Spotify is a new way to listen to music
Watch the story about Spotify Millions of tracks, any time you like. Just search for it in Spotify, then play it. Just help yourself to whatever you want, whenever you want it.
Think of Spotify as your new music collection. Your library. Only this time your collection is vast: millions of tracks and counting. Spotify comes in all shapes and sizes, available for your PC, Mac, home audio system and mobile phone. Wherever you go, your music follows you.
And because the music plays live, there’s no need to wait for downloads and no big dent in your hard drive.
Financials
| Date | Type | Amount | Investors | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/01/08 | Series A | 21.6M | Creandum | Unknown |
| 08/01/09 | Series B | 50M | Wellington Partners | Unknown |
| 02/01/10 | Series C | Unknown | Founders Fund | Unknown |
People
Ken Parks (CCO, Managing Director USA)
Jeff Levick (Chief Sales, Marketing, International Growth Officer)
Gustav Söderström (CPO)
Oskar Stål (CTO)
Daniel Ek (Co-founder)
Competitors
Schematic Labs:
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Muziic:
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Rdio:
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Guvera:
Guvera has spent several years negotiating rights all around the world and designing this new system… See Company Profile »
FIQL:
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News
Spotify begins rolling out ‘Discover’ page to find new tunes; adds song previews
May 29, 2013 7:00 am
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now After first showing it off in December, streaming music service… Continue reading ⟩
Shazam updates its iPad app with auto-tagging and integration with Spotify & Rdio
May 23, 2013 4:23 pm
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Media discovery startup Shazam released a new version of its… Continue reading ⟩
Google announces its Spotify competitor, Google Play Music ‘All Access’ — ‘radio without rules’
May 15, 2013 4:57 pm
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now After months of speculation and rumors, Google finally announced its… Continue reading ⟩