Podcast Startup Ideas

2 years ago

This startup is building an Android app that lets you record and edit your own voiceovers for podcasts.

216

3 years ago

In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the following:

183

2 years ago

A startup that helps users create and host video and video podcasts on their website and social media platforms, including YouTube and Facebook.

176

3 years ago

A decentralized podcasting platform

168

1 year ago

A podcast launching. It’s all about the startup scene, and the people who are part of it

164

1 month ago

A slate of real-time, ad-free video podcasts with an emphasis on storytelling.

162

3 years ago

A startup that invests in podcasts and offers them hosting to help them grow.

159

3 years ago

Mainly a podcast company with a new focus on music and creative content.

157

3 years ago

Helps you find out if your favorite podcasts are coming back for a new season

156

3 years ago

The startup is building an online platform for parents to discuss child development. The product is a combination of the company’s existing online platform with its new podcasting platform.

149

3 years ago

Each week, the startup curates a list of 3-10 new books, videos, podcasts, and articles from the industry and the web that it thinks are worth reading and listening to. The startup also curates a weekly newsletter.

148

1 year ago

This company wants to make it easier for people to start their own “personal podcasts” with the use of a “mobile-first” interface.

148

3 years ago

A company that provides a platform for people to create podcasts and audio-books.

147

3 years ago

A startup that allows anyone to create and promote a podcast, and then earn revenue through advertising and sponsorships

146

3 years ago

The Startup Grind podcast is a weekly podcast about entrepreneurship, hosted by founders of SBJ’s own portfolio companies.

144

11 months ago

A podcasting platform that allows you to listen, rate, and share podcasts.

144

3 years ago

A VC firm that invests in early-stage podcasts and other media.

142

3 years ago

A podcast network with a focus on “unscripted” storytelling, by people who are not professional journalists. It’s designed to free creative people from the pressure of telling stories they’ve been told to tell.

142

3 years ago

A company that wants to fund and manage the creation of new content in the form of online videos or podcasts. It is backed by former CNN president Jonathan Klein and has raised $7 million from investors and is already active in several markets, including the UK.

139

3 years ago

Something similar to Apple Music for Spotify, but for podcasts.

138

3 years ago

A personal finance podcast for people looking to make more money. It’s subscription based.

137

3 years ago

A second-screen app for creating, managing and distributing podcasts, taking on a market dominated by hosts. The company is also building an app for the live video market, aiming to be the first to tap into the VOD market on the cheap.

136

2 years ago

A female-focused podcast network that focuses on health and wellness.

135

3 years ago

A tool to enable employers to create and manage their podcasts. The company is taking a very dry subject and making it fun, like “How to be a great manager”

134

2 years ago

A new way to search for your favorite podcasts, and a way to see when your favorite shows are coming out.

130

1 year ago

The Startup Grind is a podcast network that highlights the best stories in business, technology and startup news. The podcast is produced by TechCrunch, and features interviews with entrepreneurs, founders and investors.

129

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to “write” music. The startup is building a music editing app that takes your tracks and makes them more palatable for radio and podcasts.

126

2 years ago

A platform that helps you create a “personal podcast” in which you interview a stranger about their life.

121

3 years ago

A marketing platform aimed at online influencers, like bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters, that provides analytics, automated email marketing, and more.

120

2 years ago

A podcast that focuses on the intersection of technology and business, including interviews with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.

120

1 year ago

A platform for creating and publishing podcasts, automatic transcribed interviews, and other audio-only content, made for consumption on Apple’s podcast player iRadio.

120

2 years ago

A company focused on helping companies find and recruit people who create content like blogs, podcasts, or YouTube channels. Content creators have to manually fill out applications and get approval from the startup to be on their platform. The startup has already raised $100,000 and is looking for more investment.

117

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to create and sell podcasts. The startup lets creators build and share a podcast in about a minute.

117

3 years ago

A web-based platform that helps companies manage their assets, from photos to videos to podcasts to documents.

