Songkick

Ian Hogarth, Michelle You, and Pete Smith launched Songkick in 2007 as part of the Y Combinator program, a seed accelerator that focuses on digital start-ups. Songkick's early business strategy, which was based on referral fees from ticketing firms, was focused on its concert finding service. In 2011, the firm released its first mobile application. Songkick joined with CrowdSurge, an artist ticketing service provider, in June 2015, and the united company went by the name Songkick. Warner Music Group owns Songkick, a concert discovery service. Users can use the service to look for future concerts in their location, as well as track particular artists to receive reminders about impending shows in their area. It also helps artist teams manage and publicize tour dates around the world.

The firm was founded as a Y Combinator-backed startup in 2007. It merged with CrowdSurge in 2015, a firm that provided services for musicians to launch and manage ticket sales. To settle a lawsuit with the company, the Songkick concert discovery service and brand was sold to WMG in 2017, and the ticketing assets were sold to Live Nation Entertainment in 2018. Songkick created Tourbox in 2012, a technology that allows musicians and artist teams to organize and share their live event dates across numerous digital platforms across the world.

Website: songkick.com