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This article showcases Startup Pill’s top picks for the best Podcast startups. These startups are taking a variety of approaches to innovating inside of the Podcast industry and around the world. They are all exceptional startups well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Podcast Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Meet Cute
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Meet Cute is a podcast company that focuses on romantic comedies. Meet Cute produces and distributes original romantic comedies in podcast form that focus on “providing the happiness and hope that have become synonymous with the timeless genre.
The company was launched in December 2019 and based in New York City, New York.. .
Storyboard
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Storyboard is an enterprise podcast and audio platform.
Podcastle
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Podcastle converts text news and articles to a podcast, with very natural human speech using machine learning. With Podcastle, users can convert their favorite news and articles to podcasts for free.
Listen to the stories they love and do it efficiently with Podcastle’s text to speech converter.. .
Casted
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Casted is the first content marketing solution built around B2B podcasting. Casted empowers marketers to harness the power of conversation not only for podcasting, but to also fuel their broader content strategies by providing greater access to that podcast content so it can be amplified across other sales and marketing channels and then attributed to the bottom line of the brand and business.
It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.. .
Dorm
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Dorm is an audio learning app that aggregates and curates the world’s podcasting content.
Supercast
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Supercast is a startup that helps podcast creators make money off premium subscriptions.
Glow
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Glow provides podcast creators the tools to establish direct relationships with their customers. Glow is the simplest solution for podcasters to allow their listeners to support them.
A listener can subscribe to a premium podcast, right from the podcast player of their choice. With a direct relationship, podcasters will be able to use Glow’s tools to grow their content, audience, and revenues..
Subly
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Automatically transcribe and add subtitles to your content
Dive
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Dive is an exclusive audio-community for professionals, to share insights and learnings about your career or industry.
Nugget
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Nugget is an online platform for short-form audio.
Waves Vietnam Podcasts
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Waves Vietnam Podcasts operates as an audio and podcast startup.
Lemonada Media
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Lemonada Media is a podcast network that shares the unfiltered version of the human experience.
Zvook
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Zvook is the first smart platform to match brands by unlocking the advertising opportunities in podcasting. Their recommendation engine is based on a proprietary knowledge graph that analyzes both the meta data of podcasts as well as the audio of episodes to suggests perfect podcast matches based on relevancy and alignment with the brand.
Their goal is to become a dominant player in the podcast monetization space.. .
Ride Home Media
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Ride Home Media is a broadcast media company that utilizes an online platform that makes daily news podcast for busy people who want to stay updated. It focuses on publishing about daily briefing for technology industry decision-makers, influencers, and the daily roundup of celeb gossip and influencer news.
The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.. .
MatchCasts
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MatchCasts is Asia’s most comprehensive audio and podcast advertising platform for the world.
RecTag
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RecTag is a podcast discovery platform that discovers new and trending podcasts episodes and personalizes podcast experience for free. The platform trains a speech-to-text algorithm through podcasting (crowdsourced supervised learning) and aims to provide a high-performance transcription SaaS at scale.
The AI enables content-based discovery beyond simple chart lists. RecTag uses elements of social networking so can connect to fans, that truly care about the hard work put into the content.
It also enables real content-based search and discovery, beyond podcast title and description. The platform gives all listeners and podcast enthusiasts the opportunity to discover stories and people based on the actual content.
RecTag was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.. .
zpod.app
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Find podcast show. We make it easier for Persian people to find and listen.
We got everything you want to hear LISTEN TO PODCASTS, AUDIOBOOKS, AUDIO CONTENT ANYWHERE, ANYTIME Find a listen for every moment. GET STARTED TODAY: 1.
Download the free ZPOD app. 2.
Sign up for free. 3.
Pick a podcast or audiobook from our catalog of over thousand titles. 4.
Begin learning or listening right away. 5.
Wiser Media
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Visual discovery tool for podcasts, videos, articles – helping primarily independent media companies with content discovery and monetisation
DIVE Studios
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DIVE Studios is a digital media company.
Podcasts for Startups
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podcasts created by nfinitiv for startups to provide better insights. Hear it directly from VC’s, Angel Investors and Startups.
Syncify
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Syncify reverses the current nature of social media. Instead of creating media about ourselves, we will encourage connection around media.
Auddy
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Our partners create exceptional and original podcasts.We create commercial opportunity.Together we create a new kind of audio business. Founded in London in 2020, Auddy publishes, markets and distributes the best in original podcast and audio shows globally and with a bespoke country-by-country approach.
