StarMaker Interactive
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
StarMaker Interactive was a San Francisco-based mobile music entertainment startup whose flagship StarMaker karaoke app and The Voice: On Stage app let users record and share songs with studio-style technology - genuine Auto-Tune and proprietary pitch correction - plus performance scoring and social features. Backed by Qualcomm Ventures, Raine Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, and iGlobe Partners, the company claimed 30 million users and over 2 billion minutes of singing logged, with partnerships spanning Atlantic, Columbia, Island Def Jam, RCA, The Voice, and American Idol. The StarMaker app survives to this day under StarMaker Studios. No shutdown or failure of the company was found.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- $4M Series A
StarMaker Interactive raised a $4 million Series A from Qualcomm Ventures and iGlobe Partners to grow its Android products and expand internationally, reporting over 2 billion minutes of singing logged.
- 30M users milestone
The company touted 30 million users and label partnerships with Atlantic, Columbia, Hollywood, Island Def Jam, and RCA, plus The Voice and American Idol tie-ins.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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