Vampr

The startup was founded in Los Angeles in 2015 by Australian musicians Josh Simons and Barry Palmer of Hunters & Collectors.{{Cite news |last=Moran |first=Jonathon |date=October 4, 2016 |title=Barry Palmer teams with Buchanan Band's Josh Simons to set up an online app for musicians |language=en |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/hunters-and-connectors/news-story/d93aa0df090be0fd1e7720d51b849870 |access-date=January 1, 2018}} According to The Australian Financial Review, the company received seed funding from Nick Feldman of British band Wang Chung.{{Cite news |last=Bailey |first=Michael |date=December 13, 2016 |title=VAMPR, GiggedIn, Ticket Squad raise as music streaming boom flows to start-ups |language=en-AU |work=Australian Financial Review |url=https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/careers/vampr-giggedin-ticket-squad-raise-as-music-streaming-boom-flows-to-startups-20161213-gta2nb |access-date=January 1, 2018}} Apple named the app in its "Best of 2017" list.{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2017 |title=Best of 2017 - App Store |url=https://developer.apple.com/app-store/best-of-2017/trends-of-the-year/#Lifestyle%20-%20Swipe%20Right%20for%20Community |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110025958/https://developer.apple.com/app-store/best-of-2017/trends-of-the-year/#Lifestyle%20-%20Swipe%20Right%20for%20Community |archive-date=January 10, 2018 |access-date=January 10, 2018 |website=Apple Inc. |language=en}}

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.{{Cite news |last=McAlister |first=Elaine |date=September 4, 2019 |title=Vampr CEO: "Everyone Wants to Know Why We Didn't Go to VCs" |language=en-US |work=Digital Music News |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/09/04/vampr-vc/ |access-date=October 7, 2019}} 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.{{Cite news |date=February 24, 2021 |title=Vampr announces further US$790k in funding, looking at livestreaming |language=en-AU |work=The Music Network |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/vampr-funding-2021/ |access-date=October 16, 2021}} Vampr would also be the first company in the world to offer investors an NFT as a perk in a Reg CF funding round.{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Jessel |date=November 5, 2021 |title=Vampr, The Leading Professional Network For Musicians And Artists, Surpasses Half A Million Dollars In Its Groundbreaking Equity Crowdfunding Campaign |language=en-US |work=Tech Times |url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/267616/20211105/pr-vampr-leading-professional-network-musicians-artists-surpasses-half-million.htm |access-date=November 4, 2022}}

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.{{Cite news |last=Reuter |first=Annie |date=July 24, 2020 |title=Vampr To Further Aid In Music Discovery And Connection With New Pro Service |language=en |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anniereuter/2020/07/24/vampr-to-further-aid-in-music-discovery-and-connection-with-new-pro-service/?sh=20ad3dc67c31 |access-date=July 25, 2020}}

In September 2021, the company announced a milestone of one million users.{{Cite news |last=Paine |first=Andre |date=September 6, 2021 |title=Vampr passes one million users and confirms Q4 funding round |language=en |work=Music Week |url=https://www.musicweek.com/digital/read/vampr-passes-one-million-users-and-confirms-q4-funding-round/084069 |access-date=September 7, 2021}}

In March 2022, with over 7 million professional connections brokered on the platform worldwide, Fast Company inducted Vampr into their Most Innovative Companies list.{{Cite news |last=Ifeanyi |first=KC |date=March 8, 2022 |title=The 10 most innovative music companies of 2022 |language=en-US |work=Fast Company |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90724449/most-innovative-companies-music-2022 |access-date=March 9, 2022}} Later that year Google Play would spotlight Vampr in their Top 150 apps in the United States.{{Cite news |date=June 29, 2022 |title=#WeArePlay |language=en-US |work=Google |url=https://play.google.com/console/about/weareplay-us/#storyCards-NV |access-date=November 3, 2022}}

In April 2022, the company launched Vampr Academy, an edtech streaming solution for artists, allowing users to watch video lessons taught by industry experts.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Ian |date=April 28, 2022 |title=What is Vampr, the LinkedIn of the Music Industry? |language=en-US |work=Vice Media |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7wvkw/what-is-vampr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428130620/https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7wvkw/what-is-vampr |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 28, 2022 |access-date=November 3, 2022}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Dalugdug |first=Mandy |date=November 17, 2022 |title=Downtown Makes Strategic Investment in 'LinkedIn for Creatives' Vampr |language=en-US |work=Music Business Worldwide |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/downtown-makes-strategic-investment-in-linkedin-for-creatives-vampr/ |access-date=November 20, 2022}}

In February 2023, it was announced Vampr had been acquired by the Sydney-headquartered music credits database, Jaxsta,{{Cite news |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=February 22, 2023 |title=Music Industry Moves |language=en-US |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/tim-rice-songwriters-hall-of-fame-evita-jesus-christ-superstar-1235530187/ |access-date=May 10, 2023}} later rebranded as Vinyl Group.{{Cite press release| publisher=Vinyl Group|title=Music Credits Company Jaxsta Rebrands as Vinyl Group | url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/jaxsta-rebrands-as-vinyl-group/ | date=2023-12-05 | access-date=2024-06-29 | via=Music Business Worldwide}}

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