SoundCloud is ready to be put up on the market later this 12 months, with its homeowners doubtlessly looking for a price-tag in extra of USD $1 billion.

That’s based on a report from Sky News in the present day (January 7), which says it’s realized that two of SoundCloud’s shareholders – Raine Group and Temasek Holdings – have began interviewing funding banks concerning a “potential public sale of the corporate”.

One supply advised Sky that they didn’t count on the sale course of to get underway for various months.

Raine and Temasek acquired stakes in SoundCloud in August 2017, in a majority-takeover worth $170 million. The deal noticed the streaming firm valued at around $300 million.

In February 2020, SoundCloud secured an additional $75 million in funding from SiriusXM. In consequence, Sirius obtained a minority stake in SoundCloud.

MBW revealed shortly before the end of 2023 that SoundCloud was on target to put up its first ever EBITDA-profitable 12 months.

In mid-December, the agency’s inner steerage confirmed that was projecting annual revenues of EUR €288 million (USD $310m) for calendar/fiscal 2023, up 7.5% YoY or 9% YoY at fixed forex (USD).

SoundCloud additionally forecast a €2 million optimistic EBITDA for 2023, representing a major enchancment from the €29 million unfavorable EBITDA the agency posted in 2022.

Eliah Seton was named CEO of SoundCloud in March final 12 months.

Seton joined SoundCloud as its world President in April 2021, following a decade-plus tenure at Warner Music Group (WMG).

Seton left WMG as its President of Impartial Music & Creator Providers overseeing ADA Worldwide, Asylum Data, Stage and Arts Music for WMG. He led ADA Worldwide from 2015 onwards.

In May last year, SoundCloud introduced it was shedding 8% of its world workforce – a transfer that affected round 40 workers.

On the time, Eliah Seton mentioned: “This can be a difficult however important resolution to make sure the well being of our enterprise and get SoundCloud to profitability this 12 months.

“In doing so, we’re securing the corporate’s future for the tens of millions of artists who depend on us for his or her dwelling and their self-expression, and the tens of millions of followers who come to SoundCloud for the enjoyment of music.”

SoundCloud’s modern-day enterprise is cut up into two segments: (i) Its subscriptions enterprise (i.e. subscription funds from listeners in addition to advert income generated by folks urgent play); and (ii) its ‘creator’ enterprise (i.e. charges paid by artists for entry to distribution, instruments, and companies to market/monetize their music).

In complete, greater than 40 million artists have launched 320 million tracks on SoundCloud to this point.Music Enterprise Worldwide