Epidemic Sound Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2009

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 550

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • PE Growth

  • Financing Rounds
  • 5

  • Investments
  • 2

Epidemic Sound General Information

Description

Developer of a royalty-free music library to provide production music for films and television. The company's subscription and the cloud-based library offer a catalog of music tracks from different genres and allow visual content creators to use soundtracks with all rights included on all platforms, in any country, for an unlimited time and with no reporting needs, it provides a direct license model that comes with all rights included and next-generation soundtracking tools and empowers creators to unlock more feeling in everything they create and share their stories with the world, enabling users an easy and legally riskless source to add music to digital media.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Private Equity-Backed
Corporate Office
  • Västgotagatan 2
  • 118 27 Stockholm
  • Sweden
Primary Industry
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Other Industries
Movies, Music and Entertainment
Business/Productivity Software
Vertical(s)
SaaS
Corporate Office
  • Västgotagatan 2
  • 118 27 Stockholm
  • Sweden

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Epidemic Sound Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
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Epidemic Sound Comparisons

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Financing
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Epidemic Sound Competitors (25)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Soundstripe Venture Capital-Backed Nashville, TN 00 0000 00000000000 0000
Storyblocks Private Equity-Backed Arlington, VA 000 000.00 000000000000 000.00
Mixcloud Venture Capital-Backed London, United Kingdom 000 000.00 0000000000 000.00
Spreaker Formerly VC-backed San Antonio, TX 00 00.000 0000000000 0
Artlist Private Equity-Backed Tel Aviv, Israel 000 0000 0000000 0000 0000
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Epidemic Sound Executive Team (27)

Name Title Board Seat
Oscar Hoglund Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Sara Börsvik Chief Financial Officer
Marcus Lewold Chief Strategy Officer
Rikard Herlitz Chief Technology Officer
Lars Torstensson Chief of Business Operations & Communications & Investor Relations
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Epidemic Sound Board Members (8)

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Epidemic Sound Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Epidemic Sound Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Epidemic Sound Investments (2)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Soundly (Norway) 22-Dec-2023 0000000000 Movies, Music and Entertainment
A-P Records 31-Dec-2021 Buyout/LBO Movies, Music and Entertainment 00000 000
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Epidemic Sound Subsidiaries (1)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Soundly (Norway) Movies, Music and Entertainment Oslo, Norway
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Epidemic Sound FAQs

  • When was Epidemic Sound founded?

    Epidemic Sound was founded in 2009.

  • Who is the founder of Epidemic Sound?

    Oscar Hoglund, Hjalmar Winbladh, Jan Zachrisson, and David Stenmarck are the founders of Epidemic Sound.

  • Who is the CEO of Epidemic Sound?

    Oscar Hoglund is the CEO of Epidemic Sound.

  • Where is Epidemic Sound headquartered?

    Epidemic Sound is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • What is the size of Epidemic Sound?

    Epidemic Sound has 550 total employees.

  • What industry is Epidemic Sound in?

    Epidemic Sound’s primary industry is Media and Information Services (B2B).

  • Is Epidemic Sound a private or public company?

    Epidemic Sound is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Epidemic Sound?

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  • What is Epidemic Sound’s current revenue?

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  • How much funding has Epidemic Sound raised over time?

    Epidemic Sound has raised $517M.

  • Who are Epidemic Sound’s investors?

    Alecta Tjänstepension Ömsesidigt, AMF Tjänstepension, Blackstone, TIN Fonder, and DS Asset Management are 5 of 10 investors who have invested in Epidemic Sound.

  • Who are Epidemic Sound’s competitors?

    Soundstripe, Storyblocks, Mixcloud, Spreaker, and Artlist are some of the 25 competitors of Epidemic Sound.

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