# Tastebuds

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**In short:** Tastebuds was a London-founded dating and social site that matched people by their taste in music, launched in 2010 by Alex Parish and Julian Keenaghan. It raised a 600,000 dollar seed round in 2013 and acquired Moosify in 2014. The founders' own site now says the service has shut down.

## Key facts

- Type: Dating app
- Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
- Founded: 2010
- Status: Closed
- Website: tastebuds.fm
- Launch: Tastebuds launched in London in 2010 as a dating and social site matching people by music taste (2010-06) [source](https://tastebuds.fm/)
- Founder: Alex Parish and Julian Keenaghan created Tastebuds; the owner was Tastebuds Media Ltd (2010) [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tastebuds.fm)
- Funding: Raised a $600,000 seed round from Black Ocean, with about 100,000 registered users, in April 2013 (2013-04-18) [source](https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/18/tastebuds)
- Acquisition: Tastebuds acquired the music-based dating app Moosify in 2014, adding about 100,000 members (2014) [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tastebuds.fm)
- Fact: The official site states that Tastebuds has shut down and gives its dates as 2010 to 2025 (2025) [source](https://tastebuds.fm/)
- Users: The farewell page says over a million people joined, sharing 3.5 million songs and sending 49 million messages (2025) [source](https://tastebuds.fm/)

## About

Tastebuds (tastebuds.fm) was a dating and social networking website and app that matched people through the music they liked. Members built a profile by choosing favourite artists, or by importing music data from services such as Last.fm, Spotify or Facebook, and were shown matches with artists in common. The Wikipedia entry names Alex Parish and Julian Keenaghan as creators and Tastebuds Media Ltd as owner. It launched in London in June 2010. TechCrunch reported in April 2013 that Tastebuds, a graduate of the Springboard accelerator in 2011, had been bootstrapped until then, had about 100,000 registered users and had raised a 600,000 dollar seed round from Black Ocean. The money was to fund mobile apps and a US launch. In 2014 Tastebuds acquired the music-based dating app Moosify, bringing about 100,000 members, according to Wikipedia. The founders' own website now carries a farewell page headed Tastebuds.fm 2010 to 2025. It says the service has shut down and that more than a million people joined, sharing 3.5 million songs and sending 49 million messages. Wikipedia records a shutdown announcement in March 2023 for April of that year. Dating Industry Insights mentioned Tastebuds in January 2026 as a music-first platform that never broke out of niche scale.



## Questions



**Is Tastebuds still running?** No. The founders' website says Tastebuds has shut down and gives its dates as 2010 to 2025.

**Who founded Tastebuds?** Wikipedia names Alex Parish and Julian Keenaghan as creators. The farewell page is signed Julian and Alex.

**When did Tastebuds launch?** It launched in London in 2010.

**What is Tastebuds?** Tastebuds was a London-founded dating and social site that matched people by their taste in music, launched in 2010 by Alex Parish and Julian Keenaghan. It raised a 600,000 dollar seed round in 2013 and acquired Moosify in 2014. The founders' own site now says the service has shut down.

**Where is Tastebuds based?** Tastebuds is based in London, United Kingdom.

**When was Tastebuds founded?** Tastebuds was founded in 2010.


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