In one example Daredia gives, if Snoop Dogg (a Bop.fm-verified artist) wants to add Dr. For now, the verified artists are hand-picked, but Bop might open up the feature in the future. In an interview with Billboard, Daredia says the incentive for artists to use Bop is the ability to share one link on their social media accounts that will work for anyone, allowing their work to be accessed by the widest variety of listeners. In addition, select artists - including Paul McCartney, Snoop Dogg, Tiesto, Wiz Khalifa, Depeche Mode and Christina Perry - now have verified pages with playlists, tour dates (powered by Songkick) and song lyrics (powered by Lyricsfind). Investors Put $2.4 Billion Into Music In 2013, Streaming Tops List According to Bop, founded by CEO Shehzad Daredia (formerly of Billshrink, Rho Ventures and Kayak) and CTO Stefan Gomez (formerly of Science and Billshrink), the funding will allow the team of six full-time employees to hire more engineers and expand business development efforts. “ reminds me of how Twitter simplified the sharing of information and opinion,” notes Charles River Ventures’ George Zachary, an early Twitter investor, in the company’s press release.īop isn’t sharing how many individual users have signed up yet, but the service has processed more than 50 million song plays since opening to the public in December 2013. Today, Bop announced a $2 million round of funding from Charles River Ventures and launched verified artist pages. The Y Combinator-backed startup lets users share universal song links and playlists that work for everyone by automatically detecting the user’s best available source. The creators of Bop.fm want to offer a solution.īop.fm CEO on Creating a Universal Platform For Music Services

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