| Epidemic Sound AB | |
| Founders: | Peer Åström David Stenmarck Oscar Höglund Jan Zachrisson Hjalmar Winbladh |
| Industry: | Music |
| Type: | Private |
| Hq Location: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Parent: | EQT Partners (2017) |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Epidemic Sound is a global royalty-free soundtrack providing company based in Stockholm, Sweden.[2]
The company was established in 2009 by Peer Åström, David Stenmarck, Oscar Höglund, Hjalmar Winbladh and Jan Zachrisson.[3] [4]
It has a library of over 40,000 soundtrack music and 90,000 sound effects. All Epidemic Sound tracks come in stems, which lets users remove certain layers of a track, like drums, bass, or the melody. Epidemic Sound music is also played in public spaces like restaurants, hotels, shopping malls and car parks.[2] [5] Epidemic Sound’s tracks are produced by a roster of music creators who get paid upfront for each track and half of the track’s streaming revenue.[6]
Epidemic Sound has partnered with many different major brands, including Adobe, Getty Images, iStock, Pinterest, and Canva. The company has raised a total of over $500M in funding over 5 rounds. Their latest equity round raised $450M from Blackstone Group and EQT Growth, which values Epidemic Sound at $1.4 billion.[7] Both SVT and TV4 buy music from Epidemic Sound.[8] [9]