bop.fm
Company

Last deal

$2M

Amount

Seed

Stage

09.07.2014

Date

3

all rounds

$2M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
bop.fm is a music technology company that aggregates multiple music services into one interface.

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founded date

01.01.2013

Operating Status

Closed (01.11.2015)

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

The company provides a service that allows users to search for and play any song using any music service, as well as share and discover music with friends who use different services. bop.fm also powers music playback for various partners, including content publishers, messaging clients, social networks, and wireless carriers.
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Founders
2
Stefan Gomez
Stefan Gomez

Stefan Gomez

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Zinguist

organization founded

1

Stefan Gomez

Shehzad Daredia
Shehzad Daredia

Shehzad Daredia

Shehzad Daredia is Co-founder and CEO of bop.fm, a Ycombinator-backed music technology company that creates a home for every song on the internet. bop.fm aggregates several popular music services (Spotify, Rdio, Deezer, Beats Music, iTunes, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc) into one interface. You can then search for any song, play it using any service, and share/discover with any friend (even if they use a different service than you). bop.fm powers this same aggregation and service-agnostic music playback for content publishers, messaging clients, social networks, wireless carriers, etc. At bop.fm, Shehzad is responsible for many 2-letter acronyms such as BD, PM, QA, PR, HR, and especially BS. He was previously an early employee at KAYAK.com (acquired by Priceline) and BillShrink/Truaxis (acquired by MasterCard), as well as a venture capital analyst at Rho Ventures. Shehzad graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in business and engineering. Outside of work, Shehzad excels at basketball, billiards, tennis, and humility.

current job

bop.fm
bop.fm

organization founded

1

Shehzad Daredia

Employee Profiles
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Shehzad Daredia

Shehzad Daredia

CEO

Stefan Gomez

Stefan Gomez

CTO and Founder

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