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Audius

San Francisco, US · Founded 2018 · Delaware corporation · 16 known investors

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Audius operates a free music streaming service positioned for artists, labels and fans.

Also known as Audius

Founders & leadership

Audius was founded in 2018 by Roneil Rumburg.

RRRoneil Rumburg
Roneil RumburgFounderAngel
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Forrest BrowningFounder

Investors · 16

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$4.3M disclosed across 1 round · 2020

▶$4.3MraisedDec 2020 · 11 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Roneil RumburgExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
Offering amount
$4.3M
Amount sold
$4.3M
First sale
Jul 2020
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2018
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Audius (audius.co) presents itself as a free music streaming offering aimed at artists, labels and fans. The company's own site is a JavaScript-based web application whose fetched content exposes little beyond this positioning and a reference to a featured track (TheFatRat - Xenogenesis), so the public material available here does not describe the platform's features, architecture or catalogue in any depth.

Internal records place the company's founding in 2018 with a headquarters in San Francisco, United States. No additional public documentation of products, customers, financials or corporate events could be substantiated from the sources reviewed. A separate German company operating under the audius name at audius.de — a publicly listed IT services, software and mobile communications provider — is a distinct entity and was excluded from this profile.

Business model

The company's site describes its music streaming offering as free to use; no further detail on how the service is monetized is available in the sources reviewed.

▸Full profile — go-to-market, geography

Go-to-market

The site addresses three audiences: recording artists, record labels, and music listeners/fans.

Geography

Not established by the public sources reviewed.

Compiled by commissioned research from 2 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

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Companies working in the same space as Audius.

Legal entities · 1

corporate structure
Audius PrivateDelaware

▸Research sources · 2

primary sources listed

2 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Audius do?
Audius operates a free music streaming service positioned for artists, labels and fans.
Who founded Audius?
Audius was founded by Roneil Rumburg in 2018.
Who are Audius's investors?
Audius's investors include Amentum Investment Management, Coinbase Ventures, Collab+Currency, Cultur3 Capital, DeepTech Ventures, Dria Ventures, General Catalyst, Justin “3LAU” Blau and 8 more.
How much funding has Audius raised?
Audius has disclosed $4.3M raised across 1 round.
Where is Audius headquartered?
Audius is headquartered in San Francisco, US.