Soundwave

Soundwave

A music discovery technology company.

Company Information

Description

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 was a mobile music-discovery co. Soundwave tracked what songs people were listening to on their smartphones and where in real time. Before being acquired bySpotify, 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.

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

2012

Operational Duration

4 years

Shutdown Date

2016

Last Financing Round

Venture Round

Total Raised

USD 2.9M

Last Financing Date

1 Jul 2014

No. of Funding Round(s)

4

No. of Investor(s)

4

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

Validation

Transactional Model Type

B2C

Defensibility Moats

Procedural knowledge, User networks, Customer insights,

City

Dublin

State/Province

Dublin

Country

Ireland

Industry

Internet

Categories

Music Discovery, Apps, Software, Social,

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