Encore is a U.K. startup and Entrepreneur First graduate that operates an online marketplace and mobile app to match event bookers with musicians and bands. Customers submit event requirements (instrument, genre, time, place) and Encore alerts matching performers, who respond with quotes; bookers review profiles and process payment through the platform. Encore takes a 15% booking fee and aims to replace traditional agencies to improve pay and conditions for musicians by removing middlemen. The marketplace has attracted over 18,000 musicians, with roughly 30% active monthly. To grow demand and scale the business, Encore plans to expand its team and begin paid marketing. The company emphasizes faster turnaround for bookings—typically receiving tailored quotes within twenty minutes—and seeks to simplify logistics, contracts and payments for both clients and performers.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Oct 2016