Anchor and Descript are well-known for being some of the most important Podcast creation platforms. But, Podcastle has recently slipped into the back-view mirror. This all-in-one platform can do all three: recording, production, and publishing.
RTP Global and Point Nine Capital have co-led an early-stage round of funding that raised $7 million. Participated were S16 VC, as well as the previous investors Sierra Ventures (previously AI Fund)
Podcastle taps into the booming creator market, estimated at $104.2 billion by one report. There are at least 2,000,000 podcasts available these days.
Podcastle claims it has approximately 150,000 creators. However, it says it is growing quickly. Podcastle offers easy-to use tools that allow podcast creators to create podcasts. These include remote studio interviews with consumer-grade microphones, multitrack recording, editing, and the ability for podcasts to be edited to improve their speech quality. Podcastle can convert text to speech or vice versa, which allows creators to edit audio as text documents.
Artavazd Yeritsyan is the founder and CEO at Podcastle. He was previously VP of Engineering at Picsart. This would make Podcastle one of the most important categories in storytelling. Podcastle aims to remove technical hurdles and let creators focus on what really matters: creating and sharing content.
Descript is an editing tool. Podcastle, he says, is closer to a creator platform. Podcastle allows creators to start remote interviews and then continue editing on the platform. This is like comparing Microsoft Docs with Google Docs. Or Sketch versus Figma. He said that in those cases, Google Docs and Figma are the best options.
Alexander Pavlov, RTP Global managing partner, stated: Podcastle is a single platform that can satisfy both creators and hosts. Podcastle has great potential and we are pleased to support it on its path to success.
Louis Coppey is a partner at Point Nine Capital. He said that Point Nine has invested in many creative software in the past few years, including PlayPlay in Paris and GravitySketch London. These three companies are revolutionizing the process of creating videos and 3D designs in VR and 3D. Podcastle is leading the charge for audio content production democratization.
Podcastle has four pricing options and the base features are free.
