Tag: accelerators

Music/tech accelerator Techstars Music is set to return for a third year, armed with a new partner in Japanese music company Avex, and a deeper partnership with major label Sony Music. An announcement by Techstars Music...

Universal Music Group’s latest exploration of the startup-accelerator waters comes through its Capitol Music Group subsidiary. It’s launching a new accelerator called gBETA Musictech, in partnership with existing accelerator...

2017 has been a fascinating year for digital music, from the growth in paid streaming to a wave of new accelerators and initiatives to help talented music startups get up and running. A pair of sessions at the Slush Music...

The Techstars Music accelerator is on the hunt for its second cohort of music/tech startups, with applications closing on 15 October. The final decision on who makes it onto the program is set to be made by mid-December....

Independent music company Marathon Artists is preparing for the second year of its Marathon Labs startups accelerator, following a successful debut in 2016. As in 2016, this year’s cohort will gather in Tileyard for...

Abbey Road Red, the startups accelerator hosted within London's famous Abbey Road Studios, hosted its latest pitch event last night, for the three startups in its last cohort. Qrates, The Audio Hunt and Scored all took...

It shouldn’t be a surprise that Jay Z and Roc Nation are launching a new venture focused on startups: rumours in February suggested that the artist, entrepreneur and Tidal co-owner was launching his own VC fund. Yesterday...

The new Techstars Music accelerator has announced the 11 startups who’ll be taking part in its first program this year. Music Ally readers will spot some familiar names on the list, including DJ-app creator Pacemaker,...

From Abbey Road Red and Marathon Labs in the UK to Project Music in the US, the idea of accelerators or incubators for music/tech startups is slowly catching on. Now they’ve been joined by one of the big names in the wider...

From Abbey Road Red and Marathon Labs in the UK to Project Music in the US, the idea of accelerators or incubators for music/tech startups is slowly catching on. Now they’ve been joined by one of the big names in the wider...

Suppose you are an entrepreneur looking to disrupt the music industry with your new technology, or an artist looking to disrupt yourself. Where do you start? As an entrepreneur, perhaps you build a minimum viable product...