Epidemic Sound
Global royalty-free soundtrack company
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Epidemic Sound is a royalty-free soundtrack hosting company based in Stockholm, Sweden.[2]
Company typePrivate
IndustryMusic
FoundedJune 18, 2009
FoundersPeer Åström
David Stenmarck
Oscar Höglund
Jan Zachrisson
Hjalmar Winbladh
David Stenmarck
Oscar Höglund
Jan Zachrisson
Hjalmar Winbladh
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | June 18, 2009 |
| Founders | Peer Åström David Stenmarck Oscar Höglund Jan Zachrisson Hjalmar Winbladh |
| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Revenue | 78,496,922 euro (2021)  |
Number of employees | 439 (2021) |
| Website | epidemicsound |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
The company was established in 2009 by Peer Åström, David Stenmarck, Oscar Höglund, Hjalmar Winbladh and Jan Zachrisson.[3][4]
Epidemic Sound has partnered with different brands including Adobe, DaVinci Resolve, iStock, Pinterest, and Canva. The company has raised around $500M in funding over 5 rounds.[clarification needed] Their most recent equity round raised $450M from Blackstone Group and EQT Growth, which values Epidemic Sound at $1.4 billion.[5] Both SVT and TV4 buy music from Epidemic Sound.[6][7]
