Tag: Accel Partners

‘Big Tech Abuses Outdated Laws To Decimate Music Economy’, says CAKE Lead Singer John McCrea

In this opinion piece, John McCrea of the the rock band CAKE and board member of Content Creators Coalition explains why pro-tech Senator Ron Wyden must recognize the Silicon Valley's. Continue reading

Guest Post on 05/02/2018 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2010 Haiti earthquake, Accel Partners, Alec Berg, App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Artificial Intelligence, Facebook, Google, Silicon Valley, YouTube

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No Fee TickPick Acquires Razorgator, Adds 1M Users

[UPDATED] No-fee ticket marketplace TickPick has acquired ticket reseller Razorgator. Details of the acquisition were not disclosed, but Razorgator had raised $60 million in funding from Oak, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/01/2018 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Accel Partners, Apple Music, Artificial Intelligence, BetterWorks, Billboard Magazine, Board of directors, Business Insider, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Spotify, Streaming media, tickets

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How To Get Press Coverage For Your Band – Pro Tips For Writing Promo Emails

Getting good press coverage for your band often requires crafting the perfect promo email. Here we look at what the necessary components of a great promo email are, depending on. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/02/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Abuse, Accel Partners, Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn, Business Insider, Coat (clothing), Computer science, David Hansell, Davido, New York City

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SeatGeek Launches Ticket Resale Marketplace

Ticket search engine SeatGeek is expanding into ticket sales with the launch of SeatGeek Marketplace, a new ticket resale service.

Bruce Houghton on 11/25/2015 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Aaron Rodgers, Accel Partners, ARCH Venture Partners, Eli Manning, Instagram, Mousse Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, SeatGeek, Series A round, The Ventures

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Spotify, Telia Invest $11 Million In Soundtrack Your Brand

Spotify is investing a bit of its $526 million war chest in Soundtrack Your Brand, a startup that brings its streaming music service to a select and desirable group of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/23/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Accel Partners, Apple Inc., Fidelity Investments, Goldman Sachs, Li Ka-shing, Martin Lorentzon, Northzone, Spotify, TeliaSonera, The Wall Street Journal

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XAPPmedia Raises $3.8M For Net Radio Interactive Audio Services

XAPPmedia, provider of interactive audio content and advertising service, has raised an additional $3.8 million in funding, bringing the total amount invested in the company to $6.8 million.

Bruce Houghton on 05/14/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Accel Partners, Advertising, Advertising network, Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Application delivery network, apps, iHeartRadio, Mobile app, Seed money, United States

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Musicyou Raises $330K Seed Round For Private Music Messaging

Music Messenger, PingTune, Mindie, Flipagram, TunePics. Music messaging and sharing is a crowded corner of the music tech space. Joining in is Musicyou, armed with a second round of seed. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/15/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Accel Partners, American Idol, Amphitheatre, Angel investor, AOL, Bangalore, Seed money, Spark Capital, TechCrunch, Twitter

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Seat Geek Raises $62 Million

Ticketing is a hot sector still dominated by Ticketmaster. That's starting to change and with it consumer patterns are shifting. All that seems to be encouraging investors to open their. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/03/2015 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Accel Partners, Artist, Augusta, Georgia, Hotels.com, Jack Groetzinger, Lora Kolodny, Los Angeles, Mousse Partners, New York City, SeatGeek

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TuneCore Acquires DropKloud, Opens Innovation Lab

TuneCore has acquired musician focused app maker DropKloud and will add its co-founders, James DeNino and Kedar Frederic to the TuneCore team. The two will open a TuneCore office in Boston, where they. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/18/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion, Accel Partners, Adobe Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, Bain Capital, Belgium, Berklee College of Music, Boston, New York City, San Francisco

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Spotify Revenue Doubled Last Year To $577 Million

(UPDATED) Documents filed by holding company Spotify Technology show that revenue more than doubled in 2012. The music streamer's revenue took in $577 million USD, as it doubled it's user. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/31/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Accel Partners, Facebook, Germany, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Zealand, Reuters, Spotify, Twitter

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