# Beats Electronics: Consumer Electronics, Los Angeles, United States

> Beats Electronics: Beats Electronics offers premium consumer headphones, earphones and speakers, software technology and streaming music subscription services.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/beats-electronics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Beats Electronics

Beats Electronics offers premium consumer headphones, earphones and speakers, software technology and streaming music subscription services.

Funding reported Last round: Private equity

Consumer Electronics Los Angeles, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2006 20 years old
- **Team:** 501 201 to 1,000 people
- **Funding reported:** $500M in dollars
- **Last round:** Private equity Sept 2013

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Beats Electronics has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## What company datasets say Beats Electronics raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$500M** in dollars

Rounds **1**

Last round **Private equity**

Last round date **Sept 2013**

Investors listed **1**

## On 2 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Access Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/access-technology-ventures)
- [Jimmy Iovine](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jimmy-iovine)

Each firm lists Beats Electronics on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

- **Sector:** Consumer Electronics
- **Part of:** Apple Inc.
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/beats-electronics)

## How it ended, so far

Exit

Exit Buyer Price When

Acquired [Apple](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apple) $3.0B May 2014

## Consumer Electronics in United States

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