The 14 Best Audio Fast-Growing Startups

1) SoundCloud

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

Details of the startup:

• Country: Germany
• City: Berlin
• Started in: 2007
• Founders: Alexander Ljung, Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding amount: $542,820,688
• Number of funding rounds: 10
• Number of investors: 17

You can find their website here.

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2) LISNR

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

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Oakland
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Chris Ostoich, Chris Ridenour, Josh Glick, Nikki Ridenour, Rodney Williams
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $30,800,000
• Number of funding rounds: 10
• Number of investors: 19

You can find their website here.

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3) 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
• City: Stockholm
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Johan Billgren, Karl Rosander, Mans Ulvestam, Markus Ahlstrand
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $126,228,642
• Number of funding rounds: 9
• Number of investors: 10

You can find their website here.

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4) 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
• City: Framingham
• Started in: 1964
• Founders: Amar Bose
• Number of employees: 10001+
• Funding amount: $430,165
• Number of funding rounds: 1

You can find their website here.

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5) 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
• City: Shanghai
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Jianjun Yu
• Number of employees: 501-1000
• Funding amount: $123,117,134
• Number of funding rounds: 9
• Number of investors: 31

You can find their website here.

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6) Pratilipi

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

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• City: Bengaluru
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Prashant Gupta, Rahul Ranjan, Ranjeet Pratap Singh, Sahradayi Modi, Sankaranarayanan Devarajan
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding amount: $29,833,055
• Number of funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

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7) 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
• City: Dublin
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Patricia Scanlon
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $11,777,501
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

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8) Podimo

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

Details of the startup:

• Country: Denmark
• City: Copenhagen
• Started in: 2019
• Founders: Andreas Sachse, Eva Lægdsgaard, Morten Strunge, Nikolaj Koppel, Sverre Dueholm
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: € 32,200,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

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9) 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
• City: Berlin
• Started in: 1996
• Founders: Daniel Haver
• Number of employees: 501-1000
• Funding amount: € 50,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 1
• Number of investors: 1

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
• City: Bengaluru
• Started in: 2017
• Founders: Pratham Khandelwal, Yogesh Sharma
• Number of employees: 1-10
• Funding amount: $3,012,075
• Number of funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

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11) Voices.com

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

Details of the startup:

• Country: Canada
• City: London-Canada
• Started in: 2005
• Founders: David Ciccarelli, Stephanie Ciccarelli
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $21,293,956
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

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12) 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
• City: Berlin
• Started in: 2020
• Founders: Dmytro Boguslavskyy, Fernando Barrera, Lucas Consoli
• Number of employees: 1-10
• Funding amount: € 700,000
• Number of funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

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13) 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
• City: Toronto
• Started in: 2018
• Founders: Saqib Muhammad, Zohaib Ahmed
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $2,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

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14) SoundAI

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

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• City: Beijing
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Chang Le, Xiaoliang Chen
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: CN¥580,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 10

You can find their website here.

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