Vampr

Vampr is a location-based social and professional mobile platform which facilitates music discovery, networking and communication between musicians, music industry professionals and music fans.[2]

Vampr
Developer(s)Vampr Inc.[1]
Initial releaseMay 2016 (2016-05)
Operating systemApple iOS (iOS 11.0 or later), Android (5.0 or later)
TypeGeosocial Networking
Websitevampr.me

The Los Angeles based startup was founded in 2015 by Australian musicians Josh Simons and Barry Palmer of Hunters & Collectors.[3] According to The Australian Financial Review, the company received seed funding from Nick Feldman of British band Wang Chung.[4] Apple named the app in its "Best of 2017" list.[5]

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.[6] In a follow-on oversubscribed crowdfunding round, the company raised the maximum permitted in a 12-month window, with over 2,000 investors.[7]

In 2020 the company launched Vampr Publishing, a free music sync representation option for all users, in addition to a music distribution solution which comes bundled with the premium Vampr Pro subscription service.[8]

In September 2021, the company announced a milestone of one million users with 6.5 million professional connections brokered on the platform worldwide.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Vampr Inc.", Google. 2 May 2019, accessed 6 May 2019.
  2. "For Former Busker Ed Sheeran and for Other Undiscovered/Unsigned Musicians Today, It’s Still About Social Networking & Connecting", Huffington Post. 3 May 2017, accessed 1 January 2018.
  3. "Barry Palmer teams with Buchanan Band’s Josh Simons to set up an online app for musicians", The Daily Telegraph. 3 October 2016, accessed 1 January 2018.
  4. "VAMPR, GiggedIn, Ticket Squad raise as music streaming boom flows to start-ups", The Australian Financial Review. 13 December 2016, accessed 1 January 2018.
  5. "Best of 2017 - App Store", Apple Inc. 7 December 2017, accessed 10 January 2018.
  6. "Vampr CEO: Everyone Wants to Know Why We Didn’t Go to VCs", Digital Music News. 4 September 2019, accessed 7 October 2019.
  7. "Vampr announces further US$790k in funding, looking at livestreaming", The Music Network. 24 February 2021, accessed 16 October 2021.
  8. "Vampr To Further Aid In Music Discovery And Connection With New Pro Service", Forbes. 24 July 2020, accessed 25 July 2020.
  9. "Vampr passes one million users and confirms Q4 funding round", Music Week. 6 September 2021, accessed 7 September 2021.


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