Discograph

What Discograph does

Discograph operates Discograph.com, a web-based, Swedish-language editorial directory that curates lists of bars and nightclubs for cities worldwide. The site organizes content along three geographic axes — Sweden (Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö), Europe (Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Prague), and a global bucket covering the USA, Brazil, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong — and publishes each venue with a short editorial blurb, a Google-derived star rating, and a hyperlink to the venue's own website. The site is built as a static, CMS-driven content property with no app, no public API, no SDK, and no disclosed integrations; technology is described as a "web-based content management platform serving curated nightlife recommendations." Distribution is entirely organic via SEO-optimized city landing pages, with no advertising, social-media presence, or paid acquisition surfaces visible.

The business model is not disclosed. There is no pricing information, no listed paying customers, no app-store presence, no partnerships, and no funding rounds on record. The site carries a "Copyright © 2019 by Discograph.com" notice and remains operational, but no monetization mechanism — display ads, venue listings, affiliate fees, reservations, or premium placements — is identified in any source. The product is a single editorial website (no separate modules or sub-products), and the platform serves tourists and locals seeking nightlife venue recommendations in unfamiliar cities. The primary customer segment is "Nightlife Consumers" — a persona-based, horizontal segmentation rather than a contracted B2B customer base. The company is private, founded in 2019, listed with 11-50 employees in firmographics, and headquartered in Paris per firmographics, though its website and primary editorial focus are Sweden-centric and the listed jurisdiction is Sweden.

Name

Discograph

Legal name

Discograph.com

Website

https://discograph.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Discograph.com is a Swedish-language online directory that curates editorial recommendations of bars and nightclubs across Swedish, European, and global cities, targeting tourists and locals searching for nightlife venues via organic SEO.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Nightlife Directory

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Nightclubs (Dance Clubs) (MPAGAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Nightclubs & Dance Clubs (THAFAEAC)

Keywords

• Nightlife venue directory
• Bar recommendations
• Nightclub listings
• City nightlife guides
• Venue discovery platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Discograph is a curated online nightlife discovery platform that publishes editorial listings and recommendations of bars, nightclubs, and entertainment venues across cities in Sweden, Europe, and worldwide destinations. Each venue entry typically includes a rating, description, music genre tags, and a link to the venue's own website, with the platform organized as SEO-friendly city-by-city guides.

Product overview

Discograph operates as a single, unified nightlife discovery product — a curated directory and editorial guide to nightclubs and bars. The platform covers venues in Swedish cities (Gothenburg, Stockholm, Malmö), major European cities (Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Prague), and global destinations (USA, Brazil, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong). There are no separate modules, sub-products, or add-ons — Discograph.com is the sole product offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Discograph Website (Nightlife City Guides) Consumer-facing online directory that publishes curated editorial listings and recommendations of bars, nightclubs, and entertainment venues, organized as SEO-friendly city-by-city guide pages covering Sweden (e.g., Göteborg, Stockholm, Malmö), Europe (e.g., Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Prague), and worldwide destinations (USA, Brazil, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong). Each entry typically includes a rating, description, music-genre tags, and a link to the venue's own website.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Yelp: Dominant consumer reviews platform with extensive bar and nightclub listings globally. Competes for the same consumer discovery intent as Discograph but operates a much broader category (restaurants, services, local businesses) with a massive user-generated review base.
• OpenTable: Leading restaurant and bar reservation platform with editorial content, though primarily focused on restaurants rather than nightclubs. Adjacent to Discograph's potential evolution toward transactional nightlife booking.
• Tripadvisor: Global travel and nightlife discovery platform with extensive venue listings, reviews, and traveler-focused content. Overlaps with Discograph's tourism-driven nightlife discovery use case across all of Discograph's covered geographies.
• Google Maps: The default consumer tool for discovering local bars, clubs, and nightlife venues globally. Competes for the same search intent as Discograph, with vastly superior data, real-time information, and integration with directions, hours, and reviews.

Direct peers

• Resident Advisor: Leading global electronic music and nightclub discovery platform with deep coverage of clubs, events, and ticketing. Comparable to Discograph in nightlife focus, with stronger specialization in electronic music and a robust ticketing infrastructure.
• The Infatuation: Editorial-first restaurant and bar discovery platform with curated city guides and reviews. Closely mirrors Discograph's curated editorial approach to nightlife/venue discovery, with stronger brand and a restaurant reservation integration with OpenTable.
• Time Out: Global media brand curating best-in-city guides for restaurants, bars, and nightlife. Directly comparable to Discograph in editorial approach to nightlife discovery, but at much larger scale across 300+ cities and with established monetization via ads, events, and content licensing.

Emerging players

• Tagvenue: European venue booking marketplace for private events and nightlife spaces. Comparable to Discograph in its European nightlife focus and SEO-driven city-by-city content strategy, with a more transactional booking model.
• DesignMyNight: UK-based nightlife discovery and booking platform with a curated editorial approach similar to Discograph. Comparable in market focus (UK nightlife) and product surface (curated venue guides + bookings), though more transactional.
• Headout: Mobile-first marketplace for tours, attractions, and nightlife experiences in major global cities. Comparable to Discograph in its global nightlife focus and tourist-driven content strategy, with established transactional capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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