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Bebop
Techstars '24Helsinki, FI · Founded 2024 · 2 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
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Bebop Audio is a mobile app that enables users to record, publish, and share audio content without requiring professional equipment. The platform serves podcasters and audio creators of all levels, allowing listeners to provide feedback via voice messages and supporting monetization through integrations with Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee.
Also known as Bebop Audio · Bebop Minicasts · StoryDrops Oy
Founders & leadership
Bebop was founded in 2024 by Jaakko.
Investors · 3
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Bebop (Bebop Audio, listed on Google Play as "Bebop Minicasts") is a mobile application for recording, publishing and sharing audio content without specialist equipment such as studio microphones or editing workstations. Users record clips — described by the company as minicasts, ASMR, music, mini-documentaries or travel diaries — directly on a phone and distribute them either publicly or within private, invitation-only groups limited to friends and family.
Listening is designed to be interactive: audiences can respond to a clip with their own voice recordings or with the app's "audio emojis" (sound emojis), turning a published clip into a conversation. Creator profiles can carry an external link, for example to Patreon or Buy Me a Coffee, so listeners can support the creator directly. The app is published by StoryDrops Oy, registered at Tarkkampujankatu 10A 2, 00150 Helsinki, Finland, and is categorised under Communication on Google Play, where the developer discloses that personal information, photos and video and device identifiers may be collected, that data is encrypted in transit and that users can request deletion.
Business model
Bebop distributes a consumer mobile application via the Google Play store. No charge to users is stated; monetisation for creators is handled outside the app through external links such as Patreon or Buy Me a Coffee added to a creator profile.
Creator support flows through third-party services (Patreon, Buy Me a Coffee) linked from Bebop profiles; the sources do not describe fees charged by Bebop.
Traction
The Google Play listing for Bebop Minicasts shows over 10 downloads, with the app last updated on 12 August 2026.
Latest developments
The Bebop Minicasts app was updated on 12 August 2026. The website features recent original audio reportage, including minicasts from the Keyakihiroba Beer Festival 2026 and the Tokyo Coffee Festival 2026, published in English and Japanese.
▸Full profile — technology, go-to-market, geography
Technology
A smartphone application for capturing and publishing audio clips on the go, supporting public sharing or invitation-only groups, voice-message replies and a set of audio/sound emojis as reaction formats.
Go-to-market
Direct-to-consumer distribution through the Google Play store, supported by the company website, which showcases example minicasts in English and Japanese covering events such as the Keyakihiroba Beer Festival 2026 and the Tokyo Coffee Festival 2026 and invites listeners to comment in the app.
Amateur and independent audio creators who want to publish podcast-style clips without professional recording equipment, plus their listeners, followers and private circles of friends and family.
Geography
Based in Helsinki, Finland, where publisher StoryDrops Oy is registered; the app is available on Google Play and company content is published in both English and Japanese, including reportage from festivals in Japan.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsThe Bebop Minicasts Android app, published by StoryDrops Oy (Helsinki, Finland), was updated on Google Play in the Communication category.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
- Bebopjoinbebop.com · web
5 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Bebop do?
- Bebop Audio is a mobile app for recording and sharing short audio clips, with voice replies and sound emojis.
- Who founded Bebop?
- Bebop was founded by Jaakko in 2024.
- Who are Bebop's investors?
- Bebop's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Techstars, Sequoia Capital.
- Where is Bebop headquartered?
- Bebop is headquartered in Helsinki, FI.