- Moontoast
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Moontoast is a social commerce platform for retailers, publishers, musicians,[1] athletes, and celebrities.[2] The company launched at SXSW in 2009[3] and added their social commerce platform in September 2010. They are headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, with offices in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Clients
Clients include Antique Archeology,[4] The Arts Company,[5] Athlon Sports,[6] Big Machine Records[7] (Taylor Swift, Rascall Flatts,[8] Reba McEntire[9]), KLeN Laundry,[10] Magazines.com,[11] Maxim (magazine),[12] Nash 20,[13] Nashville Arts magazine,[14] Power Balance,[15] Retune Nashville,[16] soundEmerge, Splash Matter, When God Winks, and Wynonna Judd.[17] Moontoast works with a variety of industry partners including Universal Music, The Orchard, and Simon & Schuster, to offer social commerce opportunities in publishing, music, and entertainment.
Co-Founders
Moontoast was co-founded by of Joe Glaser of Glaser Instruments, Chief Technology Officer Marcus Whitney [18] (a former partner at Emma), and veteran, pedal-steel guitarist Bucky Baxter.[19] Baxter is best known for his instrumental roles in performances by Bob Dylan, Beastie Boys, and R.E.M.
Leadership
Moontoast’s CEO is Blair Heavey.[20] Prior to Moontoast, Heavey served as CEO and President of MyPerfectGig and as CEO of Directorym, Inc. He served as SVP of Worldwide Field Operations of LiveVault, an online backup and recovery service. Heavey served as an Executive Vice President and General Manager of Be Free, Inc., an affiliate marketing pioneer and as Head of Sales for electronic commerce pioneer OpenMarket. Heavey received an MBA from Babson College and a B.A. in Computer Science/Political Science from Boston College.
Financial Backing
Moontoast is funded from The Martin Companies and music industry angel investors.[21]
References
- ^ [1]"Mashable, January 2011"
- ^ [2] "Boston Globe, September 2010"
- ^ [3] "MediaPost, March 2009"
- ^ [4] "Nashville Business Journal, April 2011"
- ^ [5] "Nashville Post, April 2011"
- ^ [6] "Reuters, March 2011"
- ^ [7]"American Songwriter, January 2011"
- ^ [8]"Billboard, April 2011"
- ^ [9]"Nashville Business Journal, January 2011"
- ^ [10] "Internet Retailer, February 2011"
- ^ [11] "The Street, April 2011"
- ^ [12] "Minonline, April 2011"
- ^ [13] Vince Gill, September 2010"
- ^ [14] "Nashville Post, March 2011"
- ^ [15] "BusinessWeek, May 2011"
- ^ [16] "All Access, November 2010"
- ^ [17] "Wynonna Judd, April 2010"
- ^ [18] Billboard, March 2011
- ^ [19] "Crunchbase"
- ^ [20] "Moontoast, August 2010"
- ^ [21] "Venture Nashville Connections, February 2011
External links
- Official site
- Billboard: Carey Kolaja of PayPal on the Looming Battle Beyond Digital Music Distribution April 2011
- Billboard: Billboard's Twitter 140: Music-Industry Characters You Need To Follow March 2011
- Nashville Post: The Arts Company partners with Moontoast March 2011
- Hypebot: Moontoast Impulse: A New Social Commerce, Music Application For Facebook January 2011
- Mashable: HOW TO: Buy & Sell Music Directly on Facebook January 2011
- Nashville Business Journal Moontoast app gives musicians new tool to sell albums online January 2011
- American Songwriter: Moontoast Launches Free “Impulse” Tool For Facebook January 2011
- Boston Globe Moontoast, a 'social commerce' start-up spawned by Nashville's music scene, heads to Mass. September 2010
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