Investor + VC Financing

The music industry: it's either a casino rife with debaucherous gambling, a field teeming with fertile growth possibilities, or just a really weird place to be right now.  The early-2013 tally was bumped by Mus... Read More...

Is this a simple case of dumb money, or the beginnings of a totally new industry? Because for all the collapse and total devaluation being experienced by the music industry, there are still plenty of people wil... Read More...

Anyone who thinks investment in music is 'drying up' clearly hasn't looked at the numbers.  Because with less than two weeks left in 2012, investment in music-related startups and companies has reached $619.3 m... Read More...

We've heard that monstrous rounds are coming, including a gigantic thud from Spotify.  But for now, the venture capital landscape is drying for music startups.  Songkick recently scored a $10 million round from... Read More...

Looks like 2011 may have been a bit 'frothy' for music, to use some VC-speak. Which basically describes a funding climate in which a lot of money is flowing, often on ill-researched, speculative bets.  That cer... Read More...

Music-related financing collapsed during the second-half of 2011, though maybe that was just a temporary tank. Because in the first month of 2012, music-focused companies grabbed an impressive $65.55 million in... Read More...