Timbre is a mobile iOS app that helps users discover and share nearby live music and concert recommendations. It launched last September as a bootstrapped app from Boston-based developer Intrepid and attracted more than 100,000 downloads within two months with no media or marketing spend. The app emphasizes simple onboarding and social features without requiring Facebook login, while still allowing optional sharing via Facebook and Twitter. Timbre uses SeatGeek’s API for U.S. ticketing and concert data, Last.fm’s API for international event data, and iTunes APIs for music previews and purchases. The company currently earns a small amount from ticketing and iTunes affiliate sales and expects that revenue stream to grow as user numbers increase. Planned product work includes curated lists, expanded features to help friends plan nights out, and deeper relationships with bands and labels to help break artists and songs.

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$0M

Funding rounds

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Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Feb 2013