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Notes.fm Raises $5 Million Funded by Artists & Industry Leaders, Ari Emanuel, Benny Blanco, Zach Bryan, More

Ashley King

September 17, 2026

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’

Dylan Smith

September 15, 2026

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?

Paul Resnikoff

July 22, 2026

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...

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Core Music Industry Funding Tops $5.75 Billion In Q2 2026, Quadrupling Year-Over-Year

Paul Resnikoff

July 8, 2026

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’

Dylan Smith

June 24, 2026

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

Dylan Smith

June 16, 2026

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’

Dylan Smith

June 11, 2026

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

Dylan Smith

May 19, 2026

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.

Paul Resnikoff

May 13, 2026

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

Dylan Smith

April 23, 2026

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...

Africa Rising Kicks Off: AIxchange Partners BUMA/Stemra, AFEM, CAPASSO, and SAMPRA Roll Into Johannesburg as ‘Creative Weight’ and Ethical AI Attribution Gain Momentum

Paul Resnikoff

April 22, 2026

BUMA/Stemra has become AIxchange’s marquee CMO partner as the creator-friendly attribution framework takes center stage at IMS Ibiza, LDS Lisbon, and Africa Rising Music Conference Johannesburg. Other early b... Read More...

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2026 Music Industry Funding Nearly Hit $5 Billion In the First Three Months Alone — Here’s a Closer Look at a Record-Setting Q1

Paul Resnikoff

April 10, 2026

According to the latest funding data from DMN Pro, the first quarter of 2026 has already signaled the start of a potentially record-setting year. During the three-month period, core music funding approached a... Read More...

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‘Music Software Label’ A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya Raises $5.5 Million, Aims to Develop ‘The Next Great Consumer Music App’

In Case You Haven’t Noticed, the Music Industry Is Exploding Everywhere All at Once. But Who Will Power the New ‘Chaos Economy’ Infrastructure?

Core Music Industry Funding Tops $5.75 Billion In Q2 2026, Quadrupling Year-Over-Year

Gaming-Focused Licensing Platform Reactional Music Scores $2.8 Million EU Grant, Plots ‘Transition to Large-Scale Commercial Deployment’

Live-Focused Superfan Startup Swsh Announces $4 Million Seed Round With Scooter Braun, Guy Oseary, and Julie Greenwald Aboard as Investors

Distribution Startup Madverse Scores Willard Ahdritz-Led Seed Round, Says Its Userbase Has Grown ‘25% in the Last Month Alone’

Does the Industry Have Room for Two Tambers? AI-Powered Creative Platform Sets Sail Despite Sharing Its Name With a Social Music App

The Music Industry Has a Growing Data Overload Problem. Octave Media’s Matt Jacoby Says There’s Hope.

‘Non-Generative AI Tools’ for Actual Musicians? Sample-Focused Startup Tamber Scores $5 Million Raise Ahead of May Launch

Africa Rising Kicks Off: AIxchange Partners BUMA/Stemra, AFEM, CAPASSO, and SAMPRA Roll Into Johannesburg as ‘Creative Weight’ and Ethical AI Attribution Gain Momentum

2026 Music Industry Funding Nearly Hit $5 Billion In the First Three Months Alone — Here’s a Closer Look at a Record-Setting Q1