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a16z Podcast Market Overview

Significant Exits in Last 5 Years (2/2) Company Parcast - founded 2016 HQ: LA 60db - founded: 2016 -hq: SF Castro founded: 1998 - hq: Dublin Pocket Casts - founded: 2010 - hq: Adelaide, Australia Type of Company Andreessen Horowitz Production studio Listening app Listening app Listening app Source: Pitchbook, company websites Description Podcast production studio known best for true-crime and other scripted serials across mystery, sci-fi and history genres - 18 series to date, 20 in pipeline - titles include Serial Killers and Unsolved Murders Personalized short-form audio app. Shut down post-acquisition. Podcast listening app for iOS with enhanced audio and paid features ($9/yr, trim silence, enhance voices). Podcast listening app designed to work across platforms (iOS, Android, web) with better discovery & search. Acquisition Size Reportedly $100M (3/2019) undisclosed (10/2017) undisclosed (11/2018) undisclosed (5/2018) Acquirer Spotify G Google G Tiny Capital Collective Group (NPR, WNYC, WBEZ Chicago, This American Life) unfunded $3.5M from Khosla, Bloomberg Beta unfunded Total Funding unfunded 55
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