Epidemic Sound is a private company building in music / royalty-free soundtrack licensing, founded in 2009. Its most recent disclosed valuation is $1.4B. No public ticker exists for the company.
3 valuations. The latest, $1.4B post-money, was set by the Series D in Mar 2021.
EQT GrowthLEADBBlackstone GrowthLEADBBlackstone GroupLEADCCreandumLEADEQT GrowthBlackstone GrowthBlackstone GroupCreandumEpidemic Sound licenses royalty-free music and sound effects that creators, brands and broadcasters use to soundtrack videos, podcasts and social content, owning the rights to its entire catalog so subscribers can publish without copyright claims. The company was founded in Stockholm in 2009 by Peer Åström, David Stenmarck, Oscar Höglund, Hjalmar Winbladh and Jan Zachrisson.
Its catalog spans nearly 400 genres, produced with in-house and commissioned artists including Grammy-winning songwriters, and the Epidemic Sound plugin now runs inside Adobe and DaVinci Resolve Studio for in-app searching. The Financial Times recognized it as one of Europe's fastest-growing companies of 2026.
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Often trade at a premium or discount to NAV.
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High minimums, transfer approval, company right-of-first-refusal.
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No. Epidemic Sound is a private company; its shares do not trade on a public exchange.
The last valuation is $1.4B.
Lead investors for each round are in the funding timeline.
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