Auddy offers unparalleled benefits to its creators, providing them with creative freedom, funding, marketing and promotional support while also utilizing the very best in analytics-driving technology. Auddy is the only podcast publisher to pay royalties and it makes sure that the creator is a true partner in this respect.
Auddy delivers rich listener data and meaningful insights to advertisers and creators. Auddy publishes high quality content with broad appeal to large audiences.
In the UK, this is validated by our choice of Global as our local co-marketing, distribution and hosting partner.. .
ABF Creative
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A multiethnic podcast network that bridges the gap between culture and media.
Ars Longa Media
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Ars Longa Media is a producer of podcasts centering on topics such as medical education, psychology and health care.
Vaarta – Where India Talks
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Make your commute the best part of the day with daily news, audio stories, podcasts and personalized talk radio for every topic in your language. Vaarta is an app for downloading and listening to audio shows in your preferred regional language.
Vaarta currently offers shows in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and English.. .
Paradiso podcasts
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PARADISO creates and produces formats designed for international audiences on global platforms
Poise
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Create podcasts from any content. Narrated by real voices.
Campside Media
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Campside Media is a podcast company created to deliver big, tentpole shows by placing its bets squarely on storytellers. Campside Media will focus on narrative nonfiction storytelling in the fast-growing audio segment, developing projects that span the true crime, scandal, and adventure genres.
The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.. .
Vokal.co
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Create aesthetic videos for audio snippets of your podcast, radio show, and music.
PodSwipe
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Book your next guest. Get booked on your next podcast.
Plink
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Plink makes smart links. Plink smart links route listeners into installed Podcast Apps after recognizing their device, geo, and OS.
Podcasts also have Plink Show Pages with Apps links for Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, and more. Share links anywhere, promote any podcast with one, smart link..
Feedcast
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We help podcasters and content creators to make money by providing a platform to host and sell audio courses
Podcast Auditor
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Build. Grow. Monetize. — We’re a full-service podcast agency that helps you build, grow, and monetize your podcast.
Muju AI
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MUJU (a.k.a Music Juggle) uses A.I. for music license rights enforcement and procurement.
In short, the company tracks media across the web to ensure licensed music is being used appropriately and not in content that does not reflect the values/wishes of the rights holders. Muju’s content analysis, license management, and ID system helps streaming video platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Triller and TikTok better enforce music rights.
For end-users we stop annoying and damaging demonetization and take-down notices by giving video platforms an API to quickly check against a database of active licensing deals and the associated terms.. .
BuildBubbles
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BuildBubbles – Help content creators and small businesses repurpose their content and distributing them to a variety of platforms on autopilot. More people are blogging than ever.
But at the same time, more people today prefer to listen rather than read. So, we thought: What if bloggers could offer a way for people to listen to their content? Converting a written blog to a podcast involves what’s known as text-to-speech.
But text-to-speech alone cannot create podcasts that connect with people. Good podcasts need more than a voice to tell the story: They need music and rhythm to create an emotional impact.
That’s why we came up with BuildBubbles. It’s a web app that can help bloggers easily make awesome podcasts without a microphone or studio equipment.
Bloggers do not even need to know how to edit the podcast. BuildBubbles converts written blog posts into compelling podcasts with sound design! With BuildBubbles, your blog will stand out and you’ll reach a much wider audience.
As a content provider, you spend a lot of time creating interesting content. Make sure it reaches as many people as possible! BuildBubbles is easy and intuitive.
ramble
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Ramble is a live and social podcasting app that allows podcasters to voice chat with their fans and create exciting audio moments.
Casts
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Casts is a podcast streaming platform that helps you discover new shows around your interests.
Maktub
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Maktub is a mobile phone app providing audiobooks and podcasts to niche languages that don’t have access to quality spoken-word entertainment. We launched Farsi language for immigrants in North America and Europe and are looking to expand to other languages too.
Our business model is an unlimited subscription with a flat fee and renting.. .
sweetspots
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The first audio-based recommendation platform for restaurants, bars, and cafés.
Soapbox Project
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Soapbox Project is a platform that helps in bridging the gap between information and social impact.
Bawler
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Web and Mobile social network for written content and podcasts.
PodcastFarm
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Podcast Farm offers a turnkey service for Business Podcasts Production
Room2work
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Coworking space with warehouse for eCommerce and service businesses
Smash Notes
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Smash Notes is a curation of the best new podcast episodes, every day. Read podcast notes and discover the latest in tech news, health and fitness, dating, interviews and more.
Be the first to know what everyone is talking about.. .
PODGO
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A membership based platform that connects small podcasts to advertisers.
Zocial Network
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Our goal is to create a social media network where people of African descent can network, grow and feel empowered.
