Audio-focused collaboration startup Submix has announced its official launch as well as the close of a $1 million pre-seed round.
Berlin- and San Francisco-based Submix reached out with word of both developments today, after workspace platform Bridge.audio scored a $3.3 million raise earlier in July. Keeping the focus on Submix, however, the subscription service says it’s “compatible with all DAWs” and connects “artists, producers, writers, and engineers on high-quality video calls with dedicated voice, audio, and MIDI channels.”
Co-founded and helmed by former Google and Airbnb marketing exec Paul Jeszenszky, Submix is further said to offer a “browser mode” to facilitate collaborations with those who don’t have accounts. And the platform’s “Submix Sketch” is described as an online and offline “virtual patchbay that links and controls all your software and hardware.”
Returning to the initially mentioned raise, Submix drew investments from “a diverse group of” companies and professionals, with the latter including execs and Grammy-winning producers, per the startup.
Also featured on that list of backers are Europe’s Angel Invest Ventures (the website of which indicates that the entity’s “initial check size is €100k”), Berlin’s SCNE Ventures, Berlin- and London-headquartered Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, and Kyiv’s Vesna Capital.
While it’s unclear exactly how Submix intends to utilize the capital, continued expansions are presumably in the cards. As things stand, the platform, which charges $44.99 for its standard plan when billed on a month-to-month basis, is available worldwide but “exclusively for Mac users.”
Addressing the funding milestone, Jeszenszky, who founded the company alongside Beatport vet Chris Galvin (CXO) and former Tazman-Audio higher-up Doug Barr (CTO), underscored Submix’s ambitious long-term goal of “empowering human creativity.”
“Submix is committed to further empowering human creativity by improving the audio production process,” relayed Jeszenszky. “We believe by creating a more connected and collaborative workflow, we can unearth more opportunities for anyone currently or looking to work in professional audio.”
And in a LinkedIn post touting the news, Jeszenszky noted that the business had “opened a small additional investment allocation” designed to attract audio professionals and others in the industry “who can help share their expertise.”
“Please reach out if you are interested or know someone who might be,” the Submix CEO proceeded. “We were VERY lucky and ended up being oversubscribed on the round but we didn’t bring in as many audio/music-specific angel investors as we wanted.”
This past November, collaboration platform Baton disclosed a $4.2 million raise; according to its website, the Gabe Warshaw-founded service is currently in beta.
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