Boston: The Hidden Hub of Music and Technology

Groove Mobile
Headquarters: Bedford, MA
Year Launched: 2004
CEO: Eric Giler
Funding: Backed by venture capital firms Egan Capital, Charles River Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, Star Ventures, and ORIX Venture Finance

Groove Mobile built the first service allowing direct song downloads to cell phones over cellular data networks. It works directly with mobile companies such as Sprint in the United States and 3UK and Vodafone in the United Kingdom, licensing a service called the Complete Music Gateway. The service provides full-track downloads from labels such as EMI, Sony BMG, and Warner Music International; personalized recommendations; and a peer-to-peer music sharing mechanism called “Tell-A-Friend.” In September, Groove Mobile announced that it had received an additional $6 million in venture funding from ORIX Venture Finance, bringing its total raised to $32 million.

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Author: Wade Roush

Between 2007 and 2014, I was a staff editor for Xconomy in Boston and San Francisco. Since 2008 I've been writing a weekly opinion/review column called VOX: The Voice of Xperience. (From 2008 to 2013 the column was known as World Wide Wade.) I've been writing about science and technology professionally since 1994. Before joining Xconomy in 2007, I was a staff member at MIT’s Technology Review from 2001 to 2006, serving as senior editor, San Francisco bureau chief, and executive editor of TechnologyReview.com. Before that, I was the Boston bureau reporter for Science, managing editor of supercomputing publications at NASA Ames Research Center, and Web editor at e-book pioneer NuvoMedia. I have a B.A. in the history of science from Harvard College and a PhD in the history and social study of science and technology from MIT. I've published articles in Science, Technology Review, IEEE Spectrum, Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Technology and Culture, Alaska Airlines Magazine, and World Business, and I've been a guest of NPR, CNN, CNBC, NECN, WGBH and the PBS NewsHour. I'm a frequent conference participant and enjoy opportunities to moderate panel discussions and on-stage chats. My personal site: waderoush.com My social media coordinates: Twitter: @wroush Facebook: facebook.com/wade.roush LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/waderoush Google+ : google.com/+WadeRoush YouTube: youtube.com/wroush1967 Flickr: flickr.com/photos/wroush/ Pinterest: pinterest.com/waderoush/