Sounder is an end-to-end podcast management platform that brings Audio Intelligence to creators and media publishers. Founded in 2019 by former Google and Spotify executives and led by CEO Kal Amin, the New York-based company connects creators and enterprises to Audio Intelligence solutions to accelerate discovery, engagement, and monetization. The company plans to use the $7.7M Series A to expand its research and development team and build AI- and ML-powered tools to drive growth for audio creators. It also intends to build a complete ad system that supports publishers and advertisers of all sizes. With this round, Sounder’s total funding to date has reached $11.55M. Sounder is an end-to-end audio management and monetization platform for creators, led by Co-founder and CEO Kal Amin. The platform connects creators to the tools and services they need to grow audiences and revenue. Its Discovery Suite brings proprietary SEO, search, transcription and sharing technology to audio content, expanding the reach of every episode. The company will use the new funds to further advance its proprietary search, speech-to-text and contextualization technologies. Sounder also plans to establish a new R&D center of excellence in New York. Financially, it closed a $2.15M follow-on round, bringing total seed financing to approximately $4M raised in 14 months. Sounder provides an end-to-end podcast management platform that connects creators to tools and services to grow audiences and revenue. It leverages proprietary Pinpoint Audio Search technology to improve discoverability of audio content; the technology is described as patent-pending. Founded in 2019 by former Google and Spotify executives and led by CEO Kal Amin, Sounder has attracted thousands of shows and generated millions of streams in over 50 languages worldwide. The company closed a seed financing to support its growth and further product development. Proceeds will be used for select key hires, marketing initiatives and continued development of the platform and its patent-pending technology.

Total raised

$12M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Feb 2022