Guvera
A system that enabled free music downloads through engagement advertising.
Description
Guvera spent several years negotiating rights all around the world and designing this new system to make music free by having advertisers pay for users downloads. Users select the brand that will pay for each piece of music you search for, then visit their channel and discover a whole bunch of other music that may be interesting then they channel hop, this was how they discoverrf new music, all the while not being interrupted by ads they cant click past and now, they simply enjoy the music.
Legal Name
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Former Legal Name(s)
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Company Reputation
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Entity Type
Private limited company
Ownership Status
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Operational Status
Inactive
Founded Date
2008
Operational Duration
9 years
Shutdown Date
2017
Last Financing Round
Venture Round
Total Raised
USD 130.36M
Last Financing Date
23 Nov 2015
No. of Funding Round(s)
5
No. of Investor(s)
1
No. of Employees
100 - 250
Total Revenue
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Post-money Valuation
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Market Capitalization
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Stage of Development
Growth
Transactional Model Type
B2B2C
Defensibility Moats
Two-sided marketplaces, Disruption, Value chain innovation,
City
Gold Coast
State/Province
Queensland
Country
Australia
Industry
Internet
Categories
Music, Advertising, Music Discovery,
- Lack of Funds
- The prospectus detailed a revenue shortfall after Guvera failed to secure $100 million in private equity in 2015, leading the company to then raise $40.8 million through chairman Darren Herft’s private equity firm, AMMA.
- Despite AMMA raising AUD$40.8 million of equity on behalf of Guvera, there was a cash shortfall at 31 December 2015.
- Funds from the IPO were to be used to contribute to paying these liabilities.
Cash shortfall.
Note: Direct competitors are defined by similarity score of more than 40%, while similar companies are defined by similarity score of less than 40%
| No. | Image | Name | Similarity score | Description | Industry | Categories | Location | Ownership status | Entity type | Stage of development | Transactional model type | Defensibility moats | Last financing round | Total raised | Post-money valuation | Last financing date | No. of funding round(s) | No. of investors | Investors | Total revenue | Market capitalization | No. of investments | No. of acquisitions | No. of board seats taken | Competition | Management | No. of employees | Company reputation | Contact info | Operational status | Operational duration | Shutdown date | Founded date | Legal name | Former legal name(s) | Ticker |
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1. |  | Musical.ly | 26.6% | A video social network for creating, sharing, and discovering short videos. | Internet | Entertainment, Short Videos, Video, Music | China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100-250 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2014 | - | - | - |
2. |  | Audiogalaxy | 26.2% | A music streaming service. | Internet | Music, Video Streaming | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 1999 | - | - | - |
3. |  | Gogoyoko | 26.0% | An online music store and social networking website. | Internet | Social, Music, Social Music | Iceland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
4. |  | Songza | 24.2% | A music streaming and recommendation service offering curated playlists based on the time of day or a user's mood or activity. | Internet | Music, Media & Entertainment, Independent Music | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
5. |  | RewardMe | 22.0% | A real-time intelligent CRM solution for local commerce, providing merchants with customer insights. | Internet | Advertising, Marketing, CRM, E-Commerce, Mobile, Loyalty Programs | United States | - | - | - | - | - | Seed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2010 | - | - | - |
6. |  | Unlockd | 21.8% | A mobile platform that rewards consumers when they unlock their digital device and view targeted ads, content or offers. | Internet | Advertising, Applications, Content, Mobile | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2014 | - | - | - |
7. |  | JamLegend | 21.7% | An online, browser-based music video game. | Internet | Gaming, Online Games, Music, Video | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2008 | - | - | - |
8. |  | Fuzz | 21.7% | A social network/music discovery that enabled users to listen to and create free internet radio stations. | Internet | Internet Radio, Music Discovery, Software | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
9. |  | Songbird | 21.7% | A social music discovery app. | Internet | Music Discovery, Social Music, Media & Entertainment | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
10. |  | Flyte | 21.5% | An online digital music store. | Internet | Music | India | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
11. |  | Bread | 21.1% | An ad tech service that created “billboard” ads promoting products or a worthy cause. | Internet | Mobile Advertising, Advertising, Social Media, Social Media Marketing | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
12. |  | Lookery | 19.7% | Provided demographic marketing services that enabled social networks to distribute their data as targeting information. | Internet | Advertising, Marketing, Social Network | United States | - | - | - | - | - | M&A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
