Anchor

Acquired

Tools to manage and grow your podcast - Spotify for Creators

New York, United States · Founded 2015

Headquarters
New York, New York
Founded
2015
Business Model
B2C
Website
anchor.fm
Acquired by
SpotifyFeb 2019 · $175.0M

About

Anchor was a free, mobile-first podcast creation and distribution platform founded in 2015 by Michael Mignano and Nir Zicherman, enabling anyone to record, publish, distribute, and monetize a podcast from their phone or browser. The platform grew to power more than 40% of all new podcasts globally by early 2019 through its frictionless creation tools and built-in distribution to all major podcast directories. Anchor was acquired by Spotify in February 2019 for approximately 340 million and was subsequently rebranded as Spotify for Podcasters.

Summary

Anchor is an Audio company based in New York, United States, founded in 2015. Investors include Spotify.

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Exit History

AcquisitionFeb 2019

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