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SamanthaJ.

Grasso

DailyDotMediapressinquiryregarding2016funding
ShannonOFlaherty<Shannon@
To:"SamanthaJ.Grasso"<sgrasso@dailydot.com>

Thu,Feb11,2016at2:46PM

HiSamantha,
Thanksforreachingout.Pleasefindourstatementbelow,attributabletoSoundCloudor"aSoundCloud
spokesperson."
SoundCloudfiledits2014accountswithCompaniesHouse.Beyondthefullyearfinancialsfor2014,whichreflect
thoseofacompanyinastronggrowthstage,theyshowthat,in2015,wesecured$77mofincrementalcapital,
someofwhichcamefromourexistinginvestors,demonstratingtheirbeliefinthefutureofthecompany,andthe
restofwhichisaflexiblecreditlinefromTennenbaumCapitalPartners,anattractiveoptionforcompanieslike
SoundCloud,whohaveasolidcreditratingandareonaclearpathtoglobalsuccess.
Sincewebegan,wevebeenbuildingacompletelyuniqueplatform.SoundClouduserscandiscovermore
creators,atallstagesoftheircareers,thananywhereelse,andmoremusicandaudio:over18millioncreators
areusingtheplatform,sharingwellover110milliontracks,andreaching175millionmonthlyactivelisteners.
Additionally,comScorerecentlylistedSoundCloudasbeingthe8thmostpopularappamongmillennialsbasedon
usageintheUS.
Overthepastyear,wevecontinuedtobringpartnersfromthemusicindustryontoSoundCloud.Wevesigned
dealswithPRSandUMG/UMPG,toaddtothenearly200dealswevealreadysigned,includingthosewith
WarnerMusic,MerlinandNMPA,aswellasMCNsandindependentcreators.Werefocussingonenabling
creatorstogetpaidfortheircreativity,andonbuildingafinanciallysustainableplatformthatourcommunitycan
enjoyforyearstocome.

ShannonO'Flaherty

From:"SamanthaJ.Grasso"<sgrasso@dailydot.com>
Date:Thursday,February11,2016at12:37PM
To:"media@soundcloud.com"<media@soundcloud.com>
Subject:DailyDotMediapressinquiryregarding2016funding
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