Founding History of Spotify
Founded by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.
Started design and development efforts in March 2006.
Purchased the spotify.com domain name in April 2006.
Launched in alpha mode in June 2006.
Incorporated as Spotify AB in December 2006.
Launched in closed beta in May 2007.
Launched commercially in October 2008.
Raised more than $2.7 billion in 24 funding rounds.
Started trading on the NYSE in April 2018.
Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Year 1 of Spotify
Backstory
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
Month 5
Month 6
Month 7
Month 8
Month 9
Month 10
Month 11
Month 12
Version 1 of Spotify (Desktop App)
MAY 2007
Stats of Spotify (Pre-IPO)
2006 to 2009
2010 to 2013
2014 to 2017
2018
Full Year 1 of Spotify
Y1 of Spotify.pdfMAR 2006 to FEB 2007
Extras of Spotify
Form F-1.pdf2018 FEB Form F-1