Thumbplay

company

About

Thumbplay is a cloud-based music subscription service that provides audio, video and gaming content for mobile device users.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Series F
Last Funding Money Raised
$6M
Industries
Cloud Computing,File Sharing,Mobile,Music,Photography,Video
Founded date
Sep 1, 2004
Number Of Employee
51 - 100
Operating Status
Active

Thumbplay is a provider of mobile entertainment in the U.S. Thumbplay.com features licensed music, video and games from several large entertainment companies, including: EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.

Thumbplay Music — which launched in private beta on January 7, 2010 and in public beta on March 4, 2010 — is a cloud-based music service that provides unlimited access to more than 8 million songs under license from every major record label and more than 25,000 indie labels. The mobile app is currently available on BlackBerry and Android smartphones and PCs/Macs. It will be available on iPhone within the first half of 2010.

Headquartered in New York City, Thumbplay was founded in September 2004 by Are Traasdahl and Evan Schwartz. Investors include Bain Capital Ventures, SoftBank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures, Redwood Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Meritech, Brookside Capital Partners and Cross Creek Capital.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$6M
Thumbplay has raised a total of $6M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 13, 2009 from a Series F round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Mar 13, 2009 Series F $6M 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
Thumbplay is funded by 1 investors. Hatch Ventures are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Hatch Ventures Series F