Curioio

Curio is a burgeoning audio platform that offers a curated library of “expert” journalism.

Curio is the best way to listen to audio journalism from leading newspapers and magazines, any time, anywhere.

Curio was founded in 2016 by Govind Balakrishnan and Srikant Chakravarti. The company is headquartered in London, London, United Kingdom.

 

Curio offers a curated library of journalism translated into and presented as audio, letting listeners get their daily fix of news and analysis. More than 50 publications are curated on the app, including the likes of The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and Financial Times, and specialist titles such as Wired, MIT Technology Review and Aeon.

 

Curio's audio articles are narrated by professional voice actors. Listeners can browse by new stories, most played, categories and publication, and also discover new tracks on playlists curated bi-weekly by the Curio editorial team. 

 

Curio is backed by Earlybird, Draper Esprit, Cherry Ventures, Horizons Ventures, 500 Startups and others. The company raised $9M in Series A round on Sep 10, 2020. This brings Curio's total funding to $11M to date.

 

 

  • Year founded: 2016
  • Funding Info: $11M over 2 Rounds (Latest Funding Type: Series A)
  • Yearly Revenue: NA
  • Employee Size: 51-200
  • Business Valuation: NA
  • City/Town: London
  • State: London
  • Country: United Kingdom
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