Songkick and Crowdsurge merge to make a splash in live music market
by Stuart Dredge from Technology | The Guardian on (#AE6Q)
Music-tech startups are coming together to help fans go to more gigs, and musicians to sell more tickets directly to them
Two of the technology startups trying to shake up the live music and ticketing market - Songkick and CrowdSurge - are merging.
The new company will keep the Songkick brand, with the merger accompanied by a $16m funding round from venture capital firms Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Access Ventures - the latter also owns major label Warner Music Group, and is a major investor in streaming music service Deezer.
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