GigLocator
| Type of business | Music |
|---|---|
| Founded | August 6, 2009 |
| Headquarters | Banstead, Surrey, UK[1] |
GigLocator was a Surrey-based music aggregation website that had worldwide listings from major ticket providers and independent venues.[2] The website allowed users to track when and where bands and artists were playing as well as allow users to buy tickets.[3][4] GigLocator was founded in August 2009 and the website had hundreds of thousands of users at its peak in 2011[4] before shutting down in June 2012.
History[edit]
GigLocator Ltd. was founded on August 6, 2009[1] by James Proud after one of his friends had trouble locating tickets for a Madonna show.[3] Proud sold the company in June 2012 to Peter Shapiro, the owner of Brooklyn Bowl, for an undisclosed amount.[2][5] The GigLocator website shut down on June 19, 2012[6] and the company was dissolved on March 5, 2013.[1]
Proud would later found Hello in August 2012,[7][8] a sleep-tracking company that shut down in June 2017.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "GIGLOCATOR LIMITED :: OpenCorporates". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A First Exit For One of Thiel's 20 Under 20: GigLocator Sells To Brooklyn Bowl's Peter Shapiro". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "This 24-year-old skipped the chance to be the first in his family to go to college — now he's raised $30 million to help everyone sleep better". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mac, Ryan. "Skip School, Sell Company: Meet The First Thiel Fellow To Turn A Profit". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
- ↑ "Screw college! This 20-year-old Thiel Fellow just sold his first company". VentureBeat. 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
- ↑ "GigLocator". 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
- ↑ Corbyn, Zoë (2014-12-10). "Sense: A gadget to change the way we sleep". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
- ↑ "HELLO INC. :: OpenCorporates". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
- ↑ "Sense sleep tracker maker Hello is shutting down". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
music aggregation website[edit]
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