Music Startups

F# Is Building an Entire Business Around Ad-Supported Music Streaming…

October 10, 2013

Can ads support anything, at least when it comes to streaming music? Now, there's a young company working behind the scenes to make ads more effective on platforms like Spotify. F# (F Sharp) has been creati... Read More...

Madefire Raises $5.2 Million in Funding

Priscilla Kim

October 4, 2013

Founded in 2011, Madefire provides a way for artists and writers to publish on iOS, building their stories in a new format called Motion Books (books with words, pictures, sounds, motion, and interactivity). ... Read More...

Soundrop Raises Millions in Deal Backed by Norwegian Government…

Nina Ulloa

October 1, 2013

The digital landscape is saturated with companies vying for the attention of millenials, hell-bent on making everything a social experience. Turntable and Piki, trendy music apps that prioritized social discov... Read More...

Introducing Beodee, a Search Engine That Only Lists Legal Content…

Paul Resnikoff

September 29, 2013

Most music fans are lean-back and lazy, and don't like difficult experiences (even if they're free). All of which raises the question: what if searching for legal content online was a lot easier, and more impo... Read More...

I Was a Turntable.fm Fanboy. And Here’s Why the Company Really Failed…

Paul Resnikoff

September 16, 2013

So was it the model that doomed Turntable, or the execution? Here's a comment from one of Turntable.fm's most die-hard followers, on what caused her to leave. ... Read More...

Jawbone Raises $100 Million in Funding

Priscilla Kim

September 12, 2013

As reported earlier today by Fortune, Jawbone has raised more than $100 million in funding to meet crazy consumer demand for products like the Jambox wireless speaker and the Up fitness-tracking wristband. $... Read More...

Turntable.fm Founder: “We’re Fighting to Keep This Company Alive…”

Paul Resnikoff

September 11, 2013

Yes, Turntable.fm still exists, but this isn't a happy growth story to tell your access-loving grandchildren. The company has just shuttered its social-focused recommendation concept, piki.fm, and is struggl... Read More...

PledgeMusic Sponsors First Tour for Artists

Priscilla Kim

August 22, 2013

PledgeMusic, the direct-to-fan platform for artist campaigns, is sponsoring its first tour this September. The nine-day tour will feature PledgeMusic artists Bleu and Will Dailey along with special guest artist... Read More...

WillCall Raises $1.2 Million in Latest Funding Round; Set.fm also Raises $500k in Second Round…

Priscilla Kim

August 9, 2013

WillCall, a concert discovery and ticketing app, raised $1.2 million through its latest funding round, bringing the total to $2.1 million. The new funds will enable WillCall to further develop mobile technolog... Read More...

The UK’s “Borrow, Enjoy, Return” Bloom.fm Reaches 250,000 Subscribers Milestone

Priscilla Kim

August 6, 2013

Bloom.fm, a solely UK-based mobile music app, is proud to announce that it has amassed more than 250,000 subscribers within just 6 months of its launch. What's interesting isn't the fact that a music app is su... Read More...

ENGAGE Music Helps Musicians in Regions Where Music Isn’t Supported

Priscilla Kim

August 5, 2013

For artists striving to find their way in parts of the world where the arts and music are not encouraged or supported, ENGAGE Music comes to the rescue. Formerly known as Kuwait Music launched back in 2010, ... Read More...

BandMate: A Personalized Music Events Calendar for the iPhone

Priscilla Kim

July 26, 2013

A new app for iOS called BandMate heralds itself as "A Personalized Music Events Calendar for the iPhone." It basically helps users find live music events around their area made possible by an algorithmic dete... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

The Music Industry Litigation Tracker — Cases Bubbling Right Now: Sony Music v. Kroger, SoundExchange v. Music Choice, Suno v. Apple (Round II), Penske Media v. Google, More

Audio Chateau Records Closing In on a $9 Million Series A

Music Collab Platform Chaos Secures $1.4 Million in Startup Capital, With Amuse Among the Backers

Can We Sue Our Way to AI Control?

What Your Music Data Doesn’t Know Could Be Costing You Money

F# Is Building an Entire Business Around Ad-Supported Music Streaming…

Madefire Raises $5.2 Million in Funding

Soundrop Raises Millions in Deal Backed by Norwegian Government…

Introducing Beodee, a Search Engine That Only Lists Legal Content…

I Was a Turntable.fm Fanboy. And Here’s Why the Company Really Failed…

Jawbone Raises $100 Million in Funding

Turntable.fm Founder: “We’re Fighting to Keep This Company Alive…”

PledgeMusic Sponsors First Tour for Artists

WillCall Raises $1.2 Million in Latest Funding Round; Set.fm also Raises $500k in Second Round…

The UK’s “Borrow, Enjoy, Return” Bloom.fm Reaches 250,000 Subscribers Milestone

ENGAGE Music Helps Musicians in Regions Where Music Isn’t Supported

BandMate: A Personalized Music Events Calendar for the iPhone