13. |  | Fotopedia | 18.6% | A developer of travel applications that feature photography from their online community. | Internet | Advertising, Crowdsourcing, Mobile, News | United States | - | - | - | - | - | Early Stage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2008 | - | - | - |
14. |  | Appsurfer | 18.5% | An app which allowed users to instantly access any app from the Android world without the need to download or install it. | Internet | Advertising, Mobile, Virtualization | India | - | - | - | - | - | Seed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
15. |  | ChaCha | 17.4% | A mobile Q&A service that enabled advertisers and marketers to communicate with their customers in real-time. | Internet | Advertising, Marketing, Search Engine | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2005 | - | - | - |
16. |  | Turntable.fm | 17.1% | A social media website that allowed users to interactively share music. | Internet | Digital Media, Music, Media & Entertainment, Social Media | United States | - | - | - | - | - | Early Stage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
17. |  | VidPays | 16.5% | An incentive-based advertising platform. | Internet | Marketing, Video, Advertising, SEO | Malaysia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2008 | - | - | - |
18. |  | AllAdvantage | 16.5% | An internet advertising company that offered pay-to-surf program. | Internet | Advertising, Business Intelligence | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 1999 | - | - | - |
19. |  | Paraplou | 16.3% | An e-commerce provider. | Internet | E-Commerce, Advertising, Web Development, Fashion | Indonesia | - | - | - | - | - | Early Stage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
20. |  | Dopetracks | 15.8% | An online music collaboration and promotion platform for hip hop Emcees and Producers. | Internet | Music, Collaboration, Online Portals | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
21. |  | Stipple | 15.7% | Provided a platform enabling users to tag people, places and objects in an image. | Internet | Photography, Advertising, Image Tag | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2010 | - | - | - |
22. |  | PluggedIn | 15.5% | A family entertainment website that provided information and commentary on movies, music, television, video games, and culture. | Internet | Media & Entertainment, Music, Video | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
23. |  | Saaspire | 15.0% | Offered SaaS-based relevancy platform that enabled its users to develop web applications. | Internet | Advertising, Content, SaaS, Web Applications | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2010 | - | - | - |
24. |  | Airborne | 14.5% | A peer-to-peer (P2P) nano-patronage music platform. | Internet | Music | South Africa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
25. |  | Grapeshot | 13.9% | A contextual intelligence platform. | Internet | Advertising, Brand Marketing, Analytics, Ad Network, Software | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100-250 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
26. |  | Dhingana | 13.8% | Music streaming startup. | Internet | Music, Streaming, On-Demand Service, Music Discovery, Applications | India | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
27. |  | Admazely | 13.6% | An advertising technology company that offered easy-to-setup retargeting tools for web shops. | Internet | Advertising, E-Commerce, Marketing | Denmark | - | - | - | - | - | Seed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
28. |  | SellaBand | 13.2% | A crowdfunding website for musicians. | Internet | Music, Social Media, Crowdfunding, Social Music | Germany | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
29. |  | Cymbal | 13.0% | A music sharing platform that enabled its users to listen to music, create playlists, and share them with other users. | Internet | Music, Applications | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2015 | - | - | - |
30. |  | Tunaspot | 12.9% | A location-based music platform. | Internet | Location Based Services, Music, Music Discovery | Sweden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
31. |  | CakeTunes | 12.2% | An online marketplace where music producers could sell beats to musicians and video firms. | Internet | Music, Marketplace, Music Discovery, Video | Nigeria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2017 | - | - | - |
32. |  | Asaii | 12.1% | An automated machine learning A&R and music management platform. | Internet | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, Music, Media & Entertainment | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2016 | - | - | - |
33. |  | Groovy | 12.1% | A music streaming app. | Internet | Music, Applications, Entertainment, Streaming, Social Music | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2013 | - | - | - |
34. |  | Matchmine | 11.3% | A personalized content recommendations service. | Internet | Advertising, Digital Media, Content, News | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
35. |  | Lisn | 10.9% | An app that would let users listen to music with a friend and chat about it within the app. | Internet | Music, Digital Media, Social Music | India | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2016 | - | - | - |
36. |  | AGLOCO | 10.8% | A startup that paid users to surf the web. | Internet | Advertising, Software, Business Intelligence | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
