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Live music firm Pollen raises a $150m funding round
UK startup StreetTeam began life as an events company turning festivalgoers into ticket sellers, before rebranding as Verve, and then Pollen.
Distribution startup Trac raises $2.5m funding round
As consolidation continues in the music distribution sector – Sony Music buying AWAL most recently – so new companies continue to pop up.
Avatars startup Genies joins unicorns with $150m funding
Genies is very engaged with the music industry, having signed partnerships with Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group in 2021.
Epic Games raises $2bn funding round from Sony and Lego
Epic Games is already printing money thanks to Fortnite’s ongoing success, but investors are keen to pour more in.
Turkish music startup Musixen raises $2m funding round
Musixen is one of the startups that has been trying to provide a digital platform for artists to make money from their live performances.
Personalised music firm Songfinch raises $5m funding round
Songfinch allows people to have a song created for birthdays, weddings, proposals, anniversaries and other occasions.
AI music startup Endel raises $15m in latest funding round
It’s also reported that Endel now has more than one million monthly active users of its apps, and that those users are listening to 1.5m hours of music a month.
Live venues firm TVG Hospitality raises $50m funding round
The live music company, founded by Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons, currently runs three venues in London. Is it stopping there? Most certainly not.
Multimedia Music raises $100m+ for music, film and TV rights
Its first deal spans a couple of those areas: the acquisition of the music income and copyrights from film-music composer James Newton Howard.
Music funding startup BeatBread raises $34m funding round
We first wrote about startup BeatBread in August 2021, when it talked about its work helping music distributors provide advances to artists.
Indian music licensing firm Hoopr raises $1.5m funding round
The startup is exploring the business of building catalogues of royalty-free music for video creators to license and use in their content.