Michael Breidenbruecker


Michael Breidenbruecker is an Austrian entrepreneur, artist and engineer. He is best known as co-founder of Last.fm, founder of RjDj and partner at venture firm Speedinvest . He has been working with artists such as Hans Zimmer, Imogen Heap, Air, and Booka Shade. In 2011 he produced together with Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer, which reached number 5 in the US App Store charts.
Between 2000 and 2002 he headed the Masters program in Interactive Digital Media at Ravensbourne, College of Design and Communication in London. He studied digital art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with Professor Peter Weibel.

Business ventures

Last.fm

He co-founded the internet radio site for streaming music Last.fm Ltd. in 2002 and managed the company as CEO from 2002 until 2005. Using a recommend system called Audioscrobbler, Last.fm records user’s different musical taste and makes recommendations. The site also offers different social networking features, allowing users to share their tastes. In May 2007 Last.fm was acquired by CBS Interactive for US$280 million. In 2003 Last.fm received an Honorary Mention in the Prix Ars Electronica in the category Net vision.

Lovely Systems

In 2005 he co-founded Lovely Systems GmbH with Manfred Schwendiger and Jodok Batlogg. develops large-scale social web portals and is located in Dornbirn/Vorarlberg. In 2006 Lovely Systems created , one of the biggest social networks around books in German speaking countries.

RjDj

In 2008 he founded RjDj, a London-based music technology startup. RjDj produced and distributed a network of mobile applications and sold additional musical content within this network.
Mobile applications created with RjDj:
In 2012 he joined the team behind Zurich-based app discover startup .

Hilkat 146

In October 2013 he founded the company Hilkat 146 GmbH which is 100% owned by him .
This company is a front for several brands and projects spearheaded by Michael, among them https://www.slant.li .

Life

Michael Breidenbruecker was born in Vorarlberg/Austria and lives there with his wife and children.