Shazam is a company that was created in 1999 by a group of British entrepreneurs. The company has been owned by Apple since September 2018. In 1999, Shazam was founded by Chris Barton, Philip Inghelbrecht, Avery Wang, and Dhiraj Mukherjee. In 2002, the company received its first round of venture capital funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Institutional Venture Partners.