115

3 years ago

The Startup Grind is a podcast produced by TechCrunch and Rolling Stone. It features interviews with top entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders in the startup community.

111

2 years ago

A tool that allows people to create, edit, and manage their own podcasts. It’s a tool for podcasters and anyone else who wants a place to publish audio content.

111

2 years ago

A podcasting app for journalists that aims to help them tell stories more effectively, so they don’t have to spend weeks on each episode.

99

11 months ago

A company that can turn any website into a podcast, with some basic studio tech and a Dashboard for the host to manage subscribers.

98

2 years ago

A podcast company that wants to reinvent the way we consume podcasts. Hosts other companies that use their software so that their podcasts can be distributed on their platform.

90

7 months ago

Podcasts are a booming business, but the way they are produced – with people in their bedrooms – can’t scale. AudioBoom claims to change that.

89

2 years ago

A tool for businesses to create and distribute their own branded podcasts, video and audio content, and digital marketing materials.

86

1 year ago

A startup that aims to make podcasting more accessible and easier to use with services like audio-only versions

85

9 months ago

A podcast app that focuses on community and engagement, rather than feature set.

84

2 years ago

A long-form podcasting app that allows users to record their thoughts and to be able to edit and create a podcast without having to upload each individual episode.

82

2 years ago

A platform that allows people to build and run their own podcasts, with the ability to have multiple shows on the platform.

79

2 years ago

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79

1 year ago

Customize your videos and podcasts with a beautiful, easy-to-use video editor. It’s a video editing app built for the modern mobile user.

78

1 year ago

A place for people to make podcasts.

76

2 years ago

A platform for creating and distributing podcasts. The company is currently in private beta, and has already sold $2 million worth of ad-free podcasts, which are spread across categories like health, finance, travel, and parenting.

74

2 years ago

SaaS for podcasts. The startup wants to build a platform on top of which podcasts can be monetized.

73

2 years ago

A startup that helps you be a better listener. A podcast-focused app that allows users to listen to a podcast or podcast episode on their phone, and then scroll over text to see what was said, or share the audio with someone else.

71

11 months ago

A company that markets itself as the “Netflix for podcasts”, the startup allows users to get digital access to podcasts for $5 per month.

71

6 months ago

This startup is building an app that generates personalized content recommendations for TV shows, movies, podcasts, and more. The app can suggest content based on what a person has watched or listened to in the past, and then recommend similar content in the future.

71

1 year ago

A startup that helps you organize your life, like a DVR for your podcast listening.

68

1 year ago

A tool for reporters and editors to share images, podcasts, and video.

67

8 months ago

ikube is a start-up in San Francisco that’s offering a free service (that’s also free to use) that allows people to securely store their files of any kind—photos, documents, music, video, podcasts, etc. And the startup has no qualms about storing people’s most intimate files, either.

67

1 year ago

This is a startup that wants to build a platform for conditional access to digital content. The startup, which was founded in January, is looking to use the blockchain to allow content providers to set rules for access to their content, similar to how a content creator can set rules for podcast subscriptions.

66

1 year ago

A virtual assistant that provides all the tools you need to build and strategize your podcast.

65

1 year ago

A podcasting startup that helps podcasters create a “customized radio station”

62

1 year ago

A podcasting platform with a daily dose of humor and trivia.

62

1 year ago

A set of online tools that help small businesses grow. The company has brought in more than $500,000 in funding. The startup helps its customers start a podcast, manage business paperwork, and pay their employees.

61

7 months ago

A startup to help radio hosts with their podcasting workflow.

61

5 months ago

A software startup that wants to combine a podcast with an interactive show, similar to a popular game show style.

61

3 years ago

Idea: This startup is building a content-creation platform for podcasts Users can record a podcast right from their web browser, and the startup’s AI will do the rest The company is currently working on a feature that will let users easily subscribe to podcasts by just typing in their email address — much like the way that users can subscribe to YouTube channels by just entering their email address

60

1 year ago

This startup is building a way for people to listen to their favorite podcasts, music and audiobooks in the car. It’s the only car audio system that can also process voice commands from Siri.

