Midemlab Taps 30 Cutting Edge Music Startups

International music tech pitch competion midemlab today named its 30 finalists. Chosen by UK digital consulting company Music Ally and French consultancy bluenove, the startups will present their projects to a jury of international digital experts and VC's during January's Midem convention.

Music Discovery, Recommandation & Creation

• ChartsNow.mobi (UK) – mass market mobile music service
• MPme by Apsmart (UK) – curated internet radio
• musicplayr (Germany) – music discovery & blogging
• Navegas (Germany) – connecting the world of music tool
• Rexly (USA) – social discovery & recommendation
• Songs2See by Fraunhofer (Germany) – music game development
• SoshiGames (UK) – game-based social music discovery
• Twusic by LemonLab (Belgium) – Twitter music application
• Watzatsong (France) – crowdsourced music search engine
• WhoSampled (UK) – music discovery

Marketing & Social Engagement

• BandApp (UK) – free instant artist app creation
• Beloola by V-Cult (France) – social music service
• CrowdSurfing by LiveOne Group (USA) – live content social viewing app
• Flowd (Finland) – music marketing and social music service
• iPluggers (Netherlands) – worldwide digital radio promotion
• Oocto by GeniusMonk (France) – crowdfunding & crowdsourcing music platform
• Pipe (Germany) – file transfer for social networks
• RockStar Motel (USA) – fan-centric music social network
• Tastebuds.fm (UK) – social events discovery
• Webdoc (Switzerland) – fan engagement

Direct To consumer Sales & Content Monetisation

• Getonic (Israel) – direct to consumer social ecommerce
• Menyou (Sweden) – online sales and distribution tool
• Musicsoft Arts (USA) – interactive music discovery, playback and sales
• My Bee (France) – access control and dematerialized payment
• Ondango (Germany) – Facebook commerce solution
• SonicAngel (Belgium) – next generation crowdfunding label
• TuneRights (Sweden) – stock market for music
• Tunipop (USA) – connecting merchandise with digital music
• Weezevent (France) – cloud ticketing service
• WildChords by Ovelin (Finland) – guitar learning game