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SoundCloud

Consumer Services · Berlin, Germany · Founded 2007

SoundCloud is a digital music streaming platform that allows users to stream and listen to music online for free. It boasts a vast library of over 265 million music tracks, making it one of the largest music repositories available on the internet. SoundCloud serves a diverse range of clients, including individual listeners, artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators. This platform operates in the online music streaming market, which is a highly competitive and rapidly growing sector. SoundCloud's business model is multifaceted. It offers a free tier that allows users to stream music with ads, generating revenue through advertising. Additionally, it provides premium subscription plans, such as SoundCloud Go and SoundCloud Go+, which offer ad-free listening, offline access, and higher audio quality. These subscriptions contribute to the company's revenue through monthly or yearly fees paid by users. Moreover, SoundCloud has a monetization program for artists called SoundCloud Premier, which enables creators to earn money from their tracks through ad revenue and fan support. This program helps attract and retain a large community of content creators, further enriching the platform's music library. In summary, SoundCloud is a comprehensive music streaming service that caters to both music consumers and creators. It generates revenue through advertising, premium subscriptions, and its artist monetization program. The platform's extensive music library and large user base position it as a significant player in the online music streaming market. Keywords: music streaming, online platform, free listening, premium subscriptions, advertising revenue, artist monetization, audio creators, music tracks, SoundCloud Go, SoundCloud Premier.

Valuation
$500M–1B
Latest valuation · 2020
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Headcount
500–1k
Current team size
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Total funding Pre-IPO
$100–500M
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Investors

16 investors on SoundCloud's cap table

Sourced from Dealroom's funding history. Investor profile links are shown where available.

Series A 4 investors entered at this stage
Doughty Hanson & Co
Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures
Index Ventures
Union Square Ventures
Series B+ 12 investors entered at this stage
Kleiner Perkins
Notable Capital
The Chernin Group
IVP
Tennenbaum Capital Partners
Twitter Ventures
Ares Capital
Davidson Technology
Kreos Capital
Temasek
The Raine Group
Sirius XM Radio

Global footprint

Where SoundCloud has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
59 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States44.7%
🇩🇪 Germany20%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom6.2%
🇨🇦 Canada2.3%
🇫🇷 France2.2%
Top 5 of 59 shown

Talent graph

The shape of SoundCloud's talent

Dealroom maps SoundCloud's team person by person — pinpointing the standout operators and scoring them across the six dimensions investors underwrite. The counts and shape below are a public preview; the named individuals and exact scores live in the platform.

187 team members profilednamed & role-tagged by Dealroom
997 employeestotal headcount
10 executives & foundersidentified by name
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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about SoundCloud

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about SoundCloud on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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