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Evolve (makers of Podcast App & Rest)Winter 2018Active

San Francisco · CA, USA; Remote · Media & Content · founded 2017 · https://podcast.app/

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Evolve (makers of Podcast App & Rest): limited disclosed financing to assess.

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Where it sits in Media & Content

Evolve (makers of Podcast App & Rest) is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote, on record since 2017. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 22% of sector peers), and in the long tail by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

Podcast App is for the curious.

We’re a team of podcast fanatics with more than 20 years of combined experience in the audio space. We are building the fastest-growing podcast player and are now backed by YCombinator (W18). At Podcast App, we are building an audio platform to help millions of people in their pursuit of happiness. Under one roof, we bring the best and most powerful podcasts, audiobooks, and meditations from leading minds and experts around the world. Our love for podcasts began when we discovered their power to make our ordinary day-to-day tasks more enjoyable and meaningful. Podcasts helped transform tedious activities like commutes or household chores into more positive experiences, helping us learn new skills, stay informed, or pass the time with captivating stories. We want to help people in their pursuit of happiness. We’ve been podcast aficionados for years, and, even for us, finding the right one to listen to is difficult and frustrating. With tens of millions to choose from and more being released every day, the problem’s only getting worse. It’s time to fix this problem. Americans spend 30 billion hours every year commuting and doing household chores. We want to make those hours worthwhile. By building technology that makes it easy to access great podcasts, we’ll help millions of people reclaim lost time and experience more fun, inspiration, and personal growth every day. Our product, Podcast App, is a minimalist podcast player enhanced with cutting-edge technology. We leverage machine learning to build customized podcast playlists for our users based on their interests and tastes. If you want to get in touch, email us at hello@podcast.app.

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Amount raised vs valuation, by round

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Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

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How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1052 companies in Media & Content. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages)
This company
Sector median$2.2M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 22% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 22% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

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Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Registry & provenance

Evolve (makers of Podcast App & Rest) is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

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Evolve (makers of Podcast App & Rest) operates in the Media & Content sector, based in San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote. Podcast App is for the curious.
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