Music Messenger

Music Messenger
Type of business Private
Type of site
 Music streaming, social networking service
Headquarters Herzliya, Israel
Key people OD Kobo (Founder)
David Strauss (Founder),
Jordan Tanner (Product Manager)
Employees 30
Website musicmessenger.co
Alexa rank Increase 124 (February 2017 )
Registration Required to post and upload content
Users 8 million registered users (Jan. 2017), 36 million unique monthly listeners (Jan. 2017), 500 million total monthly plays (Jan. 2017)
Launched September 2014 (2014-09)

Music Messenger is a popular music messaging and streaming service. Users are able to upload audio files, promote, share, receive, or simply listen and enjoy music. The service is totally free of cost to the user and is known for having no advertisements.[1][2]

History

Music Messenger was established in Israel in April 2014 by Internet entrepreneurs OD Kobo and David Strauss and launched September 21, 2014. The company raised US$30 million since its formation in two rounds of finance.[3] The investors include music icons such as Avicii, will.i.am, Nicki Minaj, Tiësto, Sebastian Ingrosso, Benny Andersson, David Guetta, Gee Roberson (the former Chairman of Geffen Records, manager of T.I., Nicki Minaj), Dave Holmes (manager of rock band Coldplay), Wayne Barrow (the former manager of Notorious B.I.G.), Mark Pitts (President of Urban at RCA Records) amongst other luminaries from the music industry. In 2015 businessman Roman Abramovich invested US$15 million in the start-up.[4][5]

Music Messenger was launched on September 21, 2014 and as of January 2017 has attracted over 10 million users and over 500 million total monthly plays.

References

  1. ↑ "Music Messenger Archives - Geeks and Beats Podcast". Geeksandbeats.com. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  2. ↑ "Abramovich leads $30 million investment round in Music Messenger app". Reuters. 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  3. ↑ "7 Months From Launch, Music Messenger Closes $30 Million Series B Round Led By Roman Abramovich". Inc.com. 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  4. ↑ "Music Messenger Takes Center Stage". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  5. ↑ "Music Messenger, the App That Nicki Minaj and David Guetta Invested In, Is Exploding - Here's Why". Billboard. 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2017-05-17.


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