Epidemic Sound
Epidemic Sound is a Swedish royalty-free soundtrack providing company based in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Founders | Peer Åström David Stenmarck Oscar Höglund Jan Zachrisson |
| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Website | epidemicsound |
The company was established in 2009 by Peer Åström, David Stenmarck, Oscar Höglund and Jan Zachrisson.[2][3]
It provides a library of over 35,000 soundtrack music and 90,000 sound effects for a subscription to artists and also providing the background music to public spaces, restaurants, hotels, shopping malls and car parks.[1][4] The company shares half of the music streaming revenue with composers and retains the exclusive rights to their songs.[5]
The company has raised a total of over $500M in funding over 5 rounds. Their latest equity round raised $450M from Blackstone Group and EQT Growth, which values Epidemic Sound at $1.4 billion.[6]
References
- Bradshaw, Tim (2019-07-04). "London in for wild ride as Ola takes on Uber". Financial Times.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Epidemic Sound Said to Consider Options for Online Music Vault". November 17, 2020 – via www.bloomberg.com.
- "Epidemic Sound wants to soundtrack the world". Sifted. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- "Check out Epidemic Sound US on Inc.com!". Inc.com.
- Soderpalm, Helena (December 6, 2019). "Swedish start-up Epidemic Sound tunes into demand for original music" – via www.reuters.com.
- "Epidemic Sound raises $450M at a $1.4B valuation to 'soundtrack the internet'". Techcrunch. 2021-03-11.
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