Soundstripe
Nashville, US · Founded 2019 · 11 known investors
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Soundstripe provides a royalty-free music licensing platform where creators can subscribe to or buy individual licenses for production music tracks, including a curated Warner Chappell Production Music collection. It serves content creators, businesses, and brands producing film, television, and other media.
Also known as Soundstripe
Founders & leadership
Soundstripe was founded in 2019 by Micah Sannan and Trevor Hinesley.
Board
Investors · 11
Also in the syndicate · 2
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$16.9M disclosed across 5 rounds · 2019–2025
▶$1.9MraisedApr 2025 · 11 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Travis MilksDirector
- Michael WoroszDirector
- Robert OlmsteadDirector
- Travis TerrellDirector
- Jeff PerkinsExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $2M
- Amount sold
- $1.9M
- First sale
- Apr 2025
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$8.7MraisedJun 2022 · 6 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Robert OlmsteadDirector
- Bryan RosenblattDirector
- Micah SannanExecutive Officer, Director
- Travis TerrellExecutive Officer, Director
- William HinesleyExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $10M
- Amount sold
- $8.7M
- First sale
- Jun 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2019
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$2MraisedAug 2019 · 1 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Micah SannanExecutive Officer, Director
- Robert OlmsteadDirector
- Travis TerrellExecutive Officer, Director
- William HinesleyDirector
- Offering amount
- $2M
- Amount sold
- $2M
- Minimum investment
- $2M
- First sale
- Aug 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2019
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$250KraisedMay 2019 · 1 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Micah SannanExecutive Officer, Director
- Robert OlmsteadDirector
- William HinesleyDirector
- Travis TerrellExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $250K
- Amount sold
- $250K
- Minimum investment
- $250K
- First sale
- Mar 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2019
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$4MraisedMay 2019 · 6 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- William HinesleyDirector
- Travis TerrellExecutive Officer, Director
- Micah SannanExecutive Officer, Director
- Robert OlmsteadDirector
- Offering amount
- $4.2M
- Amount sold
- $4M
- Minimum investment
- $50K
- First sale
- May 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2019
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Soundstripe operates a licensed, royalty-free music and audio library aimed at professional content creators and media producers. Its catalog is advertised at more than 116,000 songs plus close to 100,000 sound effects, with tracks delivered at 48kHz and accompanied by stems, alternate versions and cut-downs so that audio can be re-edited to fit a scene. Licensing is pre-cleared and offered either through subscription or as single-song licenses, with usage rights spanning social platforms, advertising and broadcast; the company states that it pays royalties to artists on behalf of customers.
Alongside the catalog, Soundstripe markets workflow tooling: an AI-driven search assistant ("Supe") that responds to natural-language descriptions of mood, genre and moment; a reference-track search that matches songs to a pasted Spotify, YouTube or Apple Music link; shareable playlists and projects for team collaboration; and Soundstripe LIVE, which monitors a video timeline in Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro or other platforms and suggests fitting music. The company also publishes editorial and educational content on music licensing, releases and industry topics.
Business model
Licensing of catalog audio to creative professionals, sold as subscriptions or individual single-song licenses, with royalties paid to contributing artists by Soundstripe rather than by the customer.
Subscription plans and single-song license purchases for access to music, sound effects and related assets.
Traction
The library is advertised at over 116,000 songs and nearly 100,000 sound effects, with usage cited across television and film trailers, national advertising, social campaigns and video game content.
Latest developments
In March 2026 the company announced Reference Track Search, allowing users to find catalog songs similar to a linked track from Spotify, YouTube or Apple Music, and it continues to publish artist releases and industry commentary, including guidance on vetting sync licensing providers (June 2026).
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Competes among royalty-free music libraries, targeting the professional end of the market; its music has appeared in work for HBO (Tokyo Vice Season 2 trailer), a Cirkul Super Bowl LIX advertisement, Kroger social content and a Forza Horizon 5 car pack from Turn 10 Studios.
Positions its catalog as entirely human-made rather than AI-generated, produced by an in-house Nashville team of professional musicians together with award-winning and Grammy-recognized artists worldwide, and pairs it with pre-cleared licensing, per-track creative assets (stems, alternates, cut-downs) and AI search tooling.
Technology
Web platform combining a catalog of 48kHz audio with stems, alts and cut-downs; AI-powered semantic music search ("Supe"); reference-track matching from external streaming links; collaboration features such as shareable playlists and projects; and Soundstripe LIVE, an integration that reads a timeline in editors including Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro to recommend tracks.
Go-to-market
Self-serve website with pricing tiers and instant downloads, segmented landing paths for content creators, freelancers, agencies, brands, universities and TV/film buyers, a demo request flow for larger teams, and content marketing through blog articles on licensing and music.
Agencies and brands, production companies, freelance filmmakers and videographers, podcasters, content creators, universities, and TV/film productions.
Geography
Headquartered in Nashville with an in-house team of musicians there, working with artists globally.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 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 filingsSoundstripe introduced Reference Track Search, which lets users paste a link from services such as Spotify, YouTube, or Apple Music and returns similar songs from the Soundstripe catalog.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Soundstripesoundstripe.com · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Soundstripe do?
- Soundstripe licenses a royalty-free catalog of music and sound effects to video, film, TV and advertising creators.
- Who founded Soundstripe?
- Soundstripe was founded by Micah Sannan, Trevor Hinesley in 2019.
- Who are Soundstripe's investors?
- Soundstripe's investors include Circadian Ventures, Escalate Capital Partners, Grit Capital Partners, Overline, Service Provider Capital, Vocap Partners, Craft Ventures, Topmark Partners and 1 more.
- How much funding has Soundstripe raised?
- Soundstripe has disclosed $16.9M raised across 5 rounds.
- Where is Soundstripe headquartered?
- Soundstripe is headquartered in Nashville, US.