Music Ally SI:X – in association with Amazon Music, ASCAP Lab, The Raine Group, Red Bull Media House, Reed Smith & Universal Music Group

Music Ally SI:X is a global showcase, contest and mentorship support programme for early-stage music startups. Held annually, it will select exciting and innovative startups to be profiled in Music Ally’s annual Startups Report.

Find out more about SI:X – and apply now!

Congratulations to the winners of Music Ally SI:X 2023!

The six winners presented at our Music Ally Connect conference in January 2024, and will receive a mentoring programme from SI:X’s supporting sponsors and Music Ally.


Benefits of applying to SI:X:

  • All successful applicants and their staff will receive Music Ally’s subscription business information service (which usually costs £399 / $599 / €599 per head) for free for at least one year
  • You may be lucky enough to be selected as one of the Music Ally SI:X finalists with the subsequent publicity this brings
  • You may be lucky enough to be selected as a winner who will benefit from additional publicity and a mentoring programme with our industry partners
  • You can also choose to be listed in our Music-Tech Startups Database, which is designed to help Music Ally’s industry subscribers find new technology partners earlier in a startup’s life cycle.

Held annually, the contest will select exciting and innovative startups to be profiled in Music Ally’s quarterly music-tech Startups Report.

Selected winners will also be invited to present as part of a conference in London in January 2025. They will also benefit from a mentoring programme from the supporting sponsors and Music Ally, alongside other business and educational resources.


Who can apply?

You only need to meet two qualifying criteria to apply to the Music Ally SI:X program:

  • Your company must have been founded since 1 January 2019
  • Your company headcount should not exceed 200 individuals

Please note that this initiative is aimed at music related startups who are developing new and innovative businesses for the music industry.  It isn’t aimed at traditional music companies like artist managers, labels, publishers and distributors, or service companies like individual consultants or music agencies. We’re looking for new and innovative ideas whether in terms of technology or business approach.


How to apply to SI:X:

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!

Now’s your chance – if you’re a music-tech startup doing something innovative, interesting, new, cool (or all of those things) and want the wider music industry to know about you, add your information the form below – or click here.

If you enter information and want to update it later, you can update at any time – you’ll receive an email receipt after submitting, so simply click the link in the email to update it (search for forms-receipts-noreply@google.com).


SI:X Terms and conditions

SI:X Terms & Conditions.
SI:X Press Release.