Mexican startup Beek closed a $13M round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Greylock, Accel, and angel investors such as OpenAI, Figma, Duolingo, Rappi, and Nowports co-founders also participated in the round.
Beek started a social network for book fans and now partners with content creators to produce original audible content, offering a higher revenue than other platforms like Spotify.
“With Latinos dominating global charts, there has never been a better time for a Spanish audio platform to emerge,” said Mercedes Bent, Lightspeed Partner
Beek boasts a user base of over 3 million registered users and a vast library of over 250,000 audiobooks and 1,000 pieces of exclusive content.
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