies with the highest growth rates?

You’re not alone.

There are hundreds of companies in this space, and it can be difficult to keep track of them all.

We've decided to take a deep dive and put together a list containing 14 fast-growing Audio startups that have top-tier venture capital funding.

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1) SoundCloud

Anyone may produce and share sounds on SoundCloud, a social sound platform.

Details of the startup:

Country: Germany
State: Berlin
City: Berlin
Started in: 2007
Founders: Alexander Ljung, Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss
Number of employees: 251-500
Funding: $542,820,688
Funding rounds: 10
Number of investors: 17 (Index Ventures, GGV Capital, Temasek Holdings, Union Square Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners)

You can find their website here.

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2) 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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3) Soapbox Labs

SoapBox Labs' privacy-first speech recognition software allows kids of different ages, accents, and dialects to have voice-enabled experiences.

Details of the startup:

Country: Ireland
State: Dublin
City: Dublin
Started in: 2013
Founders: Patricia Scanlon
Number of employees: 11-50
Funding: $11,777,501
Funding rounds: 4
Number of investors: 6 (Enterprise Ireland, Astia Angels, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Elkstone Capital Partners, Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund)

You can find their website here.

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4) 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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5) Native Instruments

Native Instruments is a software and hardware company that specializes on computer-based music production and DJing.

Details of the startup:

Country: Germany
State: Berlin
City: Berlin
Started in: 1996
Founders: Daniel Haver
Number of employees: 501-1000
Funding: € 50,000,000
Funding rounds: 1
Number of investors: 1 (EMH Partners)

You can find their website here.

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6) Voices.com

Voices.com is a website that connects businesses with voice-over artists.

Details of the startup:

Country: Canada
State: Ontario
City: London-Canada
Started in: 2005
Founders: David Ciccarelli, Stephanie Ciccarelli
Number of employees: 101-250
Funding: $21,293,956
Funding rounds: 4
Number of investors: 2 (Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, BDC Capital Corporation)

You can find their website here.

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7) 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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8) Resemble AI

Resemble Custom Voices are created by AI utilizing unique Deep Learning models capable of producing realistic Speech Synthesis.

Details of the startup:

Country: Canada
State: Ontario
City: Toronto
Started in: 2018
Founders: Saqib Muhammad, Zohaib Ahmed
Number of employees: 11-50
Funding: $2,000,000
Funding rounds: 2
Number of investors: 7 (Craft Ventures, Betaworks, Canaan Partners, Firstminute Capital, AET Fund)

You can find their website here.

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9) 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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10) 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: 44470
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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11) Ximalaya FM

Ximalaya is a website that allows users to share music and create their own personal radio stations.

Details of the startup:

Country: China
State: Shanghai
City: Shanghai
Started in: 2012
Founders: Jianjun Yu
Number of employees: 501-1000
Funding: $123,117,134
Funding rounds: 9
Number of investors: 31 (General Atlantic, Xiaomi, TAL Education Group, JD Digits, Kleiner Perkins)

You can find their website here.

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12) SoundAI

SoundAI is a technology and artificial intelligence interface firm that specializes on acoustics frontier technologies.

Details of the startup:

Country: China
State: Beijing
City: Beijing
Started in: 2016
Founders: Chang Le, Xiaoliang Chen
Number of employees: 11-50
Funding: CN¥580,000,000
Funding rounds: 4
Number of investors: 10 (Baidu, InnoVen Capital, Linekong, FREES FUND, Addor Capital)

You can find their website here.

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13) Bose

Bose is a sound research and development business that focuses on the entertainment, home audio, aviation, and automotive industries.

Details of the startup:

Country: United States
State: Massachusetts
City: Framingham
Started in: 1964
Founders: Amar Bose
Number of employees: 10001+
Funding: $430,165
Funding rounds: 1

You can find their website here.

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14) LISNR

LISNR uses the most modern ultrasonic data technology to provide secure and seamless data transmission.

Details of the startup:

Country: United States
State: California
City: Oakland
Started in: 2012
Founders: Chris Ostoich, Chris Ridenour, Josh Glick, Nikki Ridenour, Rodney Williams
Number of employees: 11-50
Funding: $30,800,000
Funding rounds: 10
Number of investors: 19 (Techstars, Intel Capital, Visa, SeedInvest, Endeavor Catalyst)

You can find their website here.

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