101 Top Los Angeles (LA) Music Companies and Startups of 2021

June 11, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best Los Angeles (LA) based Music companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Music industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top Los Angeles (LA) Music Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Pearpop

Pearpop

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Pearpop the marketplace for social collaborations between the teeming hordes of musicians, craftspeople, chefs, clowns, diarists.

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Pex developed a three-sided marketplace bringing together rightsholders, platforms, and creators to simplify the existing licensing process.

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ICM Partners

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ICM Partners is one of the world’s largest talent and literary agencies, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C.

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Stem Disintermedia

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Stem Disintermedia helps creators, artists, and musicians collect digital revenue and enables them to track and share their earnings.

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Output

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Output develops innovative software and gear for musicians, composers, producers and sound designers.

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Orfium

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Orfium is a next-gen music streaming platform that offers Artists, Curators and Management control, licensing, and monetization.

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Qcode

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Qcode is an audio production studio.

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Laylo

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We help creators connect with and monetize their superfans through live ticketed digital experiences

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VOX

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VOX – VOX Music Player and the unlimited cloud-based music storage Loop.

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reMIX Republic

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Hit Songs + Influencers

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Dash Radio

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Dash Radio is a digital radio broadcasting platform that reinvents radio for the digital world.

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NoCap

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NoCap is a platform that allows artists to produce, promote, and broadcast live shows and unique fan experiences to a global audience.

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Shots Studios

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Shots Studios is a Los Angeles-based, data-driven entertainment company that produces online comedy and music videos.

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Vurbl

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Vurbl is a creator-first, free streaming audio platform for all audio types, including user generated audio.

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geojam

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Experience Moments Together

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tonebase

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tonebase gives you access to educational content produced by the world’s greatest musicians and music educators.

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klooma

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Klooma is a is an online platform entertainment platform reinventing the way people discover, watch, listen to and share entertainment.

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Rooam

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A contactless payment solution for the hospitality, sports, and entertainment industry

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Jammcard

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Jammcard is an app that serves as a private network for musicians, producers, directors, and composers that work with artists in the world.

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Tend

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Tend is the premier marketplace for hospitality staffing

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TeamDom

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TeamDom is a media conglomerate that builds brands, stories, celebrities, and businesses around teen entertainment and media.

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Spotlite

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Spotlite offers a direct to fan app that caters to the artist.

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Vezt

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Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Vezt lets music fans share ownership with artists in their favorite songs.

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Encore Music Technologies

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Encore is an interactive live music mobile-based platform aiming to help artists monetize their connections with fans.

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FanSifter

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FanSifter is a fan data management platform to help rights-holders in music, entertainment, and sports increase sales of tickets, music, etc

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Revry, Inc.

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Revry is the premiere digital media network for the inclusive 21st century queer community.

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Bquate

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Bquate is a full-stack SaaS music platform and an API-based solution for independent music companies.

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All Def Digital

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ALL DEF DIGITAL is a premium, multi-platform digital media company and entertainment hub

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Pitch Inc.

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Pitch is an AI startup that develops a mobile, voice-operated sing-along coach.

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Matter

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Matter is the first market network focused on musicians. We help creatives leverage their community and content to make more $ from commerce

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Napster

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Napster enables users to discover, listen, and share music files with others.

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Flipagram

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Flipagram allows users to create and share compelling, visual stories with the music they love.

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Younk

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Younk is the world’s first community music label on blockchain.

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SaveLive

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SaveLive is a venture aimed a throwing a financial lifeline to at-risk music venues.

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Beach Whiskey

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Beach Whiskey is a naturally flavored American whiskey.

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ISINA

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is the world’s first decentralized online platform for searching and developing musical talent throughout the globe.

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KAI Media

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Media and Entertainment

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DanceOn

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DanceOn creates the most buzzworthy music and pop culture programming for millennials seeking entertainment everywhere.

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Omnia Media

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Omnia Media is a digital studio that creates original content with its talent network which does 2B+ views/month in Gaming and DIY.

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Audience

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Audience allows curators to earn money by building algorithmic robot DJs that play new artists music.

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Fahlo

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Fahlo is a social media and fan engagement platform that enables its users to get closer to celebrities, artists, TV shows, and movies.

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Persp3ctive

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Next gen VR/AR tools for creative professionals.

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Riptide Music Group

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Riptide Music Group is a “sync-flavored” global publishing administration company focusing on the worldwide synchronization of music.

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Ambidio

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Ambidio is a sound company that provides sound entertainment to audiences using a technology that creates surround sound-like experience.

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Sesh

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Music marketplace for anyone who wants to make music

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FindMySong

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FindMySong is an online collaborative platform for musicians to network, collaborate on projects, and share files.

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Eyellusion

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A startup focused on hologram concerts featuring digital recreations of certain deceased music artists

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YourListen.com

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YourListen.com is a social music and audio platform allowing users to upload, listen, discover and share content without limits.

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Delair Studios

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The best immersive sound for entertainment.

