Curio raises £7m in a Series A round led by Earlybird to scale internationally.
Earlybird led the investment round, which will fund international expansion and platform development.
Curio operates a subscription audio platform that turns journalism from major publications into spoken word content. The ad-free application provides curated stories and analysis daily.
London-based audio platform Curio has secured £7m in a Series A funding round led by Earlybird. Additional backing came from Draper Esprit, Cherry Ventures, and Horizons Ventures. The fresh capital will be deployed to expand the company presence in the United States and the United Kingdom, alongside launching in new anglophone markets such as India, South Africa, and Australia. Further plans involve developing co-produced series, guest curation features, and AI-led personalisation.
From the founder
"We want to help everyone become wiser, empathetic, and fulfilled. I believe learning about ideas and insights shaping our future, and stories that move us can do exactly that,"
Govind Balakrishnan
Co-founder and CEO at Curio
Investor perspective
"Over the last five years, a boom of new technology brought exponential growth to the audio industry, impacting how media is consumed and produced. We, at Earlybird, share Curio’s vision of disrupting modern journalism through curated audio formats, and I am very excited to join the board. Being an early investor in the crowd-publishing platform Inkitt and a former consumer-tech entrepreneur myself, I am proud to support the exceptional team at Curio in scaling internationally"
Fabian Heilemann
Partner, Earlybird
Use of funds
- 01Expand into international markets
- 02Continue product development