60

1 year ago

A startup making a visual, easy to use platform for curating and sharing podcasts.

58

1 year ago

A startup that allows you to create, manage, and share your own audio and video podcasts. The startup wants to compete with the likes of Anchor and Pocket Casts by making it easy for the average user to create a podcast.

58

2 years ago

A tool that helps users create custom podcasts for their business or organization. Clients include Netflix, Fox, and Facebook.

57

1 year ago

This startup is building a platform that supports the creation of “lifestyle podcasts” by giving creators a way to get their own podcasts up and running in just a few hours.

57

1 year ago

A platform for college students to start a video production or podcast company, with a free online course for budding producers.

57

1 year ago

A podcast about day-to-day life in Mumbai

56

1 year ago

A startup that creates a personal library of books and audio files, and then creates a podcast about the book or audio that it is hosting.

55

1 year ago

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51

10 months ago

A podcasting platform that curates “the best of the best”

51

1 year ago

A media company created by people who’ve been burned by the time, energy, and money they’ve spent on traditional content-management tools. The company is working to build a new type of content management platform for the podcast industry.

49

11 months ago

T.R.A.S. is building tools for managing, funding, and creating podcasts.

48

4 months ago

A merchandising platform that allows brands to create branded podcasts and podcasts based on a brand’s products.

48

1 year ago

The startup is using machine learning to build a system that automatically generates the content for a podcast.

47

10 months ago

A podcasting app for listening to or making podcasts

47

1 year ago

A tool to help businesses create custom content, such as a podcast or story, to their brand’s likeness.

44

1 year ago

The president of a company called Trip Monitor, who spoke about the startup in a recent episode of The Startup Podcast, says that Trip Monitor, which is built on the idea that hotels should give consumers a “tiered” experience when it comes to online reviews, has built up a database of over 10 million hotel reviews.

44

8 days ago

This startup is taking the idea of a podcast and applying it to an ongoing series of videos looking at the intersection of large-scale technology and the world.

42

10 months ago

A tool for making podcasts and recording podcasts. Periscope says it’s the only podcasting app that works on Android and iPhone.

41

1 year ago

A podcast manager for users of the popular podcast app Overcast.

39

5 months ago

Ideas that we'll be covering on the podcast:

39

4 months ago

A startup that lets you listen to a podcast in the car. The startup will let you download podcasts onto your phone or listen to them on the go.

37

3 years ago

Idea: A 3D audio startup that is trying to make podcasting more immersive by using binaural audio. The app has a pretty strong take on the future of podcasting, and its founder says that the company is profitable.

35

1 year ago

A platform for advertisers to create and manage branded content. It’s a platform that allows brands to have their own branded content, from videos to podcasts to blogs.

34

3 years ago

Idea: A podcast player that's easy to use and understand

33

5 months ago

A tool for developing small-scale, on-demand podcasts.

30

3 months ago

A startup that enables people to financially support their favorite podcasts by paying a monthly subscription.

27

2 months ago

These are the kinds of problems that YouTubers and podcasters often encounter. This startup has made a mobile editing app for live video that’s used by over 250,000 people.

27

5 months ago

A fitness wearable that tracks heart rate and movement, with a built-in speaker that allows users to listen to music or podcasts.

26

2 months ago

A startup that helps you find and follow your favorite podcasts, and you can even listen to them on the go.

22

2 months ago

The next generation of podcasts, pitched as a “YouTube for podcasts”. The startup’s app aggregates all the different podcasts you listen to (which includes podcasts that aren’t on Spotify).

20

3 years ago

Idea: A podcast for entrepreneurs and small business owners. It’s called “Sales & Marketing” and it’s hosted by two former startup founders.

