setting the scene
- you’re in the car with your friends and it’s your turn to take the aux 🚗
- it’s been a minute since you’ve updated your playlists, so you panic and shuffle “Today’s Hits” 🔀
- no one approves of your predictable music selection 🤦🏻♀️
- this week’s company hopes to constantly keep the playlist fresh, allowing users to discover new music and get inspired by others

in a sentence
Discz Music is a music discovery platform that gives song recommendations and lets users share mixes
- recommendations: swipe through recs based on your past listening preferences and add songs to playlists as you go
- share: create mixes and explore others’ tastes in a social feed
bulleted version: think dating app for music; swipe right on songs to add them to your playlists ❤️
the basics
- industry: audio tech, music
- headquarters: New York, NY
- year founded: 2021
- company size: < 10 💼
- some investors: Pentas Ventures, Y Combinator, Greycroft
- stage: accelerator/incubator



due diligence
what we like
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✅ dilution solution: a new song is uploaded to Spotify every second
- Discz helps users cut through the noise of the crowded platform
- 🔎 demand for discovery: music streamers have spent billions of hours listening to Spotify’s personalized “Discover Weekly” playlist
- 📻in tune with their audience: Discz offers song samples for Gen Z’s shorter attention spans and demonstrates an understanding of their social focus
potential risks
- 🚫 Spotify only: by sticking to one streaming platform, Discz fails to reach about 70% of listeners
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☝️one hit wonders: several social music platforms have come and gone
- Discz must innovate with its users’ needs to dominate music discovery
- 🔧technical difficulties: with an explosion of users, Discz has struggled with tech difficulties; these must be addressed to keep users hooked



founder profiles
- Bobby Pinckney (prev. @PwC )
- Michelle Yin (prev. @Meta)
comps
why Discz Music: with personalized recs and a social feed, Discz has struck a chord with Gen Z music discovery needs 🎵