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# Spotify Hires M&A Specialist To Continue Music Tech Startup Buying Spree
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-hires-ma-specialist-to-continue-music-tech-startup-buying-spree/
- Published: 2017-05-22T10:21:40.000Z
- Updated: 2017-05-22T10:21:40.000Z
- Description: Even as Spotify prepares to become a public company, it's been on a bit of a buying spree that the music streamer apparently wants to expand. Last week, Spotify acquired. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/05/spotify-hires-ma-specialist-to-continue-music-tech-startup-buying-spree
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Social Media, Streaming, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Google, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Pandora, Spotify, Tech Stories, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![Spotify New $](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8fad1e1970b-150wi "Spotify New $")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8fad1e1970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Even as Spotify prepares to become a public company, it's been on a bit of a buying spree that the music streamer apparently wants to expand. Last week, Spotify acquired music machine learning innovator [Niland](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-acquires-music-machine-learning-startup-niland/). Prior to that ten other music tech startups joined the Spotify family including Mediachain, MightyTV and Sonalytic in just the last 90 days.

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[![Spotify new](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb099dea0e970d-200wi "Spotify new")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb099dea0e970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

Spotify has [hired](https://www.recode.net/2017/5/19/15663362/spotify-sheila-spence-wpp?ref=hypebot.com) Sheila Spence, a former mergers and acquisitions specialist at online ad giant WPP, as its Vice President of Corporate Development. 

Spence will be tasked with continuing Spotify's [acquisition streak](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-acquires-music-machine-learning-startup-niland/) of 11 companies in just over 6 years. To date, Spotify's most expensive purchase was analytics firm The Echo Nest in 2014 for a reported $60 million.

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