Vampr

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Vampr
Vampr-Icon-v2.png
Founded2015;10 years ago (2015)
Headquarters Henderson, Nevada, US
Area servedGlobal
Owner Vinyl Group
Founders
CEOJosh Simons
Industry Software
URL vampr.me
Vampr
Developer Vampr Inc. [1]
Initial releaseMay 2016;9 years ago (2016-05)
Operating system Apple iOS (iOS 15.6 or later), Android (7.0 or later)
Available in9 [2] languages
List of languages
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish
  • Turkish
Type Geosocial networking
License Proprietary software
Website vampr.me

Vampr is a location-based social and professional networking platform which facilitates music discovery, collaboration, and communication between musicians, creatives, industry professionals and fans. [3] The platform was acquired by Vinyl Group in June 2023.

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History

The startup was founded in Los Angeles in 2015 by Australian musicians Josh Simons and Barry Palmer of Hunters & Collectors. [4] According to The Australian Financial Review , the company received seed funding from Nick Feldman of British band Wang Chung. [5] Apple named the app in its "Best of 2017" list. [6]

In August 2019, the company launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Wefunder which saw the company reach their minimum fund-raising target in the first hour. [7] In a follow-on oversubscribed crowdfunding round, the company raised the maximum permitted in a 12-month window at the time, with over 2,000 investors. [8] Vampr would also be the first company in the world to offer investors an NFT as a perk in a Reg CF funding round. [9]

The company later launched Vampr Publishing in 2020, a free music sync representation solution for all users, in addition to Vampr Distribution, a tiered music distribution solution which also comes bundled with the premium Vampr Pro subscription service. [10]

In September 2021, the company announced a milestone of one million users. [11]

In March 2022, with over 7 million professional connections brokered on the platform worldwide, Fast Company inducted Vampr into their Most Innovative Companies list. [12] Later that year Google Play would spotlight Vampr in their Top 150 apps in the United States. [13]

In April 2022, the company launched Vampr Academy, an edtech streaming solution for artists, allowing users to watch video lessons taught by industry experts. [14] In November 2022, the company announced a strategic investment from Downtown Music which coincided with the launch of Vampr Marketing, a promotional advertising solution which enables artists to drive traffic to their music releases on premium websites such as Billboard, Forbes, GQ Magazine and Rolling Stone. [15]

In February 2023, it was announced Vampr had been acquired by the Sydney-headquartered music credits database, Jaxsta, [16] later rebranded as Vinyl Group. [17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vampr Inc". Google Play . May 2, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  2. ↑ "More languages. More relevant. More you". Vampr. April 24, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ Collie, Ashley Jude (May 3, 2017). "For Former Busker Ed Sheeran and for Other Undiscovered/Unsigned Musicians Today, It's Still About Social Networking & Connecting". Huffington Post . Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ Moran, Jonathon (October 4, 2016). "Barry Palmer teams with Buchanan Band's Josh Simons to set up an online app for musicians". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ Bailey, Michael (December 13, 2016). "VAMPR, GiggedIn, Ticket Squad raise as music streaming boom flows to start-ups". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Best of 2017 - App Store". Apple Inc. December 7, 2017. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ McAlister, Elaine (September 4, 2019). "Vampr CEO: "Everyone Wants to Know Why We Didn't Go to VCs"". Digital Music News . Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Vampr announces further US$790k in funding, looking at livestreaming". The Music Network . February 24, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  9. ↑ Thomas, Jessel (November 5, 2021). "Vampr, The Leading Professional Network For Musicians And Artists, Surpasses Half A Million Dollars In Its Groundbreaking Equity Crowdfunding Campaign". Tech Times. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  10. ↑ Reuter, Annie (July 24, 2020). "Vampr To Further Aid In Music Discovery And Connection With New Pro Service". Forbes . Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  11. ↑ Paine, Andre (September 6, 2021). "Vampr passes one million users and confirms Q4 funding round". Music Week . Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  12. ↑ Ifeanyi, KC (March 8, 2022). "The 10 most innovative music companies of 2022". Fast Company . Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  13. ↑ "#WeArePlay". Google . June 29, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  14. ↑ Burke, Ian (April 28, 2022). "What is Vampr, the LinkedIn of the Music Industry?". Vice Media . Archived from the original on April 28, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  15. ↑ Dalugdug, Mandy (November 17, 2022). "Downtown Makes Strategic Investment in 'LinkedIn for Creatives' Vampr". Music Business Worldwide . Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  16. ↑ Aswad, Jem (February 22, 2023). "Music Industry Moves". Variety . Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Music Credits Company Jaxsta Rebrands as Vinyl Group" (Press release). Vinyl Group. 2023-12-05. Retrieved 2024-06-29– via Music Business Worldwide.
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