Soundcharts Closes Seed Round, Launches Music Analytics Platform
[UPDATED] Ever since Spotify bought The Echo Nest and Pandora acquired Next Big Sound, there's been a need of truly independent music analytics. Soundcharts is among a small handful of startups working to fill the void.
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Real time music data aggregator Soundcharts has completed a $360,000 seed round. Investors include Thibaud Elziere, the founder of Fotolia and the startup studio eFounders: Mailjet, Mention, Front), Guy Messina, the former commercial director of FNAC and Virgin Megastore and Michael Dadoun, the founder of Lavasoft and UpClick).
David Weiszfeld, founder of Soundcharts, learned the need for real time data when he was Head of International Development for Universal Music France. His solution is Soundcharts which gathers, analyzes and archives data and then analyzes it in a dashboard.
Artist data is drawn from social networks, charts positions on 2500+ charts, Spotify, Youtube and Deezer playlists, airplay monitoring in 10 markets and more. "We provide this data to the various industry players: artists and their managers, record labels, publishers, live producers, and advertising agencies of all size,” says Weiszfeld.
The service claims more than 6000 users, including employees from the three majors label groups and many independents including Beggars, Kobalt and BMG.
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