37. |  | What.cd | 10.4% | An invite-only music torrent website. | Internet | Music, Websites, Music Sharing, Software | France | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
38. |  | Eyegroove | 9.7% | A platform that let users make videos for songs they like. | Internet | Social Network, Music, Creativity, Entertainment | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2013 | - | - | - |
39. |  | Efritin | 9.6% | An online marketplace that enabled users to buy and sell anything related to a business, product or service. | Internet | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Advertising | Nigeria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2015 | - | - | - |
40. |  | Anchor Intelligence | 9.2% | A service that detected click fraud. | Internet | Ad Network, Advertising, Software | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
41. |  | Crowdmix | 8.8% | A music streaming and sharing platform. | Internet | Applications, Social Media, Social Music, Music | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100-250 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2013 | - | - | - |
42. |  | Bloom.fm | 8.8% | A mobile music app that featured free radio and tiered access music rental subscriptions. | Internet | Mobile, Software, Music | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
43. |  | Stereomood | 8.6% | A music platform that provided various mood-based song listings. | Internet | Internet Radio, Media & Entertainment, Digital Entertainment, Music, Independent Music | Italy | - | - | - | - | - | Seed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2009 | - | - | - |
44. |  | Headliner | 8.4% | An online booking platform for entertainers and musicians. | Internet | Events, Music, Entertainment | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2014 | - | - | - |
45. |  | Kazaa | 8.3% | A P2P file sharing app and music subscription service. | Internet | P2P, File Sharing, Music, Subscription | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2002 | - | - | - |
46. |  | LimeWire | 8.1% | Developed peer-to-peer software and solutions for the file sharing industry. | Internet | Software, Media & Entertainment, Music, File Sharing | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2000 | - | - | - |
47. |  | Unomy | 7.9% | A unique sales & marketing intelligence platform that helped online businesses gather, retain and process information about customers. | Internet | Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Advertising | Israel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
48. |  | Evntlive | 7.5% | Concert-streaming platform. | Internet | Digital Entertainment, Music, Entertainment | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
49. |  | 8tracks Radio | 7.4% | An internet radio and streaming platform that focused on crafted playlists. | Internet | Internet Radio, Media & Entertainment, Music, Social Network | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2008 | - | - | - |
50. |  | Soundwave | 6.4% | A music discovery technology company. | Internet | Music Discovery, Applications, Software, Social | Ireland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
51. |  | Ekhanei | 5.3% | An online marketplace for selling and buying. | Internet | E-Marketplace, Classifieds, Advertising, Startup | Bangladesh | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
| No. | Image | Name | Investor type | Description | Location | Preferred investment stage(s) | Stages invested in | Assets under management (AUM) | Investment range | Investment sweet spot | Preferred investment focus | Preferred investment geography | No. of investments | No. of lead investments | No. of follow-on investments | No. of co-investments | Portfolio companies | No. of exits | Total exit value | No. of failed investments | Loss on investments | No. of acquisitions | No. of board seats taken | No. of funds | Limited partners | Co-investors | No. of partners | Partners | No. of employees | Management | Board members | Founders | Investor reputation | Contact info | Entity type | Legal name | Former legal name(s) | Founded date | Ticker |
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1. |  | AMMA Private Investment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Image | Name | Previous designation | Previous company | Previous biography | Previous profile type | Previous location | Experience | Education | Reputation | Current company | Current designation | Current biography | Current profile type | Current location | No. of investments | No. of exits | Total exit value | No. of board seats taken | Contact info |
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1. |  | Claes Loberg | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Financing date | Financing round | Total amount raised | Post-money valuation | Financial viability | Fundraising target amount | Remaining target amount | Financing type | No. of investors | Board seats | Lead investors | Entity type | Financing status |
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1. | 23 Nov 2015 | Venture Round | USD 100M | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | Completed | ||
2. | 21 Jul 2015 | Venture Round | USD 362.3K | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Completed | ||
3. | 18 Jan 2010 | Series C | USD 20M | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | Completed | ||
4. | 1 Jun 2009 | Series B | USD 5M | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | Completed | ||
5. | 1 Jan 2009 | Series A | USD 5M | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | Completed |
