Soundwave

company

About

Soundwave is a music discovery technology company that was acquired by Spotify in Jan 2016.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised
$0.90M
Industries
Android,Apps,iOS,Local,Location Based Services,Music,Real Time,Social Media,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 2012
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
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Soundwave was founded by Brendan O’Driscoll, Aidan Sliney and Craig Watson in 2012, and was acquired by Spotify in January 2016.

Backed by Mark Cuban and ACT Venture Capital, Soundwave is a mobile music-discovery co. Soundwave tracks what songs people are listening to on their smartphones and where in real time.

Before being acquired by Spotify, Soundwave scaled its Android and iPhone app to over 1.5 million users across 190 countries in 14 languages, tracking over 150 million song plays. Since launch, the Soundwave product has been voted by Apple as "Best Innovation in Music” and has been permanently positioned globally by Google in the Android "Editors Choice" sections alongside only 50 other apps out of over 1.5 million.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$0.90M
Soundwave has raised a total of $0.90M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 1, 2013 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jul 1, 2013 Series Unknown $0.90M 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
Soundwave is funded by 1 investors. Xandex Investments LLP are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Xandex Investments LLP Series Unknown