150+ Best UK Music Startups & Companies | Best Music Companies Award 2021

Music is big business in the UK. We have selected the top 150 Music companies across the size spectrum to showcase. These startups and companies are all taking different approaches to innovating the Music industry, that diversity of innovation is what makes the UK so great. 

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

Innovation

Growth

Management

Societal impact

The best Music startups and firms in the UK

We have profiled the top 150 Music startups, companies and firms in the UK. This list is in no particular order, all of the companies showcased here are exceptional companies, well worth following. 

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Shazam Entertainment

Shazam Entertainment is an app that identify any music playing around you.

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Sofar Sounds

Sofar Sounds is a global community hosting curated, secret performances in more than 400 cities around the world.

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Yoto

Yoto - The screen-free audio platform for kids.

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ROLI

ROLI is a London-based music technology company that produces musical instruments and software products.

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MelodyVR

MelodyVR is a destination for music in virtual reality.

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AWAL

AWAL is a digital marketing and distribution company that enables artists and labels to be in control and release music globally.

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Mixcloud

Mixcloud is an online long-form audio platform providing content such as radio shows, podcasts and DJ mixes.

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Pirate Studios

Pirate Studios is the music technology company.

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Trackd

Trackd Social Music Universe with Creator Tools. We unite music lovers and artists around the world.

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Flat

Flat is an online and collaborative music score editor.

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Buster + Punch

A London, UK-based interiors brand.

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7digital

7digital is the global leader in B2B end-to-end digital music solutions.

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A Million Ads

A Million Ads provides dynamic audio advertising for users of digital radio and streaming services.

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FanCircles

Reach followers and fans through your own fan club platform built for music artists, YouTubers, television shows and celebrities

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited offers investors a pure-play exposure to songs and associated musical intellectual property rights

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SHOW4ME

Direct-to-Fan crowdfunding platform for concerts and music

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Keakie

Keakie is an audio platform that uses a bespoke AI engine and analytics to tailor quality content to its users.

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Hire Space

The UK's leading venue marketplace. Memorable venues, all in one place.

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Thrillz

Personalised celebrity video messages and live experiences

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InPlayer

InPlayer is a video and digital asset monetization platform.

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The Power Of Music

The Power Of Music delivers genuine, meaningful connections based on a shared love of the same music.

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Encore Technologies

Encore is an online network of musicians that enables them to access many performance opportunities in the music community around them.

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Instrumental

Our TalentAI platform uses machine learning to discover emerging talent, predominantly for the music and entertainment industry.

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Ambie

SaaS music solution for retail and hospitality businesses looking to boost their customer experience and drive profits

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Festicket

Festicket is a marketplace to discover and book music festival tickets, accommodation, transfers and extras.

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Discover Film

A technology and entertainment platform for short movies. Films can be watched online and via mobile and Smart TV Apps.

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Pretty Green

Named after a track by The Jam, Pretty Green provides simple, classic clothing with a modern twist.

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The Qube

Creatives, Music, Art, Film, Photography

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100mentors

We empower today’s youth to consciously take their once in a lifetime decisions & prepare them for the workplace of the future.

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Butlr

Butlr is the fastest growing ordering platform for bars, pubs and music venues. One app across all venues removing queues.

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Fulwell 73

Fulwell 73 is a television, film and music production company

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Musicmetric

Musicmetric offers analytics and trend forecasting services for the music industry.

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MusicGurus

MusicGurus is an online learning company that helps anyone learn music from the world's top artists.

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Soundclub

Disrupting the discovery of live music experiences

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Lirica

Lirica harnesses the power of music to make learning both memorable and fun.

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Global

Global is a media and entertainment company that operates commercial radio stations.

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Bronze

BRONZE is a technology that allows music creators to utilise AI and machine learning as tools for composition and release.

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Electric Jukebox

Electric Jukebox: Taking on music streaming services, home entertainment systems

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Tastebuds

Tastebuds is the best place to meet new people who share your taste in music.

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Crate Brewery

Crate Brewery is one of London’s best known breweries.

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terrible*

Music Merchandise, Tech, Analytics, Marketplace, Supply Chain

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Sing King

Sing King is the world’s biggest online karaoke community.

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IRIS Listen Well

IRIS Listen Well is bringing back living sound and enabling the world to Listen Well.

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Rotor

Make high quality music videos in minutes

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Tradiio

Tradiio is a music app for web and mobile which blends streaming with direct-to-fan recurring payments for artists.

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Crowdmix

Connecting the world through music. The app where bands, fans and brands collide.

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Gruvi

Gruvi develops interactive media solutions for the entertainment industry to engage and streamline global audiences.

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FrontRow Global

Music Data Intelligence for Music Industry

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Trad3r

Trad3r is a social trading platform for stocks, celebrities, sports and friends.

