Chartmetric
“Can a lean music analytics SaaS scale globally to serve artists, labels, and distributors with comprehensive streaming and social data insights?”
Founded2015
HQSan Mateo, California (also listed as Sacramento, CA per PitchBook)
Total raised$2M
Latest roundSeed
IndustryVertical SaaS / Music Analytics
The story
Founded in 2015 as BigBrainLab, Chartmetric rebranded and focused on music analytics, aggregating streaming and social data for artists, labels, distributors, and managers. The company has remained a lean, VC-backed startup (45 employees) serving both B2B and B2C customers globally. Its embedded finance footprint is minimal — primarily Stripe for payments and tax compliance — reflecting a SaaS-first business that has outsourced all financial infrastructure rather than building or embedding it.
Product timeline
2015
Founded as BigBrainLab, later rebranded to Chartmetric as a music data analytics platform.· pivot
2024
Launched AI-powered SmartFilters feature enabling music discovery via natural language prompts across 10+ languages.· product
2025
Implemented Stripe Tax for global tax compliance across 35 countries as customer base expanded internationally.· banking
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Chartmetric’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Accounting gap: none