Michael Breidenbruecker

Michael Breidenbrücker
Head and shoulders photo of Michael Breidenbruecker
Breidenbrücker in 2014
Born (1972-01-06) 6 January 1972 (age 52)
Vorarlberg, Austria
Alma materUniversity of Applied Arts Vienna
OccupationEntrepreneur

Michael Breidenbrücker (born 6 January 1972) is an Austrian entrepreneur, artist and engineer. He is best known as a co-founder of Last.fm, a founder of RjDj and a partner at the venture firm Speedinvest. He has worked with musical artists such as Hans Zimmer, Imogen Heap, Air and Booka Shade. In 2011, he produced Inception The App with Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer, which reached number 5 in the US App Store charts.[1] Between 2000 and 2002, he headed the masters programme in interactive digital media at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in London.[2] He studied digital art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with Peter Weibel.[3]

Business ventures

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Last.fm

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In 2002, Breidenbrücker co-founded the Internet radio site for streaming music Last.fm Ltd. and managed it as CEO from 2002 until 2005. Using a recommend system called Audioscrobbler, Last.fm records users' different musical tastes and makes recommendations. The site also offers different social networking features, allowing users to share their tastes. In May 2007, the company was acquired by CBS Interactive for US$280 million (UK£140 million).[4] In 2003, Last.fm received an Honorary Mention in the Prix Ars Electronica in the category Net vision.[5]

RjDj

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In 2008, he founded RjDj (Reality Jockey Ltd.), a London-based music technology startup. RjDj produced and distributed a network of mobile applications and sold additional musical content within this network.[6]

Mobile applications created with RjDj:

  • RjDj App
  • Trippy Replay
  • Rj Voyager
  • Inception The App
  • Dimensions The Game
  • Situ
  • The Dark Knight Rises Z+

RjDj ceased trading in 2013. In 2016, a revised edition of the RjDj App was released under the name "Hear".[7][8]

Speedinvest

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In 2011, Breidenbrücker joined the founding team of the Vienna-based venture firm Speedinvest.[9] He was originally in the investment committee of Speedinvest. In the second Speedinvest Fund, he joined the partner team and headed the company builder Speedinvest Studio.

42matters

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In 2012, he joined the team behind the Zurich-based app discover startup 42matters.[10]

Senseforce

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In 2016, Breidenbrücker co-founded of Senseforce, an IIoT company.[11] Senseforce was renamed Paze Industries and in 2023, was taken over by Viennese Software company Workheld.[12]

Life

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Breidenbrücker was born in Vorarlberg, Austria [13] After high school he moved to Sweden to study engineering. He then moved to London to study Art.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Mark. "Inception app acoustically augments your reality". Wired. Archived from the original on 11 December 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Michael Breidenbrücker". DLD. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Michael Breidenbrücker". zBreagaz (in German). Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ Havenstein, Heather (30 May 2007). "CBS ups social networking ante with Last.fm acquisition". Computer World. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ^ "2003 Prix Winners: Net Vision / Net Excellence". Ars Electronica. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. ^ Waldner, F.; Zisfkovits, M.; Lauren, L.; Heidenberger, K. (7 September 2011), "Cross-Industry Innovation: The Transfer of a Service-Based Business Model from the Video Game Industry to the Music Industry", 2011 International Conference on Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies, Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies (EIDWT), 2011 International Conference on, IEEE, pp. 143–147, doi:10.1109/EIDWT.2011.30, ISBN 978-1-4577-0840-4, S2CID 15948523
  7. ^ a b Markus Lust (25 April 2016). "The Founder of Last.fm Is Creating the Future of Audio Technology". vice.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  8. ^ AJ Dellinger (28 April 2016). "This app will change the way you hear the world". dailydot.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  9. ^ Brandstaetter, Helmut (3 March 2015). "Speedinvest befeuert Startups mit Kapital" [Speedinvest fuels startups with capital]. Kurier (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  10. ^ Natasha, Lomas (6 November 2012). "Last.fm, RjDj Founder, Michael Breidenbrücker, Joins Playboard App Discovery Startup 42matters". TechCrunch. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  11. ^ "IIoT-Spezialist Senseforce ermöglicht Nutzung der TimescaleDB". ots.at. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Nach Millionenpleite: Vorarlberger IT-Unternehmer übernimmt Startup Paze Industries". vol.at. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Michael Breidenbrücker, CEO, RjDJ". NEXT18. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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