{"id":792184,"date":"2024-04-01T11:29:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T11:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2024\/04\/01\/audio-streaming-platform-pocket-fm-completes-1st-esop-buyback-worth-8-3-mn\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T11:29:31","slug":"audio-streaming-platform-pocket-fm-completes-1st-esop-buyback-worth-8-3-mn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2024\/04\/01\/audio-streaming-platform-pocket-fm-completes-1st-esop-buyback-worth-8-3-mn\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio streaming platform Pocket FM completes 1st ESOP buyback worth $8.3 mn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Audio series platform Pocket FM on Monday announced it has completed its first ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) buyback worth $8.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Several former and existing employees, holding vested stocks in the company, participated in this process, the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the challenging economic conditions, we remain unwavering in offering opportunities for wealth creation and fostering a culture of growth within Pocket FM,&#8221; said Rohan Nayak, Co-Founder and CEO, Pocket FM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we continue our journey of entertaining people worldwide, we will keep pushing boundaries, innovating relentlessly and striving for excellence together,&#8221; Nayak added.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2018, the company last month announced its $103 million Series D round at a valuation of $750 million.<\/p>\n<p>The new funding will strengthen the company&#8217;s push into the US market and also support global expansion as the company plans to expand into Europe and LATAM markets in 2024, it had said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The company has surpassed a $150 million annual run rate (ARR) and is growing at 57 per cent (quarter-on-quarter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audio series platform Pocket FM on Monday announced it has completed its first ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) buyback worth $8.3 million. Several former and existing employees, holding vested stocks in the company, participated in this process, the company said in a statement. &#8220;Despite the challenging economic conditions, we remain unwavering in offering opportunities for wealth creation and fostering a culture of growth within Pocket FM,&#8221; said Rohan Nayak, Co-Founder and CEO, Pocket FM. &#8220;As we continue our journey of entertaining people worldwide, we will keep pushing boundaries, innovating relentlessly and striving for excellence together,&#8221; Nayak added. Founded in 2018, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}