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Gracenote

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Headquartered in Emeryville, California, Gracenote powers the biggest names in digital media, enabling their products with Gracenote’s leading edge solutions, which include their digital media recognition system dubbed MusicID. The company also provides technology that generates playlists and provides music recommendations after analyzing music that already exists in a user’s library.

Milestones

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  Gracenote was acquired by Sony for $260M. (4/22/08)
  Posted 4/24/08 at 1:53pm
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  Gracenote received $10.9M in Series E funding. (8/30/05)
  Posted 5/21/08 at 1:44pm
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  Gracenote received $13M in Series D funding. (3/04)
  Posted 5/21/08 at 1:40pm
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  Gracenote received $9.5M in Series C funding. (9/9/02)
  Posted 5/21/08 at 1:42pm
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  Gracenote added Scott Jones as Co-Founder, Founding CEO, Chairman of the Board.
  Posted 4/22/08 at 2:28pm
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  Gracenote added Craig Palmer as President and CEO.
  Posted 4/22/08 at 2:28pm
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  Gracenote added Steve Scherf as Co-Founder.
  Posted 4/22/08 at 2:28pm
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  Gracenote added Dale Roberts as Co-Founder.
  Posted 4/22/08 at 2:28pm
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  Gracenote added Ann Greenberg as Co-Founder.
  Posted 4/22/08 at 2:28pm

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1. Sony Buys Gracenote for $260M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Gracenote Raises $9.5 Million in Third Round of Financing Led by Sequoia Capital; Funding Will Accelerate Next Generation Technologies, Strategic Initiatives (findarticles.com) [edit]
3. Gracenote Closes $13M Round of Funding, Led by Bessemer Venture Partners (findarticles.com) [edit]
4. Gracenote Acquires Audio “Fingerprinting” Technology; Raises $10.9 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]