Talenthouse

Talenthouse

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Type	Private
Founded	Palo Alto, California
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Roman Scharf, Co-CEO, Founder Amos Pizzey, Co-CEO, Founder Maya Bogle, Co-Founder, MD London
Owner	Talenthouse, Inc.
Website	www.talenthouse.com
Alexa rank	31,162 (April 2014)
Type of site	Social network service
Registration	Required (to post/participate)
Users	3.2 million users
Available in	English, Spanish, French, German, Turkish, Russian, Portuguese
Launched	June 2009
Current status	Active

Talenthouse is an art networking site.

The company’s suite of products and services unlock opportunity for artists, major brands and mainstream audiences. A community of Talenthouse artists retain ownership of their work, earn compensation, and can grow their reach.

Brands that have used Talenthouse include: Absolut, adidas, BCBG, bing, Coca-Cola, Dolce & Gabbana, Glaceau VitaminWater, HP, Intel, Kleenex, Microsoft, Nikon, Nine West, Nokia, P&G, Samsung, Sony, Spotify, Virgin Mobile, Volkswagen and more. Celebrated talent who have worked with Talenthouse to promote their tours, album or film releases, and other projects include: A$AP Rocky, deadmau5, Eric Clapton, Tom Ford, Lady Gaga, Nas, Stan Lee, Paul McCartney, Linkin Park, Rankin, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, and U2, among others.

Talenthouse was co-founded in 2009 by Co-CEOs Amos Pizzey and Roman Scharf. It is based in West Hollywood, California and London, England. The privately held company is funded by various investment groups including ProSiebenSat.1, Reliance Entertainment, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, 3TS Cisco Growth Fund, and individuals including Chris DeWolfe, William Lauder, Brett Ratner, Eurythmics Dave Stewart, Jean Pigozzi and Gerard Butler. The Talenthouse headquarters are located in Los Angeles, California, USA with offices in New York and London.

Logo

The Talenthouse logo is taken from the West African Adinkra series of symbols, which depicts a snake climbing a raffia palm. The raffia palm has many thorns and is very challenging to climb. Simply translated, this symbol means, "to achieve the impossible."

Creative Invites

Established artists and brands partner with Talenthouse to host global online campaigns called Creative Invites. Creative Invites encourage emerging talent to contribute their creative work and spread the word among their fans and followers through a viral contest platform. Winners of the Creative Invites are chosen and receive a collaboration opportunity or prize.

List of hosted competitions

Artists Talenthouse has worked with include Rihanna, The Who, Green Day Kylie Minogue, Leona Lewis, deadmau5, Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake, Rod Stewart, Queen, Stan Lee, Lady Gaga, U2, Common, Steve Aoki, Thievery Corporation, Florence and the Machine, Stephen Jones, Brett Ratner, Chromeo, James Morrison Rusko, The Cure, Wale, Theophilus London, Maroon 5, Soundgarden, Paul Oakenfold. Brands Talenthouse has worked with include Virgin Mobile, Bombay Sapphire, Playboy, 20th Century Fox, Bing, Adidas, Dolce & Gabbana, BCBGMAXAZRIA, Red Bull, Nikon, Dell, Ugg Australia, Amazon.com, Stan Lee Foundation, Anne Klein. Talenthouse has partnered with Universal Music Group, SoundCloud, Live Nation Entertainment, Warner Music Group.,Childish Gambino,

Sponsored Engagement Engine

In April 2012, Talenthouse announced the global launch of its Social Engagement Engine (SEE), a social media marketing tool, which gives advertisers the ability to launch customized campaigns and attach their brands to content that is being shared on social networking sites.

Funding

As of May 2012, Talenthouse had received $15.1 million of funding to date with a recently closed $4.2 million Series B round. Investors include Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors, Reliance Entertainment, 3TS Cisco Growth Fund, Brett Ratner, Jean Pigozzi and Estée Lauder chairman William P. Lauder.

On May 20, 2014, the company announced securing a $10 Million Series C Funding round with investors Dave Stewart and Gerard Butler

Recognition

In May 2012 Talenthouse has been named a Winner of the Red Herring Top 100 Award and recognized as one of the leading private companies from the Americas. Red Herring's Americas Top 100 list has become a mark of distinction for identifying the most promising new companies and entrepreneurs.

External links

• Official website
• Twitter profile
• Facebook page
• YouTube channel
• Wired: Talenthouse’s ‘Creative Community’ Connects All Kinds of Artists
• Nylon: A new website could give you four and a half stars... and Naomi Campbell
• ReadWriteWeb: Jajah Co-founder Launches Talenthouse Artist Site
• TechCrunch: Talent Crowdsourcing Startup Talenthouse Raises $4.2M From Director Brett Ratner, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors and Others
• New York Times: Your Photo, Justified
• AllThingsD: Universal Music Taps Talenthouse to Help Music Acts Find Free Help (and Publicity) on Facebook
• The Wall Street Journal: Beatles Great Paul McCartney Plunges Into Crowd Sourcing

• https://www.talenthouse.com/articles/2014-artists-series-childish-gambino
• http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6092203/talenthouse-secures-10-million-series-c-funding