This week our deal of the last 7 days goes to one of Silicon Roundabout’s original superstars: Songkick.
One of Silicon Roundabout’s standout successes, Songkick is primarily an online ticketing platform for music events, and also allows users to track artists and engage with other attendees.
Founded in Shoreditch in 2007, the company first raised $15,000 from YCombinator. Six investment rounds and an acquisition later, the startup is active in more than 60 markets and counts over 12m users a month.
Key players:
Ian Hogarth, Chairman and Co-Founder
Matt Jones, CEO
Who invested
Following on from two previous rounds, Access Industries led the round, with other unknown investors also participating. The US holding company notably owns Warner Music Group, and has also invested in Deezer, a web-based music streaming service.
Who are they up against?
As well as established players like Ticketmaster and TicketWeb, Songkick might need to contend with some homegrown competition.
Dice have developed a mobile app ticketing service which does not charge booking fees and claims to be 100% “tout-proof”. Founded in 2014, the company has raised £6.53m over 3 fundraisings. Most recently, DICE raised $6m on 26/08/2016 from Designer Fund, Evolution Equity Partners, Kima Ventures, and White Star Capital. Although its stilll early days for the app, we think a streamlined service with no extra charges and protection from touts could do a lot to shake up the ticketing industry – Songkick, watch out!
Discover the UK's most innovative companies.
Get access to unrivalled data on all the businesses you need to know about, so you can approach the right leads, at the right time.
Book a 40 minute demo to see all the key features of the Beauhurst platform, plus the depth and breadth of data available.
An associate will work with you to build a sophisticated search, returning a dynamic list of organisations matching your ideal client.