How it started
History
The company began as a self-funded startup company based out of the Lower East Side apartment of co-founder Jared Gutstadt in New York City. He met co-founder Dan Demole at a The Black Keys concert. The company officially launched in October 2008. Soon after, they partnered with former E-Town Concrete singer and music manager Anthony Martini to increase their catalog of artists. Within months of launching the company, they released their platform, "The Jingle Player." The Player is a proprietary, patented technology that provides targeted music selection with a searchable interface.
In July 2009, they became music providers for both Viacom and Bravo TV networks.
In April 2010, Jingle Punks launched their West Coast offices with offices following in Toronto and London. Early notice came from CNN and Variety. Jingle Punks was named Pepsi/SoundCtrl Leading Innovator in the Music Technology Industry at South by Southwest 2010 (SXSW).
Shortly after returning from SXSW 2010, Jingle Punks completed equity financing and established its strategic advisory board. The funding was sponsored by Third Prime Capital out of New York with an advisory board that included tech and music industry veterans like former Last.fm COO Spencer Hyman, who observed "To me, the Jingle Punks approach represents the future of music discovery and music licensing."
In October 2010, Jingle Punks became the first music supervision application approved for the iPad. The release was met with a wave of positive press including coverage from CNET, Digital Music News, Cult of Mac, and Mashable.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jingle Punks Music, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2