Sentence:  A select few of the smaller, highly focused, Web-oriented businesses like Thomas “Dolby” Robertson's Beatnik—online as Headspace since 1993, incorporated as Beatnik in 1996—came through, thanks to a coherent business model, more than adequate venture-capital funding, and the lofty goal of “<WSD>sonifying</WSD>” the Web. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To enhance by adding music or sound effects.