Vampr, dubbed the LinkedIn for creatives, has听谤补颈蝉别诲听拢570,000听in funding听and听辞辫别苍ed听an office in London.听
In an oversubscribed crowdfunding round, the听US听company raised the maximum permitted in a 12-month window, with more than 2,000 investors听taking听its total investment raised to 拢1.9听million听as it plans a Series A round.听
The funding will go towards further expansion with a desktop experience and new live streaming tools planned to allow creatives to broadcast their performances to the world.听
Described as听the only 360掳 self-service platform for artists,听Vampr听was founded in 2015 by Josh Simons and multi-award-winning songwriter/guitarist and tech entrepreneur Baz Palmer.听
It听began as a ground–breaking social-professional network for creatives,听enabling听more than six听million connections across 190+ countries to create hundreds of thousands of musical works along the way.听听
It has been designed to provide everything from distribution, publishing, education and other digital services to a fast-scaling network of over 750,000 users.听听
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The company鈥檚 premium service,听Vampr听Pro, includes digital distribution, allowing users to share their music on leading music streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube, while keeping 100% of their royalties.听
It is already used by many industry heavyweights to source new talent: from Kanye West鈥檚 Grammy-winning producer, Antony Kilhoffer, to Rae Khalil from hit Netflix music competition show Rhythm + Flow, hosted by Queen Latifah and Chance听The听Rapper.听听
It claims everyone from music industry executives at Warner, Sony and听Beatport听to institutional investors, NHL players and even stay-at-home parents have invested in the听Vampr听platform.听
In the past year, the听start–up has seen its听monthly听active听users grow by 400%听and听experienced a 1,273% increase in revenue.听
鈥淲e are thrilled to have successfully closed another equity crowdfunding campaign,鈥� said Simons.听听
鈥�I want to thank听each and every听one of our 2,054 investors, many of them also听Vampr听users, my team for supporting Baz and I throughout the raise, and of course the entire听Vampr听community which continues to blossom as the platform improves.鈥�听