Beams

San Francisco, United States · Founded 2021 · $6.0M raised

Founded
2021
Business Model
B2C
Website
beams.fm
Total Funding
$6.0M
Last Round
$6.0M SeedNov 2021
Rounds
1

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About

Beams is a short-form audio social platform where users share voice recordings of up to 90 seconds within topic-based groups rather than following profiles or collecting likes. Founded by a team of former SoundCloud, Spotify, and N26 employees — including co-founder and co-CEO Alan Sternberg — the platform has grown to host more than 5,000 topic groups and raised a $6 million seed round from investors including TheVentureCity, Mangrove Capital, and Redalpine.

Summary

Beams is an Audio company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2021. It has raised $6.0M in total across 1 round, most recently a $6.0M Seed round in Nov 2021. Investors include Mangrove Capital Partners, Firstminute Capital and TheVentureCity.

Funding History

SeedSeed RoundNov 2021
$6.0M

Investors

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