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8tracks
Handcrafted internet radio -- the social alternative to Pandora (2m uniques, 10X in 6 mos)
Product

Listeners tune into online mixtapes of 8 or more tracks, curated by people who know and love music, streamed in a legal, radio-style manner. 8tracks combines the 2 tried-and-true means for music discovery: radio + people.

DJs upload tracks to create a playlist, add context with title, art and description, and publish the mix on 8tracks.com, Facebook and/or a blog, affording an opportunity to showcase their talent in tastemaking.

Founders
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  • David Porter
    Team member of 8tracks.
  • Kate Imbach
    Team member of 8tracks.
  • Remi Gabillet
    Team member of 8tracks.
Previous Investors
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  • Thomas Ryan
    CEO at Threadless. Director at Smule & Trunk Club. Former digital music entrepreneur/exec.
  • Ramesh Haridas
    Serial entrepreneur with a couple of exits. Early investor in AVG, Mashery, 8tracks, Refinery29, Rapportive, 500Startups. UIUC Computer Science.
  • Vikas Taneja
    Angel investor (500 Startups, Parakweet, Rapportive, 8tracks, PubNub, Mashery, Founders Coop, Refinery29, Food52,...) Partner at BCG. Chicago MBA. Stanford CS.
  • Tom Newbold
    Investor in Rapportive, 8tracks, XA.net, SetJam, Blip.tv, Mashery, Founders Coop, Refinery29, 500 Startups.
  • Philip Inghelbrecht
    Investor in 8tracks. Advisor to Norse Corporation.
  • Raghav Gupta
    Investor in 8tracks, Mocospace, Ayla. Advisor to 8tracks.
Advisors
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  • Thomas Ryan
    CEO at Threadless. Director at Smule & Trunk Club. Former digital music entrepreneur/exec.
  • Raghav Gupta
    Investor in 8tracks, Mocospace, Ayla. Advisor to 8tracks.
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    Ken Parks
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    Kevin Arnold
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