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Founded
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Period: to
History of SoundCloud
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Website launched
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Received $3.6 million for funding from Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures
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Announced one million subscribers
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Confirmed that SoundCloud had raised $10 million for funding from Union Square Ventures and Index Ventures
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Received investments from Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary
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Announced five million subscribers
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Announced ten million registered users
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15 million users announced at press conference held in San Francisco
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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
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Users expressed dissatisfaction with new changes to site
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Twitter announced SoundCloud as a third-party music partner
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Copyrighted material began to consistently appear on site
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Attracted more than 175 million monthly users