Startups & Funding

Groover has legitimized ‘pay to play’ promo for independent musicians

Always be skeptical of any opportunity that’s remotely “pay to play.” Shouldn’t a playlist curator, radio programmer, or music journalist review, choose to play, or reject music without getting paid by the artist to do it…

Bruce Houghton on 02/20/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Luminate acquires Artist ID database Quansic

Music and entertainment data provider Luminate, whose clients include Billboard and its popular Charts, has acquired Quansic, a global music artist identification service.

Bruce Houghton on 02/06/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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LyricFind acquires Rotor, partners with CD Baby for easy video creation

LyricFind has acquired Rotor Videos and partnered with CD Baby to launch integrations of Rotor’s video tools and LyricFind’s Lyric Video Enterprise solution. Rotor Videos‘ AI-powered tools allow artists with. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/02/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Prism adds $5M for venue, promoter, booking agency software

Prism, a US-based startup building software used by venues, promoters, and booking agencies, has completed a $5 million Series B fundraising round. The company’s Series A round was $8 million.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/20/2023 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Hiring? A list of 600+ ‘smart, talented’ laid-off Spotify staffers

Spotify laid off 1500 of its estimated 9000 global workforce earlier this month. That followed a 600-person reduction in January, with 200 more let go in June. Now, a crowd-sourced. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/13/2023 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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We Are Giant launches promising music community platform with $8M funding

We Are Giant has launched a platform with $8 million in funding led by Sterling Partners designed to foster artist and fan communities and enable collaboration, discovery, and monetization. During. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/20/2023 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Aux, RealCount win Music Tectonics 2023 music tech startup competition

Two promising music tech startups were named the winners of the 2023 Swimming with Narwhals Startup Pitch Competition at the recent Music Tectonics Conference. AI-powered music samples creator Aux is the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/09/2023 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Investors still see opportunities in the music industry and music tech

“Investors are still seeing opportunities in the music sector. However, there is no real prevailing theory or acceptance of where the real opportunity lies.” This article explores the trends. from. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 11/09/2023 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Techstars Music – once the gold standard for accelerators – is closing

At the height of the music tech boom, acceptance into the Bob Moczydlowsky led accelerator TechStars Music was the most sought-after stamp of approval in music tech. But symptomatic of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/23/2023 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Indie music fan funding platform Ampled to shut down

Music fan funding platform Ampled will shut down at the end of the year, the company’s Board announced in an open letter last week. More than 852 artists are currently. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/23/2023 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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