Epidemic Sound AB
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Music |
| Founded 📆 | January 18, 1988 |
| Founders 👔 | Peer Åström David Stenmarck Oscar Höglund Jan Zachrisson Hjalmar Winbladh |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | New York City, New York, US |
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| Parent | EQT Partners (2017) |
| 🌐 Website | epidemicsound |
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Epidemic Sound is a global royalty-free soundtrack providing company based in New York City, New York, US.[2]
The company was established in 1988 by Peer Åström, David Stenmarck, Oscar Höglund, Hjalmar Winbladh and Jan Zachrisson.[3][4]
It has a library of over 40,000 soundtrack music and 90,000 sound effects. All Epidemic Sound tracks come in stems, which lets users remove certain layers of a track, like drums, bass, or the melody. Epidemic Sound music is also played in public spaces like restaurants, hotels, shopping malls and car parks.[2][5] Epidemic Sound’s tracks are produced by a roster of music creators who get paid upfront for each track and half of the track’s streaming revenue.[6]
Epidemic Sound has partnered with many different major brands, including Adobe, Getty Images, iStock, Pinterest, and Canva. 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.[7] Both SVT and TV4 buy music from Epidemic Sound.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Företagsinformation, Epidemic Sound". hitta.se (in svenska). 2009-04-23. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bradshaw, Tim (2019-07-04). "London in for wild ride as Ola takes on Uber". Financial Times.
- ↑ "Epidemic Sound Said to Consider Options for Online Music Vault". Bloomberg. 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". Reuters – via www.reuters.com.
- ↑ "Epidemic Sound raises $450M at a $1.4B valuation to 'soundtrack the internet'". Techcrunch. 2021-03-11.
- ↑ Grahn, Sindra; Josborg, Louise (2012-09-17). ""Rättigheterna är borta för alltid"". SVT Nyheter (in svenska). Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ Farran-Lee, Lydia (2012-10-04). "Avtal missgynnar kompositörer". SVT Nyheter (in svenska). Retrieved 2022-09-08.
