Epidemic Sound

About

Epidemic Sound is a music company that produces music for online creators.

Stockholm,Stockholms Lan,Sweden
251 - 500
http://www.epidemicsound.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series A
Last Funding Money Raised: $5M
Industries: Digital Entertainment,Digital Media,Media and Entertainment,Music,Music Streaming,Video
Founded date: Jan 1, 2009
Number Of Employee: 251 - 500
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Epidemic Sound AB

Epidemic Sound is a Swedish based music company soundtracking the new generation of video creators. By working directly with composers and owning the music 100%, the company has built a model perfect for online video. Customers subscribe for unlimited use or license individual tracks. All music usage includes clearance on all platforms, worldwide, for all time. The company's catalogue has over 30 000 tracks, spaning over 180 genres, in prime time broadcast quality.

Epidemic Sound was founded on 2009 and is headquartered in Stockholms, Sweden.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

5

$476M kr277M

Epidemic Sound has raised a total of $476M kr277M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 11, 2021 from a Private Equity（PE） round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Mar 11, 2021	Private Equity（PE）	$450M	5	Blackstone Group EQT AB	—	Detail
Jul 1, 2019	Series Unknown	$20M	5	—	—	Detail
Nov 21, 2017	Private Equity（PE）	kr277M	1	EQT AB	—	Detail
Apr 27, 2017	Series Unknown	$1M	1	Kichi Invest	—	Detail
May 19, 2014	Series A	$5M	1	Creandum	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

2

0

Epidemic Sound has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Sep 1, 2015, when GoPillar raised $620K.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Sep 1, 2015 GoPillar	Seed	$620K	Architecture	—
Apr 23, 2015 Headout	Seed	$1.80M	Mobile	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

5

10

Epidemic Sound is funded by 10 investors. Blackstone Group and EQT AB are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Blackstone Group	Yes	Private Equity（PE）
EQT AB	Yes	Private Equity（PE）
Kichi Invest	Yes	Series Unknown
Alecta	—	Private Equity（PE）
AMF	—	Private Equity（PE）
TIN Fonder	—	Private Equity（PE）
Atwater Capital	—	Series Unknown
Creandum	—	Series Unknown
DS Asset Management	—	Series Unknown
SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken)	—	Series Unknown