Saarey

Saarey Music: The Spotify of South Asian classical music

  • Stage Product In Market
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location London, UK
  • Currency GBP
  • Founded December 2019
  • Employees 9
  • Incorporation Type Other
  • Website saareymusic.com

Company Summary

Saarey Music: Spotify for South Asian classical music, but with 25 year exclusivity on 30% of global genre content and 95% gross margins. Users pay 12x comparable ARPU, retain 7x better.

Faraan brings 20 yrs experience, a 66 year family legacy in the genre, and is the 1st non-artist Pakistani at the Grammys.

Saarey is bridging cultural heritage and modern tech to preserve this vital art for generations.

Team

  • Faraan Irfan
    Founder & CEO

    20 yrs exp, 66-yr family legacy in the genre.
    The 1st non-artist Pakistani Grammy member.

    Global MBA with Honours from Columbia, London Business School.

    Faraan completed his Global MBA with Honours in 2019 from London Business School, Columbia Business School and Hong Kong University, a program ranked #1 in the world in its category by QS Rankings in 2018.

  • Deven Dave
    Co-founder

    Deven is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully founded a number of multi-million dollar companies in the technology, energy and services sectors.

    Deven is a 2004 Sloan fellow from London Business School.

  • Nick Cooke
    Co-founder

    Nick was Spotify’s subscription manager who helped grow their subscriptions by 2x.

    Nick is a 2017 EMBA from London Business School.

Previous Investors

  • Goodwater Capital
    Unconfirmed
    Rahul Shah
    Unconfirmed
    Matt Jellicoe
    Unconfirmed
  • Yasin Qureshi
    Unconfirmed
    Daniel Jonathan Isenberg
    Nigel Howell
    Unconfirmed
  • Sung Cho
    Unconfirmed

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