What Summer Slowdown? September Music Funding Quickly Surges Past $1.65 Billion (And Counting)
After a relatively tame July and August, music industry funding levels returned to surge mode in September. But does that mean the funding party is back?
Spotify Doesn’t Care That I Left
My music is staying. My money and attention are leaving.
I canceled my Spotify subscription. Yes, my music is still there, and if that is where you listen to me, please enjoy it. I am not organizing a boycot... Read More...
Notes.fm Raises $5 Million Funded by Artists & Industry Leaders, Ari Emanuel, Benny Blanco, Zach Bryan, More
Music royalty collection platform Notes.fm raises $5 million from leading artists, managers, executives, and strategic partners across the industry.
Notes.fm, the platform for collecting music royalties that... Read More...
‘Music Software Label’ A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya Raises $5.5 Million, Aims to Develop ‘The Next Great Consumer Music App’
Self-described “music (software) label” A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya, founded by former Spotify head of innovation Máuhan Zonoozy, has scored a $5.5 million pre-seed raise.
That multimillion-dollar round came to ... Read More...
In Case You Haven’t Noticed, the Music Industry Is Exploding Everywhere All at Once. But Who Will Power the New ‘Chaos Economy’ Infrastructure?
It’s a dizzying time to be in the music industry, with catalog investments, creative outputs, and AI-generated mayhem part of a pedal-to-the-metal explosion. On the ground, that means more companies are battl... Read More...
Core Music Industry Funding Tops $5.75 Billion In Q2 2026, Quadrupling Year-Over-Year
Capital keeps funneling into the global music industry at record rates, with Q2 2026 smashing expectations once again.
Gaming-Focused Licensing Platform Reactional Music Scores $2.8 Million EU Grant, Plots ‘Transition to Large-Scale Commercial Deployment’
As it eyes a “transition to large-scale commercial deployment,” gaming-focused licensing platform Reactional Music has scored a €2.5 million ($2.8 million) European Innovation Council (EIC) grant.
Stockholm-... Read More...
Live-Focused Superfan Startup Swsh Announces $4 Million Seed Round With Scooter Braun, Guy Oseary, and Julie Greenwald Aboard as Investors
Live-focused superfan platform Swsh has announced a $4 million seed round that drew support from Scooter Braun, Julie Greenwald, Guy Oseary, and others.
Four year-old Swsh reached out with word of the multi... Read More...
Distribution Startup Madverse Scores Willard Ahdritz-Led Seed Round, Says Its Userbase Has Grown ‘25% in the Last Month Alone’
Amid rapid music sector growth in India – and on its own platform, which has seen its userbase expand by “25% in the last month alone” – Madverse Music Group has scored an Ahdritz Capital-led seed round.
Ne... Read More...
Does the Industry Have Room for Two Tambers? AI-Powered Creative Platform Sets Sail Despite Sharing Its Name With a Social Music App
Does the industry have room for two Tambers? We’re about to find out, as Tamber – the AI-powered creative suite, not the existing social music app – has officially set sail.
We took a look at the newer Tambe... Read More...
The Music Industry Has a Growing Data Overload Problem. Octave Media’s Matt Jacoby Says There’s Hope.
The music industry of 2026 is exploding everywhere all-at-once, with catalog investments, creative outputs, and AI-generated mayhem part of a pedal-to-the-metal growth expansion. On the ground, that means mor... Read More...
‘Non-Generative AI Tools’ for Actual Musicians? Sample-Focused Startup Tamber Scores $5 Million Raise Ahead of May Launch
We’ve heard plenty about straight gen AI, but is there a market for non-gen AI developed with actual musicians in mind? Tamber intends to find out: Ahead of an official launch in May, the sample-focused start... Read More...