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JET Management

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JET Management build career artists, release great music, and produce world class live entertainment.

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CreateTV, INC

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Create Studios is one of the world’s fastest growing media companies. Create is a leader in music and video among millennials.

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TunesMap

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TunesMap is a Los Angeles-based startup dedicated to helping you interact with the world around your favorite music.

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Busker

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The best live musicians from around the world. Browse, listen, like, book.

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MUMO

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MUMO is a social network that creates intimate connections through music.

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Veeps

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Veeps is the livestream concert platform for the music industry.

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Festiie

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Festiie is the offline GPS tracker for festival-goers that fits in the palm of your hand and transmits over a mile away.

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TAO Network

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The TAO Network, a blockchain-based content distribution platform for the music industry

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Create Music Group

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Create Music Group is a music technology company providing rights management, syndication, and distribution platform.

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Grüv

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An online SaaS music platform that unites artists, curators, & audiences.

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Buzz Media

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Buzzmedia is an entertainment publisher focused on pop culture, music, and celebrity content.

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Restless Nites

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A curated events discovery platform with a mobile first ticketing solution.

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Stageit

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Stageit is a web based platform created for artists to deliver and monetize interactive virtual concerts.

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Repost Network

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Repost Network operates as a soundCloud focused music distributor allowing creators to make a living through their audiences online.

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UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

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UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is “the first school of music to be established in the University of California system.

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Vivid Entertainment LLC

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Vivid Entertainment LLC, an adult film company.

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JibJab Bros Studios

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JibJab creates content and tools that help people be funny in their digital lives.

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Hey Wordy

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Hey Wordy is an entertainment company that produces animated television series created to educate children.

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ShareSquare

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ShareSquare creates advanced mobile websites that can optimize existing websites for use on all smart mobile devices.

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MusicMind

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MusicMind is a social music platform with embedded augmented reality that provides brands and artists with content distribution services.

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Revolt TV

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Revolt TV is a broadcast and media company that focuses on engaging to millennials and gen Z audiences and features about Hip Hop culture.

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Fanswell

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DIY marketplace for booking performers, experts and personalities.

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MoPix

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MoPix provides independent film-makers and alternative content creators with a self-automation platform to promote direct distribution.

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Three Six Zero

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Three Six Zero is an international management and entertainment company at the forefront of music, film, television and digital content.

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AudioCardio

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Mobile app that delivers a personalized sound therapy that aims to protect, maintain and strengthen hearing (and reduce tinnitus).

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Insomniac Events

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Insomniac, Inc. is an Entertainment company based out of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, United States probably best known for promoting EDC

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QuikPlace

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QuikPlace offers instantly promote brand or music on TikTok.

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Red Pill VR

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Building the future of presence-based music experiences in VR

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Steereo

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Media Company, Music Discovery, Streaming App for Drivers

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eMastered

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Intelligent online mastering for audio for musicians and video creators. Made by Grammy Winning engineers.

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Rock-It Cargo

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Rock-It Cargo provides freight forwarding and logistics services through air, land and sea for corporate events, live shows and more.

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House of Blues Entertainment

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House of Blues Entertainment Inc a Los Angeles-based entertainment company.

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PQ Selects

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Event Company

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AmplifyX

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Music ownership redefined.

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Sona

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Sona is the science-backed music therapy app for sleep, stress & focus.

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oNoise

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oNoise is a community of creative professionals including musicians, engineers, vocal-artists, recording businesses and more.

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Respondent Records

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Respondent Records is a full-service independent company that offers record label, recording studio, and production services for artists.

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found.ee

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found.ee is a web platform that allows users to shorten URLs and generate retargeting pools consisting of interested consumers via clicks.

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DemoDrop

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They connect young and aspiring producers with DJs, artists, radio shows and record labels.

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LuckyPennie

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Music Discovery from Tastemakers

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STRANGELOOP STUDIOS

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STRANGELOOP STUDIOS is a new media content studio, producing virtual characters and narrative IP across IRL and digital platforms.

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Super Hi-Fi

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Super Hi-Fi is a sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) platform that delivers innovative audio solutions.

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PerDiem

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PerDiem is a platform where you can invest in music

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Moontribe VR

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Moontribe VR is a digital media company that specializes in developing visual music entertainment apps.

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Steel Wool Entertainment

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A full-service, next-gen entertainment company led by veteran music industry executives.

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Muso.AI

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Muso.AI provides an AI-based artist management application that allows the artist to manage, showcase and track the music streams.

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Easy Tempo

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Easy Tempo is a music company that composes, produces and arranges music for records, films and commercial environments.

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Musical Health Technologies

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With SingFit we are transforming healthcare by turning music into scalable, low-cost medicine.

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The List App

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The List App is a new way to create and discover lists about anything and everything.

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Madison Wells Media

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MWM is a diversified media and entertainment company.

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MySpace Music

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MySpace Music enables users to stream music on demand, create playlists, and add widget music players to their profiles.

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