FanSifter
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
FanSifter was a Tallinn, Estonia-based fan data management platform founded in October 2019 by live-events veteran Aivar Laan (originally a product of his Festivality events-tech company). Its machine-learning-powered collaborative customer data platform helped rights holders in music, entertainment, and sports pool their first-party opt-in fan data to sell more tickets, music, merch, and sponsorships through smarter segmentation and hyper-personalized campaigns, in compliance with GDPR. The company joined Techstars Music Los Angeles 2020, raised about $430,000 in pre-seed funding plus a €150,000 Horizon 2020 grant, and was later acquired by Sony Music Entertainment.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
FanSifter was founded in October 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia, by Aivar Laan as a fan data analytics and marketing automation platform for live events.
- Techstars Music
The company became the first Estonian startup to join Techstars Music Los Angeles, raising $300,000 in a pre-seed round alongside the accelerator.
- Grant; further funding
FanSifter received a €150,000 Horizon 2020 grant and raised further pre-seed funding, bringing total funding to about $430,000.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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