955dreams

http://applauze.com

500startups // 500startups Batch 1 starting 2011-01-01

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Key notes: Applauze is a smartphone app that publishes details on different types of events such as concerts, theater productions, sports and movies.

Office address: 655 Castro,, Suite #5, Mountain View, California, United States

Description: Applauze, formerly 955Dreams Inc., is a new age publishing company. They publish magical titles on mobile devices. Their latest product, called Applauze launched in March of 2013, is an iOS app that presents users with thousands of events happening every day, from concerts and theater productions to sports games and community events. The service is available across 41 U.S. cities and 5 Canadian cities. Applauze finds tickets from primary sellers, as well as secondary markets like StubHub, and uses data analytics and machine learning to recommend relevant events to users, who can easily purchase tickets via the app and also share their event with friends. Applauze is a small group of hackers and designers who are working on mobile products that will engage and excite you. They love what they do and their users love the products they've built. Their designs are executed at a very high standard and their apps are educational and highly immersive at the same time. Applauze has raised money from Mitch Kapor and 500 Startups.

View details on Crunchbase:

http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/955-dreams

$ 10,450,000 over 3 funding rounds.

Seed-DB Exit data:

Angellist Page:

https://angel.co/955dreams

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Funding Rounds

Date	Name	$ Invested	Crunchbase link
2011-01-08	seed		Detailed data
2012-01-26	seed	$ 3,250,000	Detailed data
2013-10-23	venture	$ 7,200,000	Detailed data

Investors

Round Date	Round Name	Investor	Crunchbase Link
2013-10-23	venture	Raj Sandhu	Investor Profile
2013-10-23	venture	Great Oaks Venture Capital	Investor Profile
2012-01-26	seed	Kapor Capital	Investor Profile
2013-10-23	venture	True Ventures	Investor Profile
2013-10-23	venture	Andrew Boszhardt, Jr.	Investor Profile
2013-10-23	venture	Jeff Fluhr	Investor Profile
2012-01-26	seed	James Joaquin	Investor Profile
2012-01-26	seed	CrunchFund	Investor Profile
2013-10-23	venture	m8 Capital	Investor Profile
2013-10-23	venture	Athena Technology Investors	Investor Profile
2013-10-23	venture	Vayner/RSE	Investor Profile
2012-01-26	seed	500 Startups	Investor Profile
2012-01-26	seed	m8 Capital	Investor Profile
2012-01-26	seed	Felicis Ventures	Investor Profile
2011-01-08	seed	500 Startups	Investor Profile