Digital Content Africa carried a pre-launch story on NicheStreem in the autumn of last before its launch in December 2015. It's now been operating for six months so it seemed like a good moment to catch up on progress with its founder Catherine Luckhoff.
The launch of NicheStreem was a slow burn. Luckhoff registered the name in 2013 and completed an angel round of US$250,000 in January 2015. With some money in place, a team of nine started full time in March 2015. The first track was available in June 2015 and it spent the spring and summer period finalizing licensing deals.
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