Songbird
A social music discovery app.
Description
Songbird offered music lovers the ultimate social music discovery experience on their Android phone. Also on the Web and the desktop, (Windows, Mac).
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
2006
Operational Duration
7 years
Shutdown Date
2013
Last Financing Round
Funding round
Total Raised
USD 14.9M
Last Financing Date
27 Jan 2010
No. of Funding Round(s)
4
No. of Investor(s)
2
No. of Employees
10 - 50
Total Revenue
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Post-money Valuation
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Market Capitalization
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Stage of Development
Established
Transactional Model Type
B2C
Defensibility Moats
Value chain innovation, User networks, Standards,
City
San Francisco
State/Province
California
Country
United States
Industry
Internet
Categories
Music Discovery, Social Music, Media & Entertainment,
- Failed Acquisition (Takeover)
- Poor Pivot
- The company was in the midst of pivoting the company from one focused solely on licensing desktop product to third parties to one focused on delivering premium features such as remote music collection access; music in HD formats like FLAC; and advertising.
- Unfortunately, Songbird was unable to make the transition in time before the cash ran out.
Sale fell through last minute.
Unable to make the transition in time.
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. |  | Fuzz | 38.5% | 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 | - | - | - |
2. |  | Turntable.fm | 30.3% | 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 | - | - | - |
3. |  | Songza | 29.7% | 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 | - | - | - |
4. |  | 60dB | 26.9% | A short-form podcast app. | Internet | Media & Entertainment, Video Streaming, Social Media | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2016 | - | - | - |
5. |  | Digg | 24.2% | A website that enabled its users to find, read, and share the most interesting and talked-about stories on the Internet. | Internet | Digital Media, Social Media, Content, Media & Entertainment | United States | - | - | - | - | - | M&A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2004 | - | - | - |
6. |  | Guvera | 21.7% | A system that enabled free music downloads through engagement advertising. | Internet | Music, Advertising, Music Discovery | Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100-250 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2008 | - | - | - |
7. |  | Stereomood | 21.3% | 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 | - | - | - |
8. |  | Soundwave | 21.2% | A music discovery technology company. | Internet | Music Discovery, Applications, Software, Social | Ireland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
9. |  | LimeWire | 20.6% | 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 | - | - | - |
10. |  | Gogoyoko | 20.0% | An online music store and social networking website. | Internet | Social, Music, Social Music | Iceland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
11. |  | FriendFeed | 19.8% | A feed aggregator that consolidated updates from social media, social bookmarking websites, blogs, and microblogging sites. | Internet | Social Media, Media & Entertainment, News | United States | - | - | - | - | - | M&A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
12. |  | 8tracks Radio | 17.8% | 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 | - | - | - |
13. |  | Tunaspot | 17.6% | A location-based music platform. | Internet | Location Based Services, Music, Music Discovery | Sweden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
14. |  | Groovy | 16.5% | A music streaming app. | Internet | Music, Applications, Entertainment, Streaming, Social Music | Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2013 | - | - | - |
15. |  | Dhingana | 16.5% | Music streaming startup. | Internet | Music, Streaming, On-Demand Service, Music Discovery, Applications | India | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
16. |  | Social.fm | 16.4% | A free social networking service for music fans ran by Mercora. | Internet | Social Music, Mobile Applications, Web Applications | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2003 | - | - | - |
17. |  | SellaBand | 16.0% | A crowdfunding website for musicians. | Internet | Music, Social Media, Crowdfunding, Social Music | Germany | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
18. |  | Crowdmix | 15.7% | A music streaming and sharing platform. | Internet | Applications, Social Media, Social Music, Music | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100-250 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2013 | - | - | - |
19. |  | Lisn | 15.5% | 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 | - | - | - |
20. |  | Sharingear | 13.9% | For musicians who wanted to play music and to save costs. | Internet | P2P, Media & Entertainment, Sharing, Webservice | Denmark | - | - | - | - | - | Seed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2014 | - | - | - |
21. |  | Mobuzz | 13.5% | An online vlog (video blog) entertainment startup. | Internet | Media & Entertainment, Video | Spain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2005 | - | - | - |
22. |  | Waves | 13.2% | Operated as an audio and podcast startup. | Internet | Audio, Podcast, Media & Entertainment | Vietnam | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2019 | - | - | - |
23. |  | CakeTunes | 13.0% | An online marketplace where music producers could sell beats to musicians and video firms. | Internet | Music, Marketplace, Music Discovery, Video | Nigeria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2017 | - | - | - |
24. |  | PluggedIn | 12.9% | 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 | - | - | - |
25. |  | Haivl | 12.4% | An entertainment site. | Internet | Websites, Entertainment, Media & Entertainment, News | Vietnam | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
26. |  | Capazoo | 12.4% | A social networking and entertainment site. | Internet | Social Network, Media & Entertainment, Web Hosting | Canada | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
27. |  | Dial-A-Celeb | 11.5% | A celebrity-fan engagement platform that allowed fans to connect with their favourite celebrities. | Internet | Digital Entertainment, E-Commerce, Media & Entertainment, Applications | India | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2016 | - | - | - |
28. |  | Seventymm | 11.1% | An online movie rental service. | Internet | Rental, Entertainment, Media & Entertainment, E-Commerce | India | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 250-500 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2005 | - | - | - |
29. |  | Zeemi.tv | 10.6% | Live video streaming platform. | Internet | Media & Entertainment, Video, Video Streaming | Indonesia | - | - | - | - | - | Seed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2014 | - | - | - |
30. |  | Blab | 10.2% | A livestreaming app that enabled its users to communicate with the other users. | Internet | Media & Entertainment, Video Streaming, Video | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2015 | - | - | - |
31. |  | Asaii | 10.0% | 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 | - | - | - |
32. |  | Go90 | 9.3% | An American video streaming service. | Internet | Media & Entertainment, Video Streaming, Mobile Applications | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
33. |  | Babble | 8.0% | An online magazine site that offered information and lifestyle content for parents. | Internet | News, Parenting, Lifestyle, Communities, Media & Entertainment | United States | - | - | - | - | - | M&A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
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| 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. |  | Robert Lord | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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. | 27 Jan 2010 | Funding round | USD 2M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Completed | ||
2. | 5 Oct 2009 | Funding round | USD 3.9M | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | Completed | ||
3. | 1 Dec 2006 | Series A | USD 8M | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | Completed | ||
4. | 2 Oct 2006 | Series A | USD 1M | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | Completed |