8

3 years ago

Idea: A platform for creating and running your own podcast, similar to Patreon or Kickstarter

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3 years ago

Idea: A podcasting app that recommends podcasts for you based on what you already like

-1

3 years ago

Idea: Software for helping people launch podcasts

-1

3 years ago

Idea: A podcast tool that's like a cross between Slack and Google Docs.

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3 years ago

A startup for launching and managing a podcast, essentially a podcast-specific Wordpress or Squarespace.

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Podcast Startup Ideas

This startup is building an Android app that lets you record and edit your own voiceovers for podcasts.

In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the following:

A startup that helps users create and host video and video podcasts on their website and social media platforms, including YouTube and Facebook.

A decentralized podcasting platform

A podcast launching. It’s all about the startup scene, and the people who are part of it

A slate of real-time, ad-free video podcasts with an emphasis on storytelling.

A startup that invests in podcasts and offers them hosting to help them grow.

Mainly a podcast company with a new focus on music and creative content.

Helps you find out if your favorite podcasts are coming back for a new season

The startup is building an online platform for parents to discuss child development. The product is a combination of the company’s existing online platform with its new podcasting platform.

Each week, the startup curates a list of 3-10 new books, videos, podcasts, and articles from the industry and the web that it thinks are worth reading and listening to. The startup also curates a weekly newsletter.

This company wants to make it easier for people to start their own “personal podcasts” with the use of a “mobile-first” interface.

A company that provides a platform for people to create podcasts and audio-books.

A startup that allows anyone to create and promote a podcast, and then earn revenue through advertising and sponsorships

The Startup Grind podcast is a weekly podcast about entrepreneurship, hosted by founders of SBJ’s own portfolio companies.

A podcasting platform that allows you to listen, rate, and share podcasts.

A VC firm that invests in early-stage podcasts and other media.

A podcast network with a focus on “unscripted” storytelling, by people who are not professional journalists. It’s designed to free creative people from the pressure of telling stories they’ve been told to tell.

A company that wants to fund and manage the creation of new content in the form of online videos or podcasts. It is backed by former CNN president Jonathan Klein and has raised $7 million from investors and is already active in several markets, including the UK.

Something similar to Apple Music for Spotify, but for podcasts.

A personal finance podcast for people looking to make more money. It’s subscription based.

A second-screen app for creating, managing and distributing podcasts, taking on a market dominated by hosts. The company is also building an app for the live video market, aiming to be the first to tap into the VOD market on the cheap.

A female-focused podcast network that focuses on health and wellness.

A tool to enable employers to create and manage their podcasts. The company is taking a very dry subject and making it fun, like “How to be a great manager”

A new way to search for your favorite podcasts, and a way to see when your favorite shows are coming out.

The Startup Grind is a podcast network that highlights the best stories in business, technology and startup news. The podcast is produced by TechCrunch, and features interviews with entrepreneurs, founders and investors.

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to “write” music. The startup is building a music editing app that takes your tracks and makes them more palatable for radio and podcasts.

A platform that helps you create a “personal podcast” in which you interview a stranger about their life.

A marketing platform aimed at online influencers, like bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters, that provides analytics, automated email marketing, and more.

A podcast that focuses on the intersection of technology and business, including interviews with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.

A platform for creating and publishing podcasts, automatic transcribed interviews, and other audio-only content, made for consumption on Apple’s podcast player iRadio.

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to create and sell podcasts. The startup lets creators build and share a podcast in about a minute.

A web-based platform that helps companies manage their assets, from photos to videos to podcasts to documents.

The Startup Grind is a podcast produced by TechCrunch and Rolling Stone. It features interviews with top entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders in the startup community.

A tool that allows people to create, edit, and manage their own podcasts. It’s a tool for podcasters and anyone else who wants a place to publish audio content.

A podcasting app for journalists that aims to help them tell stories more effectively, so they don’t have to spend weeks on each episode.

A company that can turn any website into a podcast, with some basic studio tech and a Dashboard for the host to manage subscribers.

