What’s next in music tech? Midemlab names 20 finalists
Global music industry conference Midem has named the 20 finalists in this year’s Midemlab music tech startup competition. Winners will be announced during this year’s free Midem Digital Edition being held November 16-19.
OUR PICKS: Nominees Ristband, Enjoy, and LAIFE led the list of promising music tech startups that we’re now tracking.
20 new members of Midem’s exclusive club
Previous Midemlab winners include Soundcloud, The Echo Nest which was acquired by Spotify, Next Big Sound (acquired by Pandora), BandPage (acquired by YouTube), and Asaii (acquired by Apple).
Audoo raised $6.M soon after the 2020 competition and Super Hi-Fi closed a major deal with SONOS. Since last year’s competition, Midemlab 2020 finalist TRASH has been acquired by VSCO.
“Midemlab is always the place to discover fantastic music tech startups with the potential to disrupt, improve and enhance our industry. This year is no exception,” said Midem Director, Alexandre Deniot. “We received 203 incredible submissions from 34 countries, a testament to the fact that the dynamism of entrepreneurship in the music industry is still intact and in great shape, despite the difficult time we’ve been through these past 18 months.”
This year’s 20 finalists were selected by Midemlab partners Music Ally, Panache Ventures, and TheLynk.
Music Creation & Education
Amptrack Technologies (Sweden), an Online Music Creation app
Audio Design Desk (USA), an AI-assisted DAW, smart sampler and sound library in one simple app
Enjoy (China), an AI music training partner
HyVibe (France), a solution that turns the world into a speaker
Infinite Album (USA), a copyright-free, AI-powered, custom game soundtracks for livestream gamers
Music Distribution & Discovery
Hidden Bands (Canada), a free music discovery app
Moonai (Spain), an app that uses science-based & personalised sounds to alleviate menstrual pain
Music Traveler (Austria), a platform for musicians to find a place to be creative
Reveel (USA), the Business OS for Content Creators
Rippla (UK), social platform allowing fan communities to connect around their passion for specific artists
Music Marketing & Data/Analytics
ANote Music (Luxembourg), marketplace for investing in music royalties]
LAIFE (Germany), AI Music to relieve mental health issues and enhance performances
Rightsholder (USA), a solution that creates insanely simple tools to facilitate synch music licensing
Secret Chord Laboratories (USA), a music forecasting for creators and their teams
Westcott Multimedia (USA), an automated advertising solution that dynamically launches campaigns for catalog music
Live Music Experiences
Anything World (UK), a platform where everyone can create their wildest 3D dreams
Instrument of Things (Germany), a music technology company that uses the Internet of Things to turn electronic musical instruments into virtuoso experience
Live Now (UK), broadcasts exceptional online ticketed concerts to fans at home
Mach1 (USA), unifies spatial and multichannel audio for creators & developers
Ristband (UK), the bridge between real-world concerts and gamers
Bruce Houghton is Founder and Editor of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank and serves as a Senior Advisor to Bandsintown which acquired both publications in 2019. He is the Founder and President of the Skyline Artists Agency and a professor for the Berklee College Of Music.