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Sounder
Engagement, scaling, and monetization platform for podcasts
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Music
- Marketing
- Content
- Digital Media
- Bergen Park, CO
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Company mission
Sounder's mission is to organize and shape the future of audio by empowering companies to scale, boost engagement, and monetize their podcasts within a unified platform.
44% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Podcasting has become a highly popular format of digital media in recent years, with anyone owning basic audio equipment being able to broadcast to online podcasting platforms. However, if a podcast creator wants to monetize their content they must manage the podcast efficiently, scale its growth, and engage audiences to boost revenue, processes that are not enabled by existing podcast hosting platforms.
Sounder provides a platform for podcast management, allowing users to host, manage, monetize, and market their podcasts through a unified set of tools. The tools include an automated content distribution service, audio visualization formatting, data-driven insight tools for growth optimization, and custom branding for podcast web pages.
Whilst it is undeniable that Sounder will face competition from podcast hosting platforms such as Spotify, the company remains unique within the market due to its all-in-one approach to podcast management. Through its custom branding tools and data-driven approach, the company aims to not only provide a simple and free means for the hosting of podcasts but for growing and monetizing them too.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity commensurate with experience and performance
- Full medical, dental, and vision packages to fit your needs
- Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time off when you need it
- A rare, ground-floor opportunity to work with sharp, motivated teammates solving hard challenges and changing the world in a fast-growing industry just getting started
- We have a remote-friendly culture—while we would love for you to work with colleagues at times out of the NYC office, our employees can work from anywhere
Company values
- Community-First - Everything we do starts and ends with our audio creators. We believe an open eco system helps create a diverse, vibrant & safe community
- Own the Future - We believe in everyone’s own ability to pursue strategic bets that help define the future we believe in
- Have a Growth Mindset - Feedback allows us to improve as people. It also allows us to iterate on our products
- Audio-Accessibility - The power of the spoken word should be for all. We build products for every creator
- Data-Informed - Human-Driven Data helps inform, not decide every decision we make
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2022
$7.7m
SERIES A
Mar 2021
$2.2m
SEED
Total funding: $11.7m
Leadership
Kal Amin
(CEO)Vice President of Global Sales and Business Operations for Spotify from 2011 to 2017. Experience as President and COO for Flipboard.
Dan Daugherty
(Head of Revenue)CEO and Co-founder of Remotely from 2013 to 2019. Co-founder of Rentbits since 2005.