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Musikki

Musikki is a living music platform that aims to bring together all the world's musical knowledge, content and services.

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Humm

Humm, music for the masses, is a free no ads alternative to Spotify and Apple Music. Making music accesible to everyone.

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CueSongs

CueSongs simplifies the process of licensing music for small usages - no hassle, prolonged negotiation or excessive fees.

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LoveLive

LoveLive creates music content and offers services for brands, broadcasters, channels, digital platforms and labels.

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GigZoo

GigZoo is an entertainment marketplace platform connecting talent and customers without limits.

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Musicraiser

Musicraiser is a italy based music company.

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Rushmore.fm

We want to bring artists and music fans closer together.

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ArtConscious Kft

ArtConscious is an online platform is to represent central and eastern european artists and designers.

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Signature Brew

Signature Brew is a music inspired brewery - known internationally for their collaboration beers with the musicians themselves.

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TeamRock

TeamRock Radio is a commercial-free national DAB rock radio station broadcasting in the UK.

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Live&Loud

Live&Loud is a UK-based company that matches up hospitality venues and music artists.

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Screenburn

Screenburn is a Facebook VoD platform enabling the sale of film and TV from a Facebook page.

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Fanbytes

Creating unforgettable experiences with the stars you love.

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Kauris Ltd

Kauris Ltd. develops LAMOOVA promoting clubbing trough App, Animation Film and Series, Comics and Website, AR / VR.

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HIT Entertainment

HIT Entertainment is one of the world's leading pre-school entertainment companies.

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MXX

MXX is a creative AI technology company. We have built the world’s first AI engine that atomises and edits any music to video, instantly.

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Ali Rasoul LTD

An independent creative marketing agency committed to uncompromising visions working in the entertainment and corporate industries.

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PingTune - Music Messenger

PingTune is the Messaging App for Music Fans. This mobile-first experience brings fans closer to the music and artists they love, on mobile.

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Audio Network

Audio Network offers an online portal that enables content creators to download music and use them in film, TV, and video production.

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Resident Advisor

RA is an online music magazine and community platform that's dedicated to showcasing electronic music, artists and events across the globe.

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Guardian Media Group

GMG is a leading multimedia business. The diverse portfolio includes national and regional newspapers, websites, radio stations, magazines

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Arsenal Football Club

Arsenal Football Club is a multi media production company representing a diverse & exciting international talent roster including Director.

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Boiler Room

Boiler Room is an online platform that enables its users to live stream and archive musical shows.

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Cove

A music-making app that helps people to communicate their feelings.

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Last.fm

Last.fm is an online music catalogue providing users with personalized recommendations based on their taste in music.

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nSpireMe

nSpireMe is a music practice app.

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BattleMe - Hip Hop Community and Rap Studio

Mobile app creating a community where freestylers and rappers can record tracks and grow their talent through winning contests.

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Tunepics

Tunepics is an iPhone application that enables its users to share pictures attached to audio music files.

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Synchtank

The SaaS software platform for managing and monetizing music & media assets

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Eagle-i Music

Eagle-i Music is an independent music publishing company with a global centralized database hub.

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Cosound

A music industry community app.

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PS Ventures Limited

PS Ventures Limited is a mobile application and games developer company and has developed apps like Music Syn

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LICKD

Pre-cleared commercial music licensing for YouTube and Online Video Creators.

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Playlists.net

Playlists.net is a music discovery platform to enable users to discover and enjoy music library of 150,000 high quality playlist.

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Songdrop

Songdrop is an online platform to save streamed music and create playlists.

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Voisey

Voisey is an app that connects singers, songwriters, artists, and producers through collaborative songwriting. Record, publish, and share.

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WiredVibe

We've made music purpose-driven, convenient and efficient.

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WildBrain

Wild Brain is a computer animation studio that creates short cartoons for corporate advertisements and television shows.

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Choosic

Choosic is a music discovery service that provides personalised music recommendations and fast playlist building.

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Gearbox Records

Vinyl led record label and cutting studio, producing previously unreleased archive & new recordings.

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Water Babies

Water Babies is a musical played at Curve Theatre in Leicester, United Kingdom.

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MyMusic

MyMusic is a music exploration site that enables music fans to find, discover, and share music content from around the web.

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Mixlr

Mixlr, a platform for social live audio, allows people to broadcast and engage with fans, friends and listeners in real-time.

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AI Music

Exploring the relationship between music and AI to enable a new age of music consumption

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Listal

Listal is a social network that allows its users to list, rate, review, tag, and add images and videos to entertainment products.

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Mvelani

Mvelani is an on-demand African music platform that helps music lover discover and listen to old and new music on all of their devices

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Rap Fame

Mobile platform for rappers and hip-hop lovers: recording studio with cool beats, competitions, community.

