Podfund: Investing in Emerging Podcast Creators
Summary
Podfund provides startup and growth capital, resources, and expertise to emerging podcast creators and audio ventures. They typically offer funding between $25,000–$150,000 USD, participating in venture funding rounds via equity, convertible notes, or SAFE instruments, and also offer unique revenue financing options. Beyond capital, Podfund provides business planning assistance, access to a peer community, mentor matching, a growth toolkit, and partner offers to help businesses scale and achieve commercial success. They are looking for creators with an entrepreneurial mindset, evidence of traction (increasing downloads, passionate fan base), and initial revenue from various sources. Podfund is open to global creators and accepts applications on a rolling basis.