Calíope

caliope.app ↗ ·Collado Villalba ·Pre-seed

Calíope is a Spanish-language audio app focused on women's sexual wellness. It combines erotic audio stories recorded by professional voice actors with wellness audioguides designed by psychologists and sexologists. The app is sold on a freemium subscription model through iOS, Android and its own website. It was created in 2020 by YouTube creator Rocío Romero (RoEnLaRed) and David Calvo, is operated by Caliope International Entertainment SL from the Madrid region, and reported more than 40,000 registered users and over one million minutes of audio listened in early 2022. In 2022 it closed a €293,000 first round, made up of €163,000 from more than 60 investors via the Startupxplore platform, including Juanjo Mostazo, David Arroyo, David Boronat and Miguel Moral, plus a €130,000 ENISA participative loan.

Founded
2020
Founders
2
Total funds raised
€163K
Rounds
1
Investors
5
Last round
Feb 2022
SectorsConsumer, Healthtech & Bio, Media & Gaming, Sexual wellness, Audio content Start-up MapConsumer › Social & entertainment apps

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Founders

David Calvo
Co-Founder
Rocío Romero
CEO & Co-Founder

Global models 5

Dipsea
United States · www.dipseastories.com ↗
Subscription app of erotic audio stories plus sexual-wellness sessions aimed at women, the direct English-language equivalent of Calíope.
~$12MComparable
Rosy
United States · meetrosy.com ↗
Women's sexual-wellness app with expert-designed programmes and erotic stories, sold on a freemium subscription like Calíope.
~$6MComparable
Quinn
United States · www.tryquinn.com ↗
Freemium erotic audio platform aimed mainly at women with paid premium content, matching Calíope's audio-story model.
~$4MComparable
Emjoy
Subscription app with audio guides and erotic stories for women's sexual wellbeing, created with sexologists, which is almost exactly Calíope's model.
~$3MComparable
Ferly
United Kingdom · www.ferly.com ↗
Freemium subscription app that pairs erotic audio stories with guided sexual-wellness practices for women, like Calíope.
~$2MComparable

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Investors 5

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Startupxplore
startupxplore.com
Pre-seed 2022 Spain
David Arroyo i Calahorro
Pre-seed 2022 Spain
David Boronat
Pre-seed 2022 Spain Private investor
Juanjo Mostazo
Pre-seed 2022 Spain Private investor
Miguel Moral
Pre-seed 2022 HQ unknown

Funding rounds 1

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