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Virtual Piano

Virtual Piano is an online piano application that allows users to experience, learn and play the piano with a realistic feel.

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itcher

itcher, an entertainment discovery application, providing community powered recommendations around movies, tv shows, books, music, and games

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Wireless Theatre

A award winning leading UK audio drama production company.

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Music Business Worldwide

MBW is a free, in-depth news, insight and analysis platform for the international music industry.

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Giggo App

Giggo connects artists with venues and promoters on an easy-to-use online platform.

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Dreamtek

Video and multi media solutions company

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Volant Sound

Audio reinvented, check our website for updates on our launch.

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The Stable

The Stable A production company established to commission, develop and present new musical theatre.

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The Busking Project

Busk is a mobile app that allows street artists exposure and a way to earn money.

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Global Radio

UK's largest commercial radio group

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Beatchain

Beatchain is a marketing platform powered by artificial intelligence that offers free global music distribution & website builder solutions.

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Spitfire Audio

Spitfire Audio is a British music technology company producing high quality virtual instruments and sample libraries.

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Canvas

Canvas is a simple and easy to use platform which takes away the hassle of finding the perfect venue for your event.

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Visionalia ltd

A NEW KIND OF A.I. TO START A MUSIC REVOLUTION

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Merlin

The independent’s digital music licensing partner

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AFRICORI

AFRICORI is the leading pan-African digital music distributor

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Zombaio

Zombaio provides payments service for the online content and entertainment industry.

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Chiara Ferragni

Chiara Ferragni is a young fashion brand.

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NFT Intellect

NFT Intellect is a non-fungible token intellectual property and collective rights management company.

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PledgeMusic

PledgeMusic is a unique marketplace where passionate fans and artists connect.

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Whiise

Credible knowledge, crowdsourced by top industry experts

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Palco

Palco creates global interactive mobile video live shows for people who no longer watch tv

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EMI Group

EMI is a multinational music recording and publishing, and electronics device and systems manufacturing company.

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WhoSampled

WhoSampled provides a large database of music samples, song remixes and cover songs, for everyone to listen.

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Scored

Music tech startup building next generation ai powered dynamic audio technologies & products to help transform music into the next era.

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Kubik Records

The first music label that uses Blockchain Technology and AI in recording, production, remixing, promotion, sales and distribution of Music

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Echofide

Echofide is the world's first social content-streaming service - that simplifies booking creatives.

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NME

The world's number one source of music news, reviews, features, photos and video.

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Deplike

Guitar Amps and Effects Processor on Android and iOS

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Abbey Road Studios

The world's most famous recording studios.

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Big Sync Music

Big Sync Music is a provider of news and updates related to music industry.

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Awesound

Awesound is a platform for personalized and interactive audio.

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Entertainment Intelligence

Entertainment Intelligence is an information technology company that specializes in business intelligence and audience engagement.

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talkSPORT

talkSPORT is a U.K.-based sports radio station that broadcasts premier league games around the world through TV, radio, web, and mobile app.

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Wise Music Group

Wise Music Group is a music company specializing in music publishing services.

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MusicQubed

Founded in 2010 in London, MusicQubed is a pioneering digital music business.

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YMU Group

YMU Group facility management company that discovers and amplifies voices for elite clients in sport, music, drama, comedy & entertainment.

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Lucky Voice

Lucky Voice, is offers music karaoke services.

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Mixtape Madness

Mixtape Madness is a music discovery and distribution platform with over half a billion streams to date across platforms.

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HMV Group

HMV group is a British entertainment retailing company operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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PIAS

The heartbeat of independent music.

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Festival Republic

Festival Republic is a UK music promoter.

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Classic FM

Classic FM is an online radio station which offers listeners diverse selections of classical music.

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Audiu.net

Audiu is a platform that was built to help musicians hone their skills with a community of peers.

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Tunigo

Tunigo allows users to find, create and share new music and playlists on Spotify.

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Sienna

The Sienna is a News, Sport, Live Event and Multi-Camera Television Production System.

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Akazoo

Akazoo is a privately held company that provides music streaming services in 20+ countries.

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Muzicall

Muzicall is a ringback tone service provider for operators and media companies.

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StaffPad

StaffPad is a revolutionary music notation application for Windows, featuring handwriting recognition, score playback, auto-layout and more.

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MusicAlly

Music Ally provides publications, consulting, research, events, and training to the music and technology industries.

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Altitude Music

Altitude Music is a full service music and sound agency.

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Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound is London's No. 1 Nightclub for Dance and House Music.

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SYCO Entertainment

SYCO Entertainment is a multimedia entertainment company.

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Gignify

Gignify aims to become the largest centralised talent marketplace in the world

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