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Top 14 Audio Startups in 2024

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

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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

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.

2) Acast

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.

3) Soapbox Labs

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.

4) Podimo

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.

5) Native Instruments

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.

6) Voices.com

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.

7) Dive

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.

8) Resemble AI

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.

9) Pratilipi

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.

10) Headfone

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.

11) Ximalaya FM

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.

12) SoundAI

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.

13) Bose

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.

14) LISNR

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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