A podcast company that wants to reinvent the way we consume podcasts. Hosts other companies that use their software so that their podcasts can be distributed on their platform.

Podcasts are a booming business, but the way they are produced – with people in their bedrooms – can’t scale. AudioBoom claims to change that.

A tool for businesses to create and distribute their own branded podcasts, video and audio content, and digital marketing materials.

A startup that aims to make podcasting more accessible and easier to use with services like audio-only versions

A podcast app that focuses on community and engagement, rather than feature set.

A long-form podcasting app that allows users to record their thoughts and to be able to edit and create a podcast without having to upload each individual episode.

A platform that allows people to build and run their own podcasts, with the ability to have multiple shows on the platform.

Customize your videos and podcasts with a beautiful, easy-to-use video editor. It’s a video editing app built for the modern mobile user.

A place for people to make podcasts.

A platform for creating and distributing podcasts. The company is currently in private beta, and has already sold $2 million worth of ad-free podcasts, which are spread across categories like health, finance, travel, and parenting.

SaaS for podcasts. The startup wants to build a platform on top of which podcasts can be monetized.

A startup that helps you be a better listener. A podcast-focused app that allows users to listen to a podcast or podcast episode on their phone, and then scroll over text to see what was said, or share the audio with someone else.

A company that markets itself as the “Netflix for podcasts”, the startup allows users to get digital access to podcasts for $5 per month.

This startup is building an app that generates personalized content recommendations for TV shows, movies, podcasts, and more. The app can suggest content based on what a person has watched or listened to in the past, and then recommend similar content in the future.

A startup that helps you organize your life, like a DVR for your podcast listening.

A tool for reporters and editors to share images, podcasts, and video.

ikube is a start-up in San Francisco that’s offering a free service (that’s also free to use) that allows people to securely store their files of any kind—photos, documents, music, video, podcasts, etc. And the startup has no qualms about storing people’s most intimate files, either.

A virtual assistant that provides all the tools you need to build and strategize your podcast.

A podcasting startup that helps podcasters create a “customized radio station”

A podcasting platform with a daily dose of humor and trivia.

A set of online tools that help small businesses grow. The company has brought in more than $500,000 in funding. The startup helps its customers start a podcast, manage business paperwork, and pay their employees.

A startup to help radio hosts with their podcasting workflow.

A software startup that wants to combine a podcast with an interactive show, similar to a popular game show style.

This startup is building a way for people to listen to their favorite podcasts, music and audiobooks in the car. It’s the only car audio system that can also process voice commands from Siri.

A startup making a visual, easy to use platform for curating and sharing podcasts.

A startup that allows you to create, manage, and share your own audio and video podcasts. The startup wants to compete with the likes of Anchor and Pocket Casts by making it easy for the average user to create a podcast.

A tool that helps users create custom podcasts for their business or organization. Clients include Netflix, Fox, and Facebook.

This startup is building a platform that supports the creation of “lifestyle podcasts” by giving creators a way to get their own podcasts up and running in just a few hours.

A platform for college students to start a video production or podcast company, with a free online course for budding producers.

A podcast about day-to-day life in Mumbai

A startup that creates a personal library of books and audio files, and then creates a podcast about the book or audio that it is hosting.

A podcasting platform that curates “the best of the best”

A media company created by people who’ve been burned by the time, energy, and money they’ve spent on traditional content-management tools. The company is working to build a new type of content management platform for the podcast industry.

T.R.A.S. is building tools for managing, funding, and creating podcasts.

A merchandising platform that allows brands to create branded podcasts and podcasts based on a brand’s products.

The startup is using machine learning to build a system that automatically generates the content for a podcast.

A podcasting app for listening to or making podcasts

A tool to help businesses create custom content, such as a podcast or story, to their brand’s likeness.

This startup is taking the idea of a podcast and applying it to an ongoing series of videos looking at the intersection of large-scale technology and the world.

A tool for making podcasts and recording podcasts. Periscope says it’s the only podcasting app that works on Android and iPhone.