SoundCloud

  • Founded

  • Period: to

    History of SoundCloud

  • Website launched

  • Received $3.6 million for funding from Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures

  • Announced one million subscribers

  • Confirmed that SoundCloud had raised $10 million for funding from Union Square Ventures and Index Ventures

  • Received investments from Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary

  • Announced five million subscribers

  • Announced ten million registered users

  • 15 million users announced at press conference held in San Francisco

  • Newer SoundCloud versions released to general public

    Included more sharing options, continous play, and mobile device compatibility
  • Users made up 7% of the global internet

  • Users expressed dissatisfaction with new changes to site

  • Twitter announced SoundCloud as a third-party music partner

  • Copyrighted material began to consistently appear on site

  • Attracted more than 175 million monthly users