UK-based startup Cantilever has raised £250k of pre-seed funding from a group of 20 independent labels and individuals from those companies.
Tag: Startups
Abbey Road REDD showcases music-tech startups at SXSW London
Last week, Abbey Road REDD Labs presented its latest showcase of music-tech startups at SXSW London, in a ‘Studio Four’ event.
New next-gen labels roundup: Volyum, Home Hits and Orinda
What do you want from a record label? If it’s “intentional and emotionally resonant audio music experiences” then today is your lucky day… That’s what Yannick Bolloré, CEO of advertising […]
International Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 nominees: Leo Ballesteros (Atonemo)
Atonemo is a Swedish startup whose Streamplayer device turns any speaker into a fit-for-streaming wireless speaker.
International Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 nominees: Dr. Moti Margalit (SonicEdge)
Startup SonicEdge focuses on ‘micro-sized speakers’ for headphones, earbuds and hearing aids – small speakers with big audio quality.
International Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 nominees: Vishruti Bindal and Bharavi (Linear Festivals)
Linear Festivals has been rethinking music festivals in India by booking artists to play concerts along public-transportation lines.
AI music-videos startup Neural Frames hits $5m annual run rate
Berlin-based startup Neural Frames has built a platform for creating music videos using AI, and its annual run rate (ARR – a projection of annual earnings from its current performance) has just crossed […]
International Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 nominees: Max Busin (Gotobeat)
Max Busin, founder and CEO of Gotobeat, is one of the nominees for our 2026 International Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Why We Built an AI Music Video Generator That Listens to Songs
In 2021, my co-founders and I began developing the music-vision foundation model that would become Freebeat. The question that drove us, as engineers and lifelong music lovers, was simple: why […]
Sond is a sleep-tech startup using its own library of music
Music that puts you to sleep isn’t always an insult: sometimes it’s a business worth $7m of funding from investors when it emerges from stealth mode. That’s Sond, a Boston-based sleep-technology […]
Stream League turns Spotify’s ‘New Music Friday’ playlist into a fantasy draft
Can you predict the 10 biggest releases of the week by stream-counts? If so, a new site called Stream League may be right up your street.
Swedish startup Tonada is making AI music for retailers
Hands up anyone who didn’t think AI music was coming for the retail/business background-music sector? No hands? No surprises. As a target market, it’s low-hanging but extremely tempting fruit indeed. Tonada is one […]


