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
