2021年9月7日

RedCircle是一家總部位於洛杉磯的播客初創公司，它通過EPIC Ventures和Refinery Ventures共同領投的a輪融資籌集了600萬美元。這輪融資包括SignalFire、Bloomberg Beta和MathCapital等其他投資者，以及Wonder創始人Justin Wohlstadter等天使投資者;這輪融資包括SignalFire、Bloomberg Beta和MathCapital等其他投資者，以及Wonder創始人Justin Wohlstadter等天使投資者;全屏創始人George Strampolos和RSS的貢獻者Eckart Walther。EPIC Ventures管理合夥人Nick Efstratis表達了他對RedCircle的信任，他說:“我們已經看到軟件工具可以讓獨立開發者對抗現有公司，比如Shopify和亞馬遜。考慮到RedCircle團隊的實力和他們迄今為止的吸引力，我有信心他們可以對抗播客領域的大公司，並確保所有人都能獲得播客收入和資源。”RedCirle由Mike Kadin和Jeremy Lermitte於2018年創立，目標是建立一個平台，幫助品牌和播客分發、增長並從其內容中獲利。這家初創公司將利用這筆資金擴大員工規模，改善服務，在播客行業持續飆升之際為播客提供越來越多的支持。目前，播客行業正在蓬勃發展，預計到2023年價值將達到20億美元。預計到2025年，美國每月播客用戶將超過1.44億。 However, most of the revenue goes to the major publishers rather than the independent creators who drive the podcasting medium. Co-Founder and CEO of RedCircle, Mike Kadin said in this regard: “Our data show that 65% of the listening is happening outside the top shows that are owned by Big Media and Big Tech. And yet, most of the money in the ecosystem ends up going to those large publishers. We built RedCircle to ensure that podcasters of all sizes can benefit from the industry’s growth. Simply put, we believe in democratizing access to podcast revenue.” Many podcasters are already taking advantage of Exclusive Content from RedCircle to build their subscription business and analyze their audience. The startup’s podcasts have already attracted tens of thousands of paid subscribers, and that number is set to grow even more in the future. Tags