Tastebuds is a social network that matches people by their musical tastes using profiles built from favourite bands/artists, Last.fm imports, Facebook music Likes and a Spotify app. The product displays potential matches and shared artists, and surfaces gigs if users link SongKick, enabling online-to-offline connections. It began as a music-focused dating site but has broadened to supporting general meetups and social discovery, claiming roughly 100,000 registered users. The company has been bootstrapped and is a Springboard (now TechStars London) graduate from 2011. Tastebuds has experimented with premium micro-features such as an "Incognito mode" and is considering recurring subscriptions and monetization tied to offline events. Current product roadmaps include mobile apps and features to help people meet at gigs, festivals and music meetups.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Apr 2013