Poterby
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Poterby is a digital marketing agency based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Tandem Podcasting
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Podcast Hosting platform, Saas
Ghost Island Media
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Ghost Island Media is a podcasting venture based in Taipei, Taiwan. It builds podcasts with breakout voices and brands, in English and Mandarin.
It currently has five shows: 1. “Waste Not Why Not” (on the environment and sustainability / English).
Named a circular economy solution by SITRA. A media partner of the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) annual conference 2020.
2. “Metalhead Politic” (co-produced with Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC / English) 3.
“The Taiwan Take” (on Taiwan current affairs / English) 4. 「大麻煩不煩In the Weeds with Lawyer Zoe Lee」(on cannabis / Mandarin) 5.
“In Training” (an experimental storytelling podcast made by Ghost Island Media interns / English and Mandarin). .
Pod360
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First Brazilian hub for professional podcasts creation. Pod360 provides expertise in audio production, content, and digital agency leveraging data, to help publishers, producers, creators, and advertisers to navigate in the podcasts ecosystem.
With a 360 degrees approach, offering from infrastructure and studio setup to strategy development and distribution in streaming platforms.. .
Code Story
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Code Story brings you in-depth interviews with founders, CTOs and tech decision-makers, digging deep into the vision and critical moments of the people putting it all on the line in the name of a great idea. Hosted by tech entrepreneur Noah Labhart, Code Story is a periodic window into the startup world.
In their own words, veterans share what it feels like to disrupt an industry, how to recover from critical mistakes, and what it takes to build – and lead – a team that has your back.. .
Keepin’ Kozy
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Keepin’ Kozy is a podcast created by Jacob Kozhipatt. It seeks to demystify the American Dream while tying in practical career advice
That’s Dad’s Coffee
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Creator of the podcast “7 in 7 An Educational Podcast for Kids”
Convi
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Podcasting app for Spanish specific audio content
Resoundly
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Resoundly is an online forum that allows podcast creation, hosting, and analysis of high-quality podcasts simply by typing the content.
Effy – 30sec Voice Community
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Mobile App, Social Network, Voice,
Fresh Podcast Network
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Fresh podcast network is a leading Israeli based podcast network aiming to be the leading force in the podcast ecosystem in the midd east
Mysticadii
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Hello and Welcome to Mysticadii. We are glad to see that you have taken the time to stop by and know more about us.
Mysticadii is a brainchild of our founder Aditi Das. Being spiritually inclined she wanted to share the same with the whole world.
We aim to bring back the magical stories about Gods and Goddesses of this world for our modern mystics. Anyone who is seeking for spiritual contentment and is curious to know more about the knowledge and wisdom shared through our ancient scriptures and texts, Mysticadii is the right place for him/her.
We aim to empower our modern mystics by sharing ancient wisdom through several short stories and folklore. Mystics from across the world have time and again showed us a very different reality and their perception of this world.
Several ancient scriptures and texts have been written to provide ideological guidance to humans. However, most of the knowledge has been lost somewhere.
Considering modern times people hardly get time to go through these elaborate scripts. These scriptures are nothing less than a fortune hidden in some ancient cave.
Stigma Podcast
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Stigma is the number 1 reason why people do not get help when they struggle with mental health issues, or addiction. A lot of people who need help, never get help.
When we share our stories and experiences, a virtuous cycle begins. Others are encouraged to share their stories, and eventually, people hear these messages and feel comfortable asking for help.
On this podcast, we will talk with entrepreneurs, leaders, founders, investors, doctors, and top performers about how mental health has impacted their lives. We will learn from their experiences and listen when they tell us how they proactively manage their mental well-being.
We believe that by encouraging increased conversation, we are fighting against stigma and encouraging others to not only share, but seek help when they need it.. .
Listening Dog Media
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Listening Dog Media is a production company that specializes in interesting podcasts, programming led branded content & radio programmes.
PodRoom
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PodRoom is a social media platform that provides chatrooms for the podcast communities. It allows the users to upload video podcasts and listeners can stream video podcasts.
The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.. .
TalkRL Podcast : The Reinforcement Learning Podcast
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TalkRL Podcast is all Reinforcement Learning, all the time. In-depth interviews with brilliant people at the forefront of RL research and practice.
With guests from leading orgs like MILA, MIT, DeepMind, Google Brain, CMU, Brown, Caltech, and more.. .
Wanas
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Wanas is an online platform to listen Arabic curated original audio drama, news, podcast and articles.
Barevalue – Podcast Editing Company
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Barevalue is a podcast editing company that offers quality podcast editing and